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Roy Davidson(1896-1962)

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  • Visual Effects
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Roy Davidson was born on 3 March 1896. He is known for To Have and Have Not (1944), The Big Sleep (1946) and White Heat (1949). He died on 19 August 1962 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
BornMarch 3, 1896
DiedAugust 19, 1962(66)
BornMarch 3, 1896
DiedAugust 19, 1962(66)
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  • Nominated for 1 Oscar
    • 1 nomination total

Known for

Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart in To Have and Have Not (1944)
To Have and Have Not
7.8
  • Special Effects
  • 1944
Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart in The Big Sleep (1946)
The Big Sleep
7.9
  • Special Effects(as E. Roy Davidson)
  • 1946
James Cagney in White Heat (1949)
White Heat
8.1
  • Special Effects
  • 1949
Cary Grant, Rita Hayworth, and Jean Arthur in Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
Only Angels Have Wings
7.6
  • Special Effects
  • 1939

Credits

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Special Effects

  • The Lady Takes a Sailor (1949)
    The Lady Takes a Sailor
    5.9
    • special effects
    • 1949
  • Shirley Temple, Barry Fitzgerald, and Seabiscuit in The Story of Seabiscuit (1949)
    The Story of Seabiscuit
    6.1
    • special effects director
    • 1949
  • Gary Cooper and Jane Wyatt in Task Force (1949)
    Task Force
    6.6
    • special effects director
    • 1949
  • James Cagney in White Heat (1949)
    White Heat
    8.1
    • special effects director
    • 1949
  • Robert Stack in Fighter Squadron (1948)
    Fighter Squadron
    6.2
    • special effects director
    • 1948
  • Geraldine Brooks and Dane Clark in Embraceable You (1948)
    Embraceable You
    6.6
    • special effects
    • 1948
  • Ronald Reagan, Zachary Scott, and Alexis Smith in Stallion Road (1947)
    Stallion Road
    6.0
    • special effects
    • 1947
  • Humoresque (1946)
    Humoresque
    7.3
    • special effects director
    • 1946
  • Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart in The Big Sleep (1946)
    The Big Sleep
    7.9
    • special effects director (as E. Roy Davidson)
    • 1946
  • Bette Davis, Walter Brennan, Glenn Ford, Dane Clark, and Charles Ruggles in A Stolen Life (1946)
    A Stolen Life
    7.2
    • special effects director (as E. Roy Davidson)
    • 1946
  • My Reputation (1946)
    My Reputation
    7.0
    • special effects
    • 1946
  • Robert Alda, Al Jolson, Joan Leslie, Tom Patricola, and Alexis Smith in Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
    Rhapsody in Blue
    7.0
    • special photographic effects
    • 1945
  • Humphrey Bogart, Sydney Greenstreet, and Alexis Smith in Conflict (1945)
    Conflict
    7.1
    • special effects
    • 1945
  • Alan Hale, Dane Clark, Andrea King, Raymond Massey, and Dennis Morgan in God Is My Co-Pilot (1945)
    God Is My Co-Pilot
    6.5
    • special effects director
    • 1945
  • Jack Carson and Rosalind Russell in Roughly Speaking (1945)
    Roughly Speaking
    7.0
    • special effects
    • 1945

Visual Effects

  • Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur in Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
    Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
    7.8
    • special camera effects (as E. Roy Davidson)
    • 1936
  • George Bancroft, Victor Jory, and Ann Sothern in Hell-Ship Morgan (1936)
    Hell-Ship Morgan
    5.9
    • special camera effects (as E. Roy Davidson)
    • 1936
  • Boris Karloff, Katherine DeMille, and Marian Marsh in The Black Room (1935)
    The Black Room
    6.9
    • process shots (uncredited)
    • 1935

Additional Crew

  • John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Ray Milland, Paulette Goddard, Raymond Massey, Lynne Overman, and Robert Preston in Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
    Reap the Wild Wind
    6.6
    • technical advisor
    • 1942
  • Ralph Bellamy, Frederik Vogeding, and Fay Wray in Below the Sea (1933)
    Below the Sea
    6.0
    • underwater technician (as E. Roy Davidson)
    • 1933
  • Jean Harlow and Ben Lyon in Hell's Angels (1930)
    Hell's Angels
    7.3
    • technical engineer (as E. Roy Davidson)
    • 1930

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • E. Roy Davidson
  • Born
    • March 3, 1896
  • Died
    • August 19, 1962
    • Los Angeles, California, USA

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