Biography
John Mathew Nickolaus Jr. (May 18, 1913 – February 10, 1985) was an American cinematographer.
Born in Bayonne, New Jersey. Nickolaus began his career as a camera operator for MGM in the late 1940s. By the 1950s, he was working as a director of photography in both film and television. Nickolaus then worked on such popular television series as the legal drama television series Perry Mason, the western television series Rawhide, and Gunsmoke, which starred James Arness. Together with Conrad Hall, he had helped establish the visual style of the original The Outer Limits (1963–65).
Nickolaus continued to work in television until shortly before his death in Malibu, California in 1985. He died of cancer.
Filmography
all 42
Movies 38
TV Shows 4
Director 4
Cave-In! (1983)
The Night the Bridge Fell Down (1980)
The Memory of Eva Ryker (1980)
Detour to Terror (1980)
Hanging by a Thread (1979)
Crisis in Mid-Air (1979)
The New Adventures of Heidi (1978)
The Courage and the Passion (1978)
Smash-Up on Interstate 5 (1976)
Foster & Laurie (1975)
The Waltons (1972)
The Challenge (1970)
Guns of Diablo (1964)
The Outer Limits (1963)
Thunder Island (1963)
Harbor Lights (1963)
The Terror (1963)
Police Nurse (1963)
House of the Damned (1963)
The Day Mars Invaded Earth (1963)
Young Guns of Texas (1962)
Air Patrol (1962)
Four Fast Guns (1960)
High School Big Shot (1959)
Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959)
Tank Commandos (1959)
Plunderers of Painted Flats (1959)
Rawhide (1959)
No Place to Land (1958)
Hot Car Girl (1958)
Night of the Blood Beast (1958)
Gang War (1958)
Desert Hell (1958)
Showdown at Boot Hill (1958)
Thundering Jets (1958)
Ambush at Cimarron Pass (1958)
Young and Dangerous (1957)
Ghost Diver (1957)
Under Fire (1957)
Perry Mason (1957)
Apache Warrior (1957)
Naked Gun (1956)
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GenderMale
Birthday1913-05-18
Deathday1985-02-10 (71 years old)
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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