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Albert Whitlock was one of the most skilled matte artists in the history... moreTrivia:
His work as a painter was cut short when he developed Parkinson's Disease. moreAwards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 3 wins & 1 nomination moreAlternate Names:
A. Whitlock | Albert J. Whitlock | Jr. Albert WhitlockFilmography
Visual Effects:
- Chaplin (1992) (visual consultant)
... aka Charlot (Italy) - Graveyard Shift (1990) (visual effects consultant)
... aka Stephen King's Graveyard Shift - The Neverending Story II: The Next Chapter (1990) (matte painting supervisor)
- Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) (matte consultant) (uncredited)
- Millennium (1989) (matte painter)
- Coming to America (1988) (matte painting supervisor)
... aka Prince in New York (Europe: English title: video title) - Funny Farm (1988) (matte consultant) (uncredited)
- Spaceballs (1987) (matte painting supervisor)
- The Gate (1987) (additional matte effects) (uncredited)
- Critical Condition (1987) (matte painting consultant)
- Clue (1985) (matte consultant)
... aka Clue: The Movie (USA: poster title) - Red Sonja (1985) (matte shots)
- "A.D." (1985) TV mini-series (special visual effects)
... aka "A.D. - Anno Domini" - Dune (1984) (additional special visual effects) (as Albert J. Whitlock)
- Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) (special visual effects) (as Albert J. Whitlock)
- Airwolf (1984) (TV) (matte artist)
- The Wicked Lady (1983) (special visual effects)
- Psycho II (1983) (matte artist)
... aka Psicosis 2 (USA: Spanish title)
... aka Psycose 2 (USA: Spanish title) - The Sting II (1983) (special visual effects)
- The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982) (special visual effects)
... aka The Best Little Cathouse in Texas (Canada: English title: bowdlerized title) - The Thing (1982) (special visual effects)
... aka John Carpenter's The Thing (USA: complete title) - Cat People (1982) (special visual effects)
- Victor Victoria (1982) (special visual effects) (uncredited)
- Missing (1982) (special visual effects)
- Ghost Story (1981) (special visual effects)
- History of the World: Part I (1981) (special visual effects) (as Albert J. Whitlock)
... aka Mel Brooks' History of the World: Part 1 (USA: complete title) - "Masada" (1981) TV mini-series (special visual effects)
... aka "The Antagonists" (UK) - In God We Tru$t (1980) (special visual effects)
... aka Gimme That Prime Time Religion - The Blues Brothers (1980) (special visual effects)
- The Island (1980) (special visual effects)
- Dracula (1979) (special visual effects)
- The Prisoner of Zenda (1979) (special visual effects)
- The Wiz (1978) (special visual effects)
- I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978) (special visual effects)
- High Anxiety (1977) (special visual effects) (as Albert J. Whitlock)
- The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977) (special visual effects)
- MacArthur (1977) (special visual effects)
... aka MacArthur, the Rebel General (UK) - Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977) (special visual effects)
... aka The Exorcist 2 (International: English title: informal alternative title) - The Car (1977) (special visual effects)
... aka DeathMobile (Canada: English title: video title) - Airport '77 (1977) (special visual effects)
... aka Airport 1977 (International: English title: informal title) - The Sentinel (1977) (special visual effects)
- Bound for Glory (1976) (special visual effects)
- The Front (1976) (matte effects)
- Swashbuckler (1976) (special visual effects)
... aka Scarlet Buccaneer (UK) - Family Plot (1976) (special visual effects)
- The Hindenburg (1975) (special visual effects)
- The Man Who Would Be King (1975) (matte artist)
... aka Rudyard Kipling's The Man Who Would Be King (UK: complete title) (USA: complete title) - Cahill U.S. Marshal (1973) (special photographic effects)
... aka Cahill (UK)
... aka Wednesday Morning - Hec Ramsey (1972) (TV) (special photographic effects: / mattes)
