John Wilcox
An image from The Eagle Has Landed, one of the productions that also features John Wilcox.

John Wilcox

May 7, 1905 — Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK

John Laurence Wilcox was a British cinematographer active from the early 1940's up to his death in 1979. During that period he worked on numerous films, either as DOP (Director of Photography), director of second camera units on large budget films, or simply as a cameraman.

In the 1940s, 1950s and early 1960s he lensed several popular films, such as Carve Her Name with Pride, The Cockleshell Heroes, Safari, The Mouse That Roared, and Summer Holiday. In the mid 1960s, he struck up a good working relationship with horror director Freddie Francis, and they worked together on horror classics such as The Skull, Hysteria, The Evil of Frankenstein, The Deadly Bees, The Ghoul, and Legend of the Werewolf.

As director of second camera units he worked on films such as The Third Man, The Guns of Navarone, Casino Royale and The Eagle Has Landed.

The Third Man

The Third Man

1949

The Guns of Navarone

The Guns of Navarone

1961

The Eagle Has Landed

The Eagle Has Landed

1976

The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires

The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires

1974

The Mouse That Roared

The Mouse That Roared

1959

The Evil of Frankenstein

The Evil of Frankenstein

1964

The Skull

The Skull

1965

Dr. Who and the Daleks

Dr. Who and the Daleks

1965