Charles H. Schneer

Known for ProductionBorn 1920-05-05Died 2009-01-21Norfolk, Virginia, USA

Born in Norfolk, Virginia, he graduated from Columbia University in 1940. Serving in the US Army's Signal Corps Photographic Unit during the war, and moved to Hollywood following demobilisation. After joining Columbia Pictures, he was introduced to Harryhausen by a mutual friend from Schneer's time in the Army.[1] Together they made It Came From Beneath The Sea (1955), about a giant octopus that wreaks havoc on the Golden Gate Bridge. The octopus had only six tentacles, which Schneer is reported to have been correct in claiming no one would notice.[2] This film made use of stop-motion photography which the two men were to use to greater effect in later films including Jason and the Argonauts (1963), The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973), and Clash of the Titans (1981). In 1960, he moved his base of operations to London, where he remained for 45 years. Beside the fantasy films, he also produced the film version of the stage musical Half a Sixpence (1967) starring Tommy Steele and Hellcats of the Navy (1957), the only film starring both Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan (as Nancy Davis).[3] Schneer died in Boca Raton, Florida, aged 88.Read more

Movies & web series

Aliens, Dragons, Monsters & Me

Ray Harryhausen: Working with Dinosaurs

The Harryhausen Chronicles

The Valley of Gwangi

Jason and the Argonauts

Clash of the Titans

The 7th Voyage of Sinbad

The Golden Voyage of Sinbad

Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger

The 3 Worlds of Gulliver

Mysterious Island

Good Day for a Hanging

First Men in the Moon

The Prince of Thieves

20 Million Miles to Earth

The Case Against Brooklyn

Half a Sixpence

Earth vs. the Flying Saucers

The Executioner

Face of a Fugitive

It Came from Beneath the Sea

Hellcats of the Navy

Monsters and Magic

Tomorrow the Moon