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name: "Ray June"
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roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "27 March 1895"
died: "26 May 1958"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 69
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-19T23:55:20.140758+00:00"
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# Ray June

Cinematographer. Born 27 March 1895 in Ithaca, New York, USA. Died 26 May 1958.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 27 March 1895, Ithaca, New York, USA
- **Died:** 26 May 1958
- **Active:** 1931–1938
- **Frequently works with:** [Myrna Loy](https://film.one/person/myrna-loy.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 3 Oscar nominations
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Romance 2, Adventure 1, Music 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $5m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_June, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2133917, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0432482/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/16750

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Arrowsmith*](https://film.one/film/arrowsmith.md) (70)

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## Biography

Ray June (27 March 1895 – 26 May 1958) was an American cinematographer. Born in Ithaca, New York, he attended Columbia University without graduating and served as a cameraman in the US Army Signal Corps during the First World War.

He worked in Hollywood from the mid-1910s, becoming a member of the American Society of Cinematographers. June was nominated for three Academy Awards for Best Cinematography: for *Arrowsmith* (1931), *Barbary Coast* (1935) and *Funny Face* (1957). Among his other credits as director of photography are *Horse Feathers* (1932), *Treasure Island* (1934), *The Great Ziegfeld* (1936), *Night Must Fall* (1937), *Test Pilot* (1938), *Babes in Arms* (1939), *The Court Jester* (1955) and *Houseboat* (1958).

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Test Pilot* (1938), Fi1m 73, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/test-pilot.md)
- *The Great Ziegfeld* (1936), Fi1m 64, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-great-ziegfeld.md)
- *Arrowsmith* (1931), Fi1m 70, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/arrowsmith.md)

