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name: "Jack Greenhalgh"
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roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "23 July 1904"
died: "3 September 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T14:17:01.051430+00:00"
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# Jack Greenhalgh

Cinematographer. Born 23 July 1904 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 3 September 1971.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 23 July 1904, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 3 September 1971
- **Also known as:** John H Greenhalgh Jr., Jack H. Greenhalgh Jr., John Greenhalgh, Jack Marta, Jack Greenhalgh Jr., John H. Greenhalgh Jr.

## Biography

Jack Greenhalgh was an American cinematographer. Born on 23 July 1904 in New York City, he died on 3 September 1971 in North Hollywood, California. He began his career as an assistant camera operator in the late 1920s and worked as a cinematographer from 1926 until 1953.

Greenhalgh shot more than 200 films, many of them low-budget B-movies produced by the Producers Releasing Corporation and directed by Sam Newfield. His credits include westerns and horror films such as *Reefer Madness* (1936), *Hitler's Madman* (1943), *Gangster's Den* (1945) and *Too Many Winners* (1947). He also worked on *Tell Your Children* (1938) and *The Lost Continent* (1951).

His final feature credit was as director of photography on the science-fiction film *Robot Monster* (1953). He contributed to television series including *The Adventures of Kit Carson* (1951) and *This Is the Life* (1952–1953).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Robot Monster* (1953), Fi1m 48, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/robot-monster.md)

## Also known for

- *Tell Your Children* (1938), Director of Photography
- *Hell's Angels* (1930), Aerial Camera
- *Lost Continent* (1951), Director of Photography

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