Biography
Harry Stradling Jr. was an American cinematographer. Born in Yonkers, New York, on 7 January 1925, he was the son of cinematographer Harry Stradling and the great-nephew of cameraman Walter Stradling. He began his career as a camera assistant and operator, working on films including Gaslight (1944), before becoming a director of photography in his own right.
Stradling’s first solo credit as cinematographer was Welcome to Hard Times (1967). He went on to shoot numerous Westerns, including six films with director Burt Kennedy such as Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969) and Rooster Cogburn (1975), as well as Little Big Man (1970) for Arthur Penn. He also collaborated with Blake Edwards on four features and photographed The Way We Were (1973) and 1776 (1972).
Stradling received Academy Award nominations for best cinematography for 1776 and The Way We Were. He was a member of the American Society of Cinematographers and died on 17 October 2017 in Woodland Hills, California.
