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Charles H. Schneer
Norfolk, Virginia, USA
Born in Norfolk, Virginia, he graduated from Columbia University in 1940. Serving in the US Army's Signal Corps Photographic Unit during the war, and moved to Hollywood following…
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Born in Norfolk, Virginia, he graduated from Columbia University in 1940. Serving in the US Army's Signal Corps Photographic Unit during the war, and moved to Hollywood following demobilisation. After joining Columbia Pictures, he was introduced to Harryhausen by a mutual friend from Schneer's time in the Army.[1] Together they made It Came From Beneath The Sea (1955), about a giant octopus that wreaks havoc on the Golden Gate Bridge. The octopus had only six tentacles, which Schneer is reported to have been correct in claiming no one would notice.[2] This film made use of stop-motion photography which the two men were to use to greater effect in later films including Jason and the Argonauts (1963), The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973), and Clash of the Titans (1981). In 1960, he moved his base of operations to London, where he remained for 45 years. Beside the fantasy films, he also produced the film version of the stage musical Half a Sixpence (1967) starring Tommy Steele and Hellcats of the Navy (1957), the only film starring both Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan (as Nancy Davis).[3] Schneer died in Boca Raton, Florida, aged 88.
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1999
Ray Harryhausen: Working with Dinosaurs
Movie Self
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1997
The Harryhausen Chronicles
Movie Self
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1983
Aliens, Dragons, Monsters & Me
Movie Himself
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1981
Clash of the Titans
Movie Producer
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1977
Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger
Movie Producer
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1973
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
Movie Producer
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1972
Monsters and Magic
Movie Self
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1970
The Executioner
Movie Producer
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1969
The Valley of Gwangi
Movie Producer
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1967
Half a Sixpence
Movie Producer
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1964
First Men in the Moon
Movie Producer
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1964
Tomorrow the Moon
Movie Self
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1963
Jason and the Argonauts
Movie Producer
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1961
Mysterious Island
Movie Producer
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1960
The 3 Worlds of Gulliver
Movie Producer
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1959
Face of a Fugitive
Movie Executive Producer
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1959
Good Day for a Hanging
Movie Producer
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1958
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
Movie Producer
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1958
The Case Against Brooklyn
Movie Producer
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1957
20 Million Miles to Earth
Movie Producer
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1957
Hellcats of the Navy
Movie Producer
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1956
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
Movie Producer
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1955
It Came from Beneath the Sea
Movie Producer
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1948
The Prince of Thieves
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