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Richard Lyford (1917-1985)

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Alias:
Richard H. Lyford
Richard Hoover Lyford

Born:
October 7, 1917

Died:
November 4, 1985

Biography from TheMovieDB

His early years he worked with Walt Disney doing animations in the late forties. In 1950, he co-directed and edited The Titan: Story of Michelangelo which won an Academy Award for documentary feature in 1950. In 1951, he moved to Saudi Arabia to produce a documentary on the history of the Arab people. In 1956, this documentary was shown on the national TV and around the world called Island Of Allah.[1] In 1969, Richard Lyford returned to the Persian Gulf to produce a 93 minute movie about a young Arab pearl diver called "Hamad And The Pirates" which came out in 1971. -Wikipedia

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Film Production

Cinematography:
1971  Hamad and the Pirates

Director:
1931  The Phantom of Terror
1936  The Scalpel
1937  Ritual of the Dead
1938  The Titan: Story of Michelangelo
1941  7 Wise Dwarfs
1950  Miyah: A Story of Water
1950  Shining Rails
1956  Island of Allah
1965  An Otter in the Family
1971  Hamad and the Pirates
1972  Nosey, the Sweetest Skunk in the West
1974  Ringo, the Refugee Raccoon
2019  As the Earth Turns

Director of Photography:
1931  The Phantom of Terror
1936  The Scalpel
1937  Ritual of the Dead
1938  The Titan: Story of Michelangelo
1941  7 Wise Dwarfs
1950  Miyah: A Story of Water
1950  Shining Rails
1956  Island of Allah
1965  An Otter in the Family
1971  Hamad and the Pirates
1972  Nosey, the Sweetest Skunk in the West
1974  Ringo, the Refugee Raccoon
1975  Seems There Was This Moose
2019  As the Earth Turns

Editor:
1931  The Phantom of Terror
1936  The Scalpel
1937  Ritual of the Dead
1938  The Titan: Story of Michelangelo
1941  7 Wise Dwarfs
1943  War Department Report
1950  Miyah: A Story of Water
1950  Shining Rails
1956  Island of Allah
1965  An Otter in the Family
1971  Hamad and the Pirates
1972  Nosey, the Sweetest Skunk in the West
1974  Ringo, the Refugee Raccoon
1975  Seems There Was This Moose
2019  As the Earth Turns

Screenplay:
1931  The Phantom of Terror
1936  The Scalpel
1937  Ritual of the Dead
1938  The Titan: Story of Michelangelo
1941  7 Wise Dwarfs
1943  War Department Report
1950  Miyah: A Story of Water
1950  Shining Rails
1956  Island of Allah
1965  An Otter in the Family
1971  Hamad and the Pirates
1972  Nosey, the Sweetest Skunk in the West
1974  Ringo, the Refugee Raccoon
1975  Seems There Was This Moose
2019  As the Earth Turns

Story:
1931  The Phantom of Terror
1936  The Scalpel
1937  Ritual of the Dead
1938  The Titan: Story of Michelangelo
1941  7 Wise Dwarfs
1943  War Department Report
1950  Miyah: A Story of Water
1950  Shining Rails
1956  Island of Allah
1965  An Otter in the Family
1971  Hamad and the Pirates
1972  Nosey, the Sweetest Skunk in the West
1974  Ringo, the Refugee Raccoon
1975  Seems There Was This Moose
2019  As the Earth Turns

Writer:
1931  The Phantom of Terror
1936  The Scalpel
1937  Ritual of the Dead
1938  The Titan: Story of Michelangelo
1941  7 Wise Dwarfs
1943  War Department Report
1950  Miyah: A Story of Water
1950  Shining Rails
1956  Island of Allah
1965  An Otter in the Family
1971  Hamad and the Pirates
1972  Nosey, the Sweetest Skunk in the West
1974  Ringo, the Refugee Raccoon
1975  Seems There Was This Moose
2019  As the Earth Turns

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