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Raymond Frederick Harryhausen was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Martha L. (née Reske) and Frederick W. Harryhausen. Of German descent, the family surname was originally spelled "Herrenhausen".
May 7, 2013 · He was born in Los Angeles to Frederick and Martha Harryhausen, Americans of German ancestry. As a young boy he had an interest in prehistoric animals and created clay models.
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May 9, 2013 · Harryhausen used a standard technique, pioneered, if not invented, by Willis O’Brien, the guy who made the ape in “King Kong”: articulated “ball-and-socket” miniature models, animated ...
In Fred's World War I draft registration, he was working as a machinist for Pierce Arrow Sales Co. He and his wife, Martha lived at 1009 Ashbury Street in San Francisco. He was 33 years old at the time. He was described as of medium height and build with brown eyes and dark auburn hair.
- Male
- February 28, 1885
- Martha L. (Reske) Harryhausen
- April 14, 1964
Raymond Frederick Harryhausen was born in 1920 in Los Angeles, California, to parents Martha L and Frederick W Harryhausen. As a young boy in 1933, Harryhausen attended a showing of King Kong at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, whose special effects supervisor was Willis O’Brien.
Jun 4, 2016 · Ray Harryhausen was born June 29, 1920, in Los Angeles, California. His parents, Martha and Fred Harryhausen, nurtured Ray’s passions and often took him on day trips to museums, movie houses and the ocean. In 1925, Ray’s parents took him to see the film The Lost World.
First Men in the Moon is a 1964 British science fiction film, produced by Charles H. Schneer, directed by Nathan Juran, and starring Edward Judd, Martha Hyer and Lionel Jeffries. The film, distributed by Columbia Pictures, is an adaptation by screenwriter Nigel Kneale of H. G. Wells ' 1901 novel The First Men in the Moon .