## Complete filmography (131)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Houseboat* (1958), Director of Photography
- *The Seventh Sin* (1957), Director of Photography
- *Funny Face* (1957), Director of Photography
- *Hot Blood* (1956), Director of Photography
- *The Court Jester* (1955), Director of Photography
- *Day of Triumph* (1954), Director of Photography
- *This Is My Love* (1954), Director of Photography
- *Easy to Love* (1953), Director of Photography
- *A Slight Case of Larceny* (1953), Director of Photography
- *Code Two* (1953), Director of Photography
- *Sombrero* (1953), Director of Photography
- *Above and Beyond* (1953), Director of Photography
- *Sky Full of Moon* (1952), Director of Photography
- *Just This Once* (1952), Director of Photography
- *Invitation* (1952), Director of Photography
- *It's a Big Country* (1951), Director of Photography
- *Callaway Went Thataway* (1951), Director of Photography
- *Strictly Dishonorable* (1951), Director of Photography
- *Inside Straight* (1951), Director of Photography
- *Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone* (1950), Director of Photography
- *Crisis* (1950), Director of Photography
- *Shadow on the Wall* (1950), Director of Photography
- *The Reformer and the Redhead* (1950), Director of Photography
- *Nancy Goes to Rio* (1950), Director of Photography
- *The Sun Comes Up* (1949), Director of Photography
- *The Secret Garden* (1949), Director of Photography
- *A Southern Yankee* (1948), Director of Photography
- *The Bride Goes Wild* (1948), Director of Photography
- *Three Daring Daughters* (1948), Director of Photography
- *Alias a Gentleman* (1948), Director of Photography
- *The Beginning or the End* (1947), Director of Photography
- *The Cockeyed Miracle* (1946), Director of Photography
- *The Hoodlum Saint* (1946), Cinematography, Director of Photography
- *Twice Blessed* (1945), Director of Photography
- *Keep Your Powder Dry* (1945), Director of Photography
- *Marriage Is a Private Affair* (1944), Director of Photography
- *3 Men in White* (1944), Director of Photography
- *I Dood It* (1943), Director of Photography
- *Journey for Margaret* (1942), Director of Photography
- *Cairo* (1942), Director of Photography
- *Calling Dr. Gillespie* (1942), Director of Photography
- *I Married an Angel* (1942), Director of Photography
- *H.M. Pulham, Esq.* (1941), Director of Photography
- *The Chocolate Soldier* (1941), Director of Photography
- *The Feminine Touch* (1941), Director of Photography
- *Love Crazy* (1941), Director of Photography
- *Ziegfeld Girl* (1941), Director of Photography
- *Little Nellie Kelly* (1940), Director of Photography
- *Strike Up the Band* (1940), Director of Photography
- *And One Was Beautiful* (1940), Director of Photography
- *The Man from Dakota* (1940), Director of Photography
- *The Earl of Chicago* (1940), Director of Photography
- *Babes in Arms* (1939), Director of Photography
- *Fast and Furious* (1939), Director of Photography
- *Joy Scouts* (1939), Director of Photography
- *Lucky Night* (1939), Director of Photography
- *Honolulu* (1939), Director of Photography
- *Vacation from Love* (1938), Director of Photography
- *Too Hot to Handle* (1938), Additional Director of Photography
- *Rich Man, Poor Girl* (1938), Director of Photography
- *Woman Against Woman* (1938), Director of Photography
- *Test Pilot* (1938), Director of Photography — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/test-pilot.md)
- *Live, Love and Learn* (1937), Director of Photography
- *Saratoga* (1937), Director of Photography
- *Night Must Fall* (1937), Director of Photography
- *Espionage* (1937), Director of Photography
- *Born to Dance* (1936), Director of Photography
- *Suzy* (1936), Director of Photography
- *The Great Ziegfeld* (1936), Director of Photography — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/the-great-ziegfeld.md)
- *Wife vs. Secretary* (1936), Director of Photography
- *Riffraff* (1936), Director of Photography
- *Barbary Coast* (1935), Director of Photography
- *China Seas* (1935), Director of Photography
- *Vanessa: Her Love Story* (1935), Director of Photography
- *The Gay Bride* (1934), Director of Photography
- *Kid Millions* (1934), Director of Photography
- *Hide-Out* (1934), Director of Photography
- *Treasure Island* (1934), Director of Photography
- *The Girl from Missouri* (1934), Director of Photography
- *Riptide* (1934), Director of Photography
- *The Women in His Life* (1933), Director of Photography
- *Roman Scandals* (1933), Director of Photography
- *Another Language* (1933), Director of Photography
- *When Ladies Meet* (1933), Director of Photography
- *I Cover the Waterfront* (1933), Director of Photography
- *Secrets* (1933), Director of Photography
- *Cynara* (1932), Director of Photography
- *Horse Feathers* (1932), Director of Photography
- *Sinners in the Sun* (1932), Director of Photography
- *Disorderly Conduct* (1932), Director of Photography
- *Arrowsmith* (1931), Director of Photography — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/arrowsmith.md)
- *Corsair* (1931), Director of Photography
- *Bought!* (1931), Director of Photography
- *Indiscreet* (1931), Director of Photography
- *Reaching for the Moon* (1930), Director of Photography
- *The Bat Whispers* (1930), Director of Photography
- *The Lottery Bride* (1930), Director of Photography
- *The Eyes of the World* (1930), Director of Photography
- *Puttin' on the Ritz* (1930), Director of Photography
- *New York Nights* (1929), Director of Photography
- *The Locked Door* (1929), Director of Photography
- *Alibi* (1929), Director of Photography
- *Companionate Marriage* (1928), Director of Photography
- *Through the Breakers* (1928), Director of Photography
- *Midnight Life* (1928), Director of Photography
- *The Desert Bride* (1928), Director of Photography
- *The Sporting Age* (1928), Director of Photography
- *So This Is Love* (1928), Director of Photography
- *The Wife's Relations* (1928), Director of Photography
- *The Siren* (1927), Director of Photography
- *The Opening Night* (1927), Director of Photography
- *Blondes by Choice* (1927), Director of Photography
- *The Girl from Rio* (1927), Director of Photography
- *Mountains of Manhattan* (1927), Director of Photography
- *The Silent Avenger* (1927), Director of Photography
- *Sinews of Steel* (1927), Director of Photography
- *Quarantined Rivals* (1927), Cinematography
- *The Final Extra* (1927), Cinematography
- *Money to Burn* (1926), Director of Photography
- *The Unknown Soldier* (1926), Director of Photography
- *Shadow of the Law* (1926), Director of Photography
- *The Phantom of the Forest* (1926), Director of Photography
- *Tracked in the Snow Country* (1925), Director of Photography
- *The Shadow on the Wall* (1925), Director of Photography
- *Cornered* (1924), Director of Photography
- *A Self-Made Failure* (1924), Cinematography
- *By Divine Right* (1924), Director of Photography
- *Penrod and Sam* (1923), Director of Photography
- *Penrod* (1922), Director of Photography
- *Scrambled Wives* (1921), Director of Photography
- *The Lilac Splash* (1915), Director of Photography

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 3 nominated

- 1958: Best Cinematography (nominated), for *Funny Face*
- 1936: Best Cinematography (nominated), for *Barbary Coast*
- 1932: Best Cinematography (nominated), for *Arrowsmith*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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