Floyd Crosby

Director Of Photography

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Also Known As

Floyd D Crosby, Floyd Delafield Crosby, Floyd D. Crosby

Birth Place

New York City, New York, USA

Born

December 12, 1899

Died

September 30, 1985

Cause of Death

Bronchial Pneumonia

Biography

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Master documentary cinematographer who shot films for both Robert Flaherty and Joris Ivens before turning to narrative features. After a couple of Hollywood pictures, most notably "High Noon" (1952), Crosby began a long-time collaboration with producer-director Roger Corman. Son is rock 'n' roll performer David Crosby of Crosby, Stills and Nash fame....

Filmography

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Matto-Grosso (1933)

Champagne Safari (1995)

Director Of Photography (In Memorium)

Sweet Kill (1972)

Sex and the College Girl (1970)

Director of Photography

The Cool Ones (1967)

Director of Photography

Fireball 500 (1966)

Director of Photography

Photos & Videos

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Bikini Beach (1964) -- Gimmie Your Love

Cool Ones, The (1967) -- (Movie Clip) Just One Of Those Things

Biography

Master documentary cinematographer who shot films for both Robert Flaherty and Joris Ivens before turning to narrative features. After a couple of Hollywood pictures, most notably "High Noon" (1952), Crosby began a long-time collaboration with producer-director Roger Corman. Son is rock 'n' roll performer David Crosby of Crosby, Stills and Nash fame.

Filmography

Director (Feature Film)

Matto-Grosso (1933)

Cinematography (Feature Film)

Champagne Safari (1995)

Director Of Photography (In Memorium)

Sweet Kill (1972)

Sex and the College Girl (1970)

Director of Photography

The Cool Ones (1967)

Director of Photography

Fireball 500 (1966)

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Sergeant Deadhead (1965)

Director of Photography

How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965)

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Indian Paint (1965)

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Beach Blanket Bingo (1965)

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Director of Photography

Bikini Beach (1964)

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Raiders From Beneath the Sea (1964)

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Pajama Party (1964)

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The Haunted Palace (1963)

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X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963)

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The Young Racers (1963)

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The Comedy of Terrors (1963)

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Black Zoo (1963)

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The Raven (1963)

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Night Tide (1963)

Addl Photographer

The Yellow Canary (1963)

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Terror at Black Falls (1962)

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Woman Hunt (1962)

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Premature Burial (1962)

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The Firebrand (1962)

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Hand of Death (1962)

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The Broken Land (1962)

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Tales of Terror (1962)

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The Gambler Wore a Gun (1961)

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The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come (1961)

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The Pit and the Pendulum (1961)

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A Cold Wind in August (1961)

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The Purple Hills (1961)

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Seven Women From Hell (1961)

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The Explosive Generation (1961)

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The Two Little Bears (1961)

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Operation Bottleneck (1961)

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House of Usher (1960)

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The High Powered Rifle (1960)

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Freckles (1960)

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Walk Tall (1960)

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Twelve Hours to Kill (1960)

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The Rookie (1959)

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The Miracle of the Hills (1959)

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Crime and Punishment, U.S.A. (1959)

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The Wonderful Country (1959)

Blood and Steel (1959)

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I, Mobster (1959)

Hot Rod Gang (1958)

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War of the Satellites (1958)

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Wolf Larsen (1958)

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Teenage Cave Man (1958)

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The Cry Baby Killer (1958)

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The Old Man and the Sea (1958)

Addl Photographer

Suicide Battalion (1958)

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She Gods of Shark Reef (1958)

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The Screaming Skull (1958)

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Machine-Gun Kelly (1958)

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Carnival Rock (1957)

Hell Canyon Outlaws (1957)

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Naked Paradise (1957)

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Reform School Girl (1957)

Teenage Doll (1957)

Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957)

Rock All Night (1957)

Ride Out for Revenge (1957)

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Shack Out on 101 (1955)

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Oklahoma! (1955)

2nd Unit Photography

The Naked Street (1955)

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Five Guns West (1955)

Apache Woman (1955)

Hell's Horizon (1955)

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The Fast and the Furious (1954)

Stormy, the Thoroughbred with an Inferiority Complex (1954)

Monster from the Ocean Floor (1954)

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The Snow Creature (1954)

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The Steel Lady (1953)

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Man Crazy (1953)

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Mystery Lake (1953)

Man in the Dark (1953)

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High Noon (1952)

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Of Men and Music (1951)

Cinematographer

The Brave Bulls (1951)

Director of Photography

My Father's House (1947)

The Land (1942)

Contr Photographer

The Fight for Life (1940)

Film Production - Main (Feature Film)

The Arousers (1970)

Cinematography (Short)

Alaska Lifeboat (1956)

Cinematographer

Traffic with the Devil (1946)

Cinematographer

Life Events

1927

Accompanied anthropologist William Beebe to Haiti, shooting still and movie footage

1931

First feature as director of photography, "Tabu"

1932

Sole directing credit (with John S. Clarke Jr. and David M. Newell), "Matto Grosso" (also co-photographer)

Videos

Bikini Beach (1964) -- Gimmie Your Love Testing video for ticket 1394 with clip Gimmie Your Love from Bikini Beach, 1964.

Cool Ones, The (1967) -- (Movie Clip) Just One Of Those Things Backstage at a TV variety show, ambitious dancer-singer Hallie (Debbie Watson) interrupts the band led by Glen Campbell as “Patrick,” doing an electrified Cole Porter song, Phil Harris in charge of the show, George Furth his aide, Phil Arnold the snarky stage manager, in The Cool Ones, 1967.

