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Harold Haysom(1914-1999)

  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Additional Crew
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Harold Haysom was born on 29 July 1914 in Wandsworth, London, England, UK. He was an assistant director, known for The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), Pickup Alley (1957) and Ferry to Hong Kong (1959). He died in 1999 in Eastbourne, East Sussex, England, UK.
BornJuly 29, 1914
Died1999
BornJuly 29, 1914
Died1999
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Known for

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
8.0
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • 1943
Anita Ekberg and Victor Mature in Pickup Alley (1957)
Pickup Alley
6.2
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • 1957
Orson Welles, Curd Jürgens, and Sylvia Syms in Ferry to Hong Kong (1959)
Ferry to Hong Kong
5.5
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • 1959
They Can't Hang Me (1955)
They Can't Hang Me
5.8
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • 1955

Credits

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  • Guns of Darkness (1962)
    Guns of Darkness
    6.1
    • additional photography
    • 1962
  • Postman's Knock (1962)
    Postman's Knock
    5.4
    • photography: second unit
    • 1962
  • Vivien Leigh and Warren Beatty in The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961)
    The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
    6.4
    • director of photography: second unit (uncredited)
    • 1961
  • A Matter of WHO (1961)
    A Matter of WHO
    6.2
    • director of photography: second unit
    • 1961
  • Dial 999 (1958)
    Dial 999
    7.1
    TV Series
    • exterior cameraman
    • 1958–1959
  • Tony Britton and Nadja Tiller in Portrait of a Sinner (1959)
    Portrait of a Sinner
    6.0
    • camera operator
    • 1959
  • Orson Welles, Curd Jürgens, and Sylvia Syms in Ferry to Hong Kong (1959)
    Ferry to Hong Kong
    5.5
    • camera operator
    • 1959
  • Jayne Mansfield and Kenneth More in The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw (1958)
    The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw
    6.0
    • camera operator
    • 1958
  • Victor Mature and Diana Dors in The Long Haul (1957)
    The Long Haul
    6.7
    • camera operator: second unit: Scotland
    • 1957
  • Pedro Armendáriz, Trevor Howard, and Elsa Martinelli in Stowaway Girl (1957)
    Stowaway Girl
    6.2
    • camera operator
    • 1957
  • Anita Ekberg and Victor Mature in Pickup Alley (1957)
    Pickup Alley
    6.2
    • camera operator
    • 1957
  • The Shield of Faith
    • camera operator
    • 1956
  • Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954)
    Colonel March of Scotland Yard
    7.1
    TV Series
    • camera operator
    • 1954–1956
  • They Can't Hang Me (1955)
    They Can't Hang Me
    5.8
    • camera operator
    • 1955
  • The Colditz Story (1955)
    The Colditz Story
    6.9
    • camera operator (as Hal Haysom)
    • 1955

Second Unit or Assistant Director



  • William Holden, Capucine, and Susannah York in The 7th Dawn (1964)
    The 7th Dawn
    6.4
    • second unit director
    • 1964
  • Laurence Harvey in The Running Man (1963)
    The Running Man
    6.5
    • second unit director
    • 1963

Additional Crew



  • Celia Johnson, John Mills, and Robert Newton in This Happy Breed (1944)
    This Happy Breed
    7.3
    • technician for the Technicolor Company
    • 1944

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Hal Haysom
  • Born
    • July 29, 1914
    • Wandsworth, London, England, UK
  • Died
    • 1999
    • Eastbourne, East Sussex, England, UK

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