Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos

Gregg Toland: Quick Facts

Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Last updated

Facts

Born May 29, 1904 • Charleston • Illinois
Died September 28, 1948 (aged 44) • Los Angeles • California
Awards And Honors Academy Award (1940)
James Wong Howe
James Wong Howe
American cinematographer
Philip Kaufman, right, and cinematographer Sven Nykvist stand in front of a vehicle on set, with Nykvist gesturing as they film The Unbearable Lightness of Being.
Sven Nykvist
Swedish cinematographer
default image
Nestor Almendros
Spanish cinematographer
Orson Welles
Orson Welles
American actor, director, and writer
Robert Wise
Robert Wise
American director and producer
Henry Fonda in Mister Roberts
Henry Fonda
American actor
Humphrey Bogart in Sahara
Humphrey Bogart
American actor
Spike Jonze
Spike Jonze
American director and producer
Myrna Loy
Myrna Loy
American actress
Darryl F. Zanuck
Darryl F. Zanuck
American executive
default image
Herman Mankiewicz
American writer
Claire Trevor
Claire Trevor
American actress
Hamlet (1948)
Laurence Olivier
British actor, director, writer, and producer
Niven, David
David Niven
British actor
Dodsworth
Rudolph Maté
Polish-born filmmaker
default image
Paul Strand
American photographer
The War of the Worlds
Byron Haskin
American director, cinematographer, and special-effects artist
Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake stand close together in dramatic lighting, with Ladd holding a pistol, in a scene from the film The Blue Dahlia.
Alan Ladd
American actor
Jane Russell reclines in a fitted dress on a pile of hay in a publicity still from the 1943 film The Outlaw.
Jane Russell
American actress and singer
Orson Welles and Joseph Cotten stand among stacks of newspapers, both wearing suits and hats, in a scene from the film Citizen Kane.
Joseph Cotten
American actor

Related Quizzes

Empty movie theater and blank screen (theatre, motion pictures, cinema).
Oscar-Worthy Movie Trivia