Leonard Smith

Personal Info

Know For

Camera

Gender

Male

Birthday

1894-04-19 (53 years old)

Deathday

1947-10-20

Place of Birth

Brooklyn [now in New York City], New York, USA

Leonard Smith

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Leonard Smith (April 19, 1894 – October 20, 1947) was a cinematographer who had over 70 film credits from a career that spanned from 1915 to 1946. Smith's start as a cinematographer came on the now lost 1915 silent film The Battle Cry of Peace. Throughout his career he also occasionally worked in the camera and electrical department. Smith's first Academy Award for Best Cinematography (color) nomination came in 1942, for his work on Billy the Kid, sharing the nomination with William V. Skall. In 1944 he was nominated for Lassie Come Home. Smith was again nominated in 1946 for National Velvet, and in 19...

Acting

1956

Our Miss Brooks

as Fabian "Stretch" Snodgrass

Production

1940

The Mortal Storm

as Director of Photography

1943

Lassie Come Home

as Director of Photography

1936

The Devil-Doll

as Director of Photography

1937

Married Before Breakfast

as Director of Photography

1936

Sinner Take All

as Director of Photography

1940

The Golden Fleecing

as Director of Photography

1929

The Idle Rich

as Director of Photography

1934

Murder in the Private Car

as Director of Photography

1938

Paradise for Three

as Director of Photography

1937

Thoroughbreds Don't Cry

as Director of Photography

1931

Parlor, Bedroom and Bath

as Director of Photography

1929

So This Is College

as Director of Photography

1930

Free and Easy

as Director of Photography

1915

The Battle Cry of Peace

as Director of Photography

1925

The Cloudhopper

as Director of Photography

1932

Hold 'Em Jail

as Director of Photography

1936

Tarzan Escapes

as Director of Photography

1933

So This Is Africa

as Director of Photography

1931

Reducing

as Director of Photography

1937

Dangerous Number

as Director of Photography

1924

Jonah Jones

as Director of Photography

1930

They Learned About Women

as Director of Photography

1933

Eskimo

as Director of Photography

1936

Tough Guy

as Director of Photography

1925

The Wizard of Oz

as Director of Photography

1931

Love in Every Port

as Cinematography

1930

The Big House

as Director of Photography

1946

The Yearling

as Director of Photography

1942

Ship Ahoy

as Director of Photography

1944

Broadway Rhythm

as Director of Photography

1941

Smilin' Through

as Director of Photography

1946

Courage of Lassie

as Director of Photography

1943

Best Foot Forward

as Director of Photography

1941

Design for Scandal

as Director of Photography

1941

Billy the Kid

as Director of Photography

1945

National Velvet

as Director of Photography

1942

Seven Sweethearts

as Director of Photography

1939

Maisie

as Director of Photography

1940

The Ghost Comes Home

as Director of Photography

1939

Tarzan Finds a Son!

as Director of Photography

1939

Four Girls in White

as Director of Photography

1940

The Captain Is a Lady

as Director of Photography

1940

Go West

as Director of Photography

1939

1939

At the Circus

as Director of Photography

1939

Stand Up and Fight

as Director of Photography

1926

Careful Please

as Cinematography

1937

A Day at the Races

as Director of Photography

1934

You Can't Buy Everything

as Director of Photography

1938

Marie Antoinette

as Director of Photography

1925

Cheap Skates

as Cinematography

1935

Trained Hoofs

as Director of Photography

1930

Doughboys

as Cinematography

1931

Sidewalks of New York

as Cinematography

1935

Donkey Baseball

as Director of Photography

1931

Stepping Out

as Director of Photography

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