... aka The Century Turns - Slaughterhouse-Five (1972) (matte supervisor)
- Diamonds Are Forever (1971) (visual effects)
... aka Ian Fleming's Diamonds Are Forever (UK: complete title) (USA: complete title) - The Andromeda Strain (1971) (matte supervisor)
- "McCloud" (1970) TV series (visual effects) (unknown episodes)
- Gaily, Gaily (1969) (matte artist)
... aka Chicago, Chicago (UK) - The Learning Tree (1969) (special photographic effects)
- "Star Trek" (matte painter) (8 episodes, 1966-1969)
... aka "Star Trek: TOS" (USA: promotional abbreviation)
... aka "Star Trek: The Original Series" (USA: informal title)
- Requiem for Methuselah (1969) TV episode (matte painter) (remastered version)
- Wink of an Eye (1968) TV episode (matte painter) (remastered version)
- A Taste of Armageddon (1967) TV episode (matte painter) (remastered version)
- The Menagerie: Part II (1966) TV episode (matte painter) (remastered version)
- The Menagerie: Part I (1966) TV episode (matte painter) (remastered version)
(3 more) - Hellfighters (1968) (matte supervisor)
- In Enemy Country (1968) (matte supervisor)
... aka In Enemy Hands - The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968) (matte supervisor)
- Madigan (1968) (matte supervisor)
- P.J. (1968) (matte supervisor)
... aka New Face in Hell (UK) - Counterpoint (1967) (matte supervisor)
- The King's Pirate (1967) (matte supervisor)
- Rough Night in Jericho (1967) (matte supervisor)
- The Reluctant Astronaut (1967) (matte supervisor)
- The War Wagon (1967) (mattes)
- Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967) (matte supervisor)
- Tobruk (1967) (matte supervisor)
- The Ballad of Josie (1967) (matte supervisor)
- Beau Geste (1966) (matte supervisor)
- Munster, Go Home! (1966) (matte supervisor)
- The Rare Breed (1966) (matte supervisor)
- Blindfold (1965) (matte supervisor)
- That Funny Feeling (1965) (matte supervisor)
- Shenandoah (1965) (matte supervisor)
- Mirage (1965) (matte supervisor)
- Invitation to a Gunfighter (1964) (matte shots)
- I'd Rather Be Rich (1964) (matte supervisor)
- Island of the Blue Dolphins (1964) (matte artist)
- Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964) (matte artist)
- Captain Newman, M.D. (1963) (matte shots) (matte supervisor)
- "Disneyland" (matte artist) (1 episode, 1960)
... aka "Disney's Wonderful World" (USA: new title)
... aka "The Disney Sunday Movie" (USA: new title)
... aka "The Magical World of Disney" (USA: new title)
... aka "The Wonderful World of Disney" (USA: new title)
... aka "Walt Disney Presents" (USA: new title)
... aka "Walt Disney" (USA: new title)
... aka "Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color" (USA: new title)
- Daniel Boone: The Warrior's Path (1960) TV episode (matte artist) - Ten Who Dared (1960) (matte artist)
- Tonka (1958) (assistant matte artist) (uncredited)
... aka A Horse Named Comanche (USA: reissue title) - "Zorro" (1957) TV series (matte artist) (unknown episodes)
- Westward Ho the Wagons! (1956) (assistant matte artist)
- The Great Locomotive Chase (1956) (assistant matte artist)
... aka Andrews' Raiders (USA: TV title) - 20000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) (titles designer) (uncredited)
... aka Jules Verne's 20000 Leagues Under the Sea (USA: complete title)
... aka Walt Disney's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (USA: poster title) - The Seekers (1954) (matte artist) (uncredited)
... aka Land of Fury (USA) - Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue (1953) (assistant matte artist) (uncredited)
- The Sword and the Rose (1953) (assistant matte artist) (uncredited)
... aka When Knighthood Was in Flower (UK) (USA: TV title) - The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) (miniatures assistant) (uncredited)
Special Effects:
- The Lonely Guy (1984) (special effects)
- Heartbeeps (1981) (special effects)
- Cheech & Chong's Next Movie (1980) (special effects)
... aka High Encounters of the Ultimate Kind - It Happened One Christmas (1977) (TV) (special photographic effects) (as Albert Whitlock, Jr.)
- Two-Minute Warning (1976) (special effects)
- W.C. Fields and Me (1976) (special effects)
- The Day of the Locust (1975) (special photographic effects)
- Funny Lady (1975) (special photographic effects)
- The Log of the Black Pearl (1975) (TV) (special photographic effects)
- Earthquake (1974) (special photographic effects)
- The Girl from Petrovka (1974) (special photographic effects)
- Mame (1974) (special photographic effects)
- Killdozer (1974) (TV) (special photographic effects)
- The Questor Tapes (1974) (TV) (special effects) (special photographic effects)
- That Man Bolt (1973) (special photographic effects)
- The Sting (1973) (special photographic effects)
- The Day of the Dolphin (1973) (special photographic effects)
- Papillon (1973) (special photographic effects)
- The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War (1973) (TV) (special photographic effects)
... aka Wine, Women and War (USA: short title) - Oklahoma Crude (1973) (special photographic effects)
- Showdown (1973) (special photographic effects)
- The Train Robbers (1973) (special photographic effects)
- Female Artillery (1973) (TV) (special photographic effects)
- The Snoop Sisters (1972) (TV) (special photographic effects)
... aka The Female Instinct (USA: reissue title) - Columbo: Dagger of the Mind (1972) (TV) (special photographic effects)
- Short Walk to Daylight (1972) (TV) (special effects)
... aka The Night the Earth Shook - Columbo: Étude in Black (1972) (TV) (special photographic effects)
- Frenzy (1972) (special photographic effects)
- The Hound of the Baskervilles (1972) (TV) (special photographic effects)
... aka Sherlock Holmes: The Hound of the Baskervilles - "Ironside" (special photographic effects) (1 episode, 1972)
... aka "The Raymond Burr Show" (USA: syndication title)
- Death by the Numbers (1972) TV episode (special photographic effects) - Columbo: Short Fuse (1972) (TV) (special photographic effects)
- "The Bold Ones: The Lawyers" (special photographic effects) (1 episode, 1971)
... aka "The Lawyers"
- The Letter of the Law (1971) TV episode (special photographic effects) - "McMillan & Wife" (special photographic effects) (2 episodes, 1971)
... aka "McMillan" (USA: sixth season title)
- Death Is a Seven Point Favorite (1971) TV episode (special photographic effects)
- Once Upon a Dead Man (1971) TV episode (special photographic effects) - The Birdmen (1971) (TV) (special photographic effects)
... aka Escape of the Birdmen (UK)
... aka Operation Braindrain - Codename: Chessboard (Europe: English title: video title) - Big Jake (1971) (special photographic effects)
- Vanished (1971) (TV) (special photographic effects)
- One More Train to Rob (1971) (special photographic effects)
- Raid on Rommel (1971) (special photographic effects)
- Catch-22 (1970) (special photographic effects)
- Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970) (special photographic effects)
... aka The Day the World Changed Hands
... aka The Forbin Project - Skullduggery (1970) (special photographic effects)
- Topaz (1969) (special photographic effects)
- Funny Girl (1968) (special photographic effects) (uncredited)
- The Reluctant Astronaut (1967) (special photographic effects)
- The Way West (1967) (special photographic effects) (as Albert J. Whitlock)
... aka Harold Hecht's The Way West (USA: complete title) - The War Lord (1965) (matte supervisor)
- Ship of Fools (1965) (special photographic effects)
- "Disneyland" (special photographic effects) (2 episodes, 1964)
... aka "Disney's Wonderful World" (USA: new title)
... aka "The Disney Sunday Movie" (USA: new title)
... aka "The Magical World of Disney" (USA: new title)
... aka "The Wonderful World of Disney" (USA: new title)
... aka "Walt Disney Presents" (USA: new title)
... aka "Walt Disney" (USA: new title)
... aka "Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color" (USA: new title)
- Greyfriars Bobby: Part 2 (1964) TV episode (special photographic effects)
- Greyfriars Bobby: Part 1 (1964) TV episode (special photographic effects) - Captain Newman, M.D. (1963) (special photographic effects)
- That Touch of Mink (1962) (special photographic effects)
- Greyfriars Bobby: The True Story of a Dog (1961) (special photographic effects)
- Malta Story (1953) (special effects)
- The Net (1953) (special effects)
... aka Project M7 (USA) - The Planter's Wife (1952) (special effects)
... aka Outpost in Malaya (USA)
... aka White Blood - Trio (1950) (special effects)
- The Bad Lord Byron (1949) (as A. Whitlock)
- Quartet (1948) (special effects)
- The Lady Vanishes (1938) (scenic artist) (uncredited)
- The 39 Steps (1935) (scenic artist) (uncredited)
Miscellaneous Crew:
- Torn Curtain (1966) (pictorial designs)
- Marnie (1964) (pictorial designs)
- The Birds (1963) (pictorial designs)
... aka Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds (UK: complete title)
Actor:
- History of the World: Part I (1981) (uncredited) .... Used Chariot Salesman
... aka Mel Brooks' History of the World: Part 1 (USA: complete title) - High Anxiety (1977) (as Albert J. Whitlock) .... Arthur Brisbane
Self:
- The 72nd Annual Academy Awards (2000) (TV) .... Himself (Memorial Tribute)
- The Thing: Terror Takes Shape (1998) (V) .... Himself
... aka John Carpenter's The Thing: Terror Takes Shape (USA: complete title) - "Family Portraits: Alfred Hitchcock" (1995) TV mini-series .... Himself
- "Movie Magic" .... Himself (1 episode, 1994)
- Matte Paintings: The Panoramic Art (1994) TV episode .... Himself - The Horror Hall of Fame II (1991) (TV) .... Himself
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