{{Short description|American cinematographer (1925–2017)}} {{about|Harry Stradling Jr.|his father|Harry Stradling}} {{Infobox person | image = | image_size = | name = Harry Stradling Jr. | birth_name = | other_names = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1925|1|7}} | birth_place = Yonkers, New York | death_date = {{death date and age|2017|10|17|1925|1|7}} | death_place = Los Angeles, California | occupation = Cinematographer | years_active = 1944–1988 | spouse = | children = Bob Stradling <br>John Stradling | father = Harry Stradling | family = Walter Stradling (great uncle) }}
'''Harry Stradling Jr.''' (January 7, 1925 – October 17, 2017) was a two-time Oscar-nominated American cinematographer and the son of cinematographer Harry Stradling.<ref name="hr">{{cite news |last1=Barnes |first1=Mike |title=Famed Cinematographer Harry Stradling Jr. Dies at 92 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/harry-stradling-jr-dead-way-we-were-little-big-man-cinematographer-was-92-1052315 |accessdate=26 May 2019 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=October 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190526023549/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/harry-stradling-jr-dead-way-we-were-little-big-man-cinematographer-was-92-1052315 |archivedate=26 May 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Early years== Stradling was born in Yonkers, New York.<ref name=hr/>
==Career== He worked on four Blake Edwards films<ref name=hr/> and six films by Burt Kennedy. (See: List of film director and cinematographer collaborations). He was acclaimed{{By whom|date=May 2019}} in particular as a skilled cinematographer in Westerns. He was nominated for two Oscars, for ''1776'' and ''The Way We Were'', and for a Primetime Emmy for ''George Washington''.{{Citation needed |date=May 2019}} He also did cinematography on 87 episodes of ''Gunsmoke'',<ref name=hr/> and shot 21 of the total 23 episodes of the TV show ''Cimarron Strip''.
Stradling's work on Westerns, including both ''Gunsmoke'' and ''Cimarron Strip'' as well as feature films including the 1969 Western comedy ''Support Your Local Sheriff!'' (1969), brought him to the heavily filmed Iverson Movie Ranch in Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, where he has been cited as one of the most adept cinematographers of his era when it came to capturing the unique cinematic attributes of the location's massive sandstone boulders.{{citation needed|date=July 2015}}
==Oscar nominations== Both of Stradling's nominations came in the category of Best Cinematography:
*45th Academy Awards-Nominated for ''1776''. Lost to ''Cabaret''.<ref name="Oscars1973">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1973 |title=The 45th Academy Awards (1973) Nominees and Winners |accessdate=March 25, 2014|work=oscars.org}}</ref> *46th Academy Awards-Nominated for ''The Way We Were''. Lost to ''Cries and Whispers''.<ref name="Oscars1974">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1974 |title=The 46th Academy Awards (1974) Nominees and Winners |accessdate=March 25, 2014|work=oscars.org}}</ref>
==Filmography== (Note: This list includes only films on which Stradling was the director of photography and/or credited cinematographer. He also was uncredited on a number of films and received a number of credits as camera operator.)
*''Caddyshack II'' (1988) *''Blind Date'' (1987) *''A Fine Mess'' (1986) *''George Washington'' (1984) *''Micki + Maude'' (1984) *''O'Hara's Wife'' (1982) *''Buddy Buddy'' (1981) *''The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper'' (1981) *''S.O.B.'' (1981) *''Carny'' (1980) *''Up the Academy'' (1980) *''Prophecy'' (1979) *''Born Again'' (1978) *''Convoy'' (1978) *''Go Tell the Spartans'' (1978) *''Damnation Alley'' (1977) *''The Greatest'' (1977) *''The Big Bus'' (1976) *''Midway'' (1976) *''Special Delivery'' (1976) *''Bite the Bullet'' (1975) *''Mitchell'' (1975) *''Rooster Cogburn'' (1975) *''Bank Shot'' (1974) *''McQ'' (1974) *''Nightmare Honeymoon'' (1974) *''The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing'' (1973) *''The Way We Were'' (1973) *''1776'' (1972) *''Skyjacked'' (1972) *''Thumb Tripping'' (1972) *''Fools' Parade'' (1971) *''The Late Liz'' (1971) *''Something Big'' (1971) *''Support Your Local Gunfighter'' (1971) *''Dirty Dingus Magee'' (1970) *''Little Big Man'' (1970) *''There Was a Crooked Man...'' (1970) *''The Good Guys and the Bad Guys'' (1969) *''The Mad Room'' (1969) *''Support Your Local Sheriff!'' (1969) *''Young Billy Young'' (1969) *''With Six You Get Eggroll'' (1968) *''Welcome to Hard Times'' (1967) *''Synanon'' (1965)
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|0005888|Harry Stradling Jr.}} *[http://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/2011/11/harry-stradling-jr-one-of-unsung-heroes.html Harry Stradling Jr. at the Iverson Movie Ranch] * [http://iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com/ Iverson Movie Ranch: History, vintage photos.]
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