Ray Harryhausen Filmography

Born:: June 29, 1920 in Los Angeles, CA
Occupation:: Associate Producer, Producer, Special Effects
Biography:: Ray Harryhausen carved out an all-but-unique niche for himself in movies, from the 1950s through the 1980s. In an era in which actors commanded the lion's share of public attention, with directors (and sometimes the increasingly rare producer) taking most of what was left, Harryhausen -- who was...Read More

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Trail of the Screaming Forehead

Crew: Animator, Producer

Actors: Brian Howe, Dan Conroy, Andrew Parks, Jennifer Blaire, Larry Blamire

Synopsis: Aesthetically and thematically, