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Personal Details
Other Works:
Unsold pilot:
Did the special effects for a pilot for a proposed adventure series to be called "Gulliver".
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Publicity Listings:
8 Biographical Movies
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4 Print Biographies
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11 Interviews
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17 Articles
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1 Magazine Cover Photo
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Alternate Names:
Raymond Harryhausen | a Ray Harryhausen Presentation | Jerome Wray
Height:
6' 1" (1.85 m)
Spouse:
Diana Livingstone Bruce
(his death)
(1 child)
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Personal Quote:
King Kong (1933) haunted me for years, I came out of the theatre in another world. I'd never seen anything like that before in my life. I didn't know how it was done and that was half the charm. I didn't just say, "Eureka, I've found what I want to do"; that came over a period of time. But I'd done a few dioramas in clay of the La Brea tar pits and I saw in "King Kong" how you could make them ...
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Trivia:
Because of his unusual last name, some sources have incorrectly listed his name as "Ray Harry Hausen" and even just "Harry Hausen".
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Trademark:
Famous for his imaginative stop-motion special effects which are showcased in fantasy films depicting Greek Mythological and Arabian Nights stories.