Other names Sid Hickox Role Film cinematographer Name Sidney Hickox | Years active 1916–1968 Occupation Cinematographer Ex-spouse Edna Mehlich | |
Full Name Sidney Barnett Hickox Born July 15, 1895 ( 1895-07-15 ) New York City Died May 16, 1982, La Canada Flintridge, California, United States Movies The Big Sleep, Dark Passage, To Have and Have Not, Them!, White Heat Similar People Jules Furthman, John Ridgely, Heinz Roemheld, Charles Waldron, Christian Nyby | ||
Sidney Hickox, A.S.C. (July 15, 1895 – May 16, 1982) was an American film and television cinematographer.
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Career
New York City-born Hickox started his film career at the age of 20 as an assistant cameraman at Manhattan's Biograph Studios and quickly became a full-time director of photography with Gloria's Romance in 1916. Following World War I, where he was a photographer for the US Naval Air Service, he relocated to Hollywood and joined the staff of First National Pictures. When the studio was absorbed by Warner Bros. in 1928, he remained there and worked on hundreds of projects until his retirement from feature films.
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Television
In television, Hickox directed multiple episodes of both I Love Lucy and The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour during their final seasons, as well as most of the episodes of The Andy Griffith Show during its lengthy run.