Cool Ones, The (1967) -- (Movie Clip) Some Of These Diddy-Bops 35 minutes into the feature top-billed Roddy McDowall appears as rock promoter Tony Krum, Robert Coote his sycophant brother Stanley, pushing his would-be pop-star duo, ingenue Hallie (Debbie Watson) and washed-up Cliff (Gil Peterson), Nita Talbot and Jim Begg the hangers-on, shooting at the Palm Springs airport, in The Cool Ones, 1967.

High Noon (1952) -- (Movie Clip) Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darlin' Outlaws Colby (Lee Van Cleef), Ben Miller (Sheb Wooley) and Pierce (Robert Wilke) gather as Tex Ritter sings "Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darlin'" in the opening of Fred Zinnemann's High Noon, 1952.

High Noon (1952) -- (Movie Clip) They're Making Me Run Ex-Marshal Kane (Gary Cooper) is riding out of Hadleyville, ahead of the return of outlaw Frank Miller, and just married to young Quaker Amy (Grace Kelly), when he has a change of heart, early in Fred Zinneman's High Noon, 1952.

Wonderful Country, The (1959) -- (Movie Clip) I Disobey Your Orders End of the credits, Exec Producer and star Robert Mitchum not shy about revealing his Mexican affect, exchanging not-quite pleasantries with Pancho (Mike Kellin) as he crosses the Rio Grande delivering loot, opening The Wonderful Country, 1959, directed by Robert Parrish.

Wonderful Country, The (1959) -- (Movie Clip) They Don't Stay Very Pretty Forthright Texas Ranger captain Rucker (Albert Dekker) speaks to hired gun Brady (Robert Mitchum) about Ellen (Julie London), the center of attention at a party hosted by her husband Major Colton (Gary Merrill), with whom he soon initiates a difficult conversation, in The Wonderful Country, 1959.

Fast And The Furious, The (1955) -- (Movie Clip) Please Untie Me! Escaped convict Webster (John Ireland, also the credited co-director) pulls over with his hostage, Jaguar enthusiast Connie (Dorothy Malone) in her car, hiding out for the night, in the early-Roger Corman feature The Fast and the Furious, 1955.

How To Stuff A Wild Bikini (1965) -- (Movie Clip) Title Song Frankie (Avalon), away on naval duty, had a witch doctor conjure this animated bikini, and back in California John Ashley leads the title song, producing Cassandra (Beverly Adams), whom Frankie figures will prevent anyone hitting on Dee Dee (Annette Funicello), in How To Stuff A Wild Bikini, 1965.

How To Stuff A Wild Bikini (1965) -- (Movie Clip) You Navy Boys In the opening, Frankie (Avalon), largely absent from this 5th picture in AIP’s “Beach Party” series, has been explaining his Navy Reserve gig to a sexy islander (Irene Tsu), but he’s worried that girlfriend Dee Dee (Annette Funicello) might stray, inducing Buster Keaton’s cameo, in How To Stuff A Wild Bikini, 1965.

Beach Blanket Bingo (1965) -- (Movie Clip) Jaws Of The Deep Frankie (Avalon) and the gang have rescued singer Sugar (Linda Evans), who’s replaced the stunt double who parachuted into the surf, her PR man (Paul Lynde) hustling for columnist Earl Wilson, biker villain Von Zipper (Harvey Lembeck) spying, and girlfriend Dee Dee (Annette Funicello) steamed, in Beach Blanket Bingo, 1965.

Beach Blanket Bingo (1965) -- (Movie Clip) Title Song A couple minutes into the picture, after comical character introductions, Frankie (Avalon) and Dee Dee (Annette Funicello) tumble to the title song, from series songwriters Jerry Styner and Guy Hemric, with Buster Keaton’s cameo at the end, in the 4th “Beach Party” movie, Beach Blanket Bingo, 1965.

X: The Man With The X-Ray Eyes -- (1963) -- Original Trailer Original trailer for what has become one of producer-director Roger Corman and American-Internationlal Pictjures' most beloved titles, X: The Man With The X-Ray Eyes, 1963, starring Ray Milland.

Beach Blanket Bingo - (Original Trailer) Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello play Beach Blanket Bingo (1965) with guest appearances by Paul Lynde, Don Rickles and Buster Keaton.

Old Man and the Sea, The - (Original Trailer) A Cuban fisherman (Spencer Tracy) believes his long dry spell will end when he catches a legendary fish in Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea (1958).

Pit and the Pendulum, The - (Original Trailer) Vincent Price and Barbara Steele are a couple united by guilt and madness in Roger Corman's The Pit and the Pendulum (1961).

How to Stuff a Wild Bikini - (Original Trailer) White witch doctor Buster Keaton teaches the Beach Party gang How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965).

Tales of Terror - (Original Trailer) Vincent Price, Peter Lorre and Basil Rathbone star in three of Edgar Allan Poe's Tales of Terror (1962).

House of Usher -- (Original Trailer) A young man tries to rescue the woman he loves from her demonic brother (Vincent Price). The first of director Roger Corman's adaptations of Poe.

Pajama Party - (Original Trailer) Tom Kirk comes from Mars to lead an invasion and lands in the middle of a Pajama Party (1964) with guest appearances by Elsa Lanchester and Buster Keaton.

Bikini Beach - (Original Trailer) [Widescreen] The original theatrical trailer for Bikini Beach (1964) starring Frankie Avalon & Annette Funicello.

Family

David Crosby

Son

Musician, singer. Member of the rock trio Crosby, Stills & Nash; appeared as a bathrobed homeowner in "Backdraft" and as a buccaneer in "Hook" (both 1991).

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