John Laurence Wilcox

John Laurence Wilcox, BSC (7 May 1913 – 31 May 1979) was a British cinematographer. He frequently worked with director Freddie Francis and photographed many popular British films, including Carve Her Name with Pride, Summer Holiday and Dr. Who and the Daleks.

The nephew of the director and producer Herbert Wilcox, he began his film career in 1930 as an often uncredited second camera assistant to Freddie Young. His involvement as a cameraman included work on The Third Man and Outcast of the Islands, and made his debut as chief camera operator in 1951 with Mr. Denning Drives North.

Selected filmography 1951: Mr. Denning Drives North 1951: Outcast of the Islands 1954: Hell Below Zero 1954: The Black Knight 1955: The Cockleshell Heroes 1956: Safari 1958: Harry Black 1958: Carve Her Name with Pride 1959: The Mouse that Roared 1959: Expresso Bongo 1959: A Touch of Larceny 1961: Mr. Topaze 1962: Only Two Can Play 1962: Waltz of theToreadors 1963: Summer Holiday 1964: Nightmare 1964: The Evil of Frankenstein 1965: The Skull 1966: The Psychopath 1966: Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. 1967: The Deadly Bees 1968: The Limbo Line 1969: The Chairman 1970: Connecting Rooms 1971: The Last Valley 1972: Steptoe & Son 1973: The Belstone Fox 1974: Craze 1974: The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires 1975: The Ghoul 1978: The Hound of the Baskervilles