Biography
John Laurence Wilcox was a British cinematographer active from the early 1940's up to his death in 1979. During that period he worked on numerous films, either as DOP (Director of Photography), director of second camera units on large budget films, or simply as a cameraman.
In the 1940s, 1950s and early 1960s he lensed several popular films, such as Carve Her Name with Pride, The Cockleshell Heroes, Safari, The Mouse That Roared, and Summer Holiday. In the mid 1960s, he struck up a good working relationship with horror director Freddie Francis, and they worked together on horror classics such as The Skull, Hysteria, The Evil of Frankenstein, The Deadly Bees, The Ghoul, and Legend of the Werewolf.
As director of second camera units he worked on films such as The Third Man, The Guns of Navarone, Casino Royale and The Eagle Has Landed.
Filmography
all 53
Movies 53
Director 2
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978)
Terror of Frankenstein (1977)
The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
Legend of the Werewolf (1975)
The Ghoul (1975)
Shatter (1974)
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974)
Craze (1974)
The Belstone Fox (1973)
Au Pair Girls (1972)
Steptoe & Son (1972)
The Last Valley (1971)
Connecting Rooms (1970)
The Chairman (1969)
Where's Jack? (1969)
The Limbo Line (1969)
A Twist of Sand (1968)
The Deadly Bees (1966)
Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. (1966)
The Psychopath (1966)
Judith (1966)
The Skull (1965)
Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965)
Hysteria (1965)
The Evil of Frankenstein (1964)
Nightmare (1964)
Summer Holiday (1963)
The King's Breakfast (1963)
Some People (1962)
Waltz of the Toreadors (1962)
Only Two Can Play (1962)
The Guns of Navarone (1961)
Mr. Topaze (1961)
Light Up the Sky! (1960)
A Touch of Larceny (1960)
Expresso Bongo (1959)
The Mouse That Roared (1959)
Harry Black and the Tiger (1958)
Carve Her Name with Pride (1958)
Zarak (1956)
Safari (1956)
April in Portugal (1956)
The Cockleshell Heroes (1955)
The Black Knight (1954)
Hell Below Zero (1954)
The Red Beret (1953)
Who Goes There! (1952)
The Road to Canterbury (1952)
Mr. Denning Drives North (1951)
Outcast of the Islands (1951)
The Third Man (1949)
What's the Next Job? (1945)
The New Lot (1943)
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Known ForCamera
GenderMale
Birthday1913-05-07
Deathday1979-05-31 (66 years old)
Birth PlaceStoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known AsJohn Laurence Wilcox, John Millcocks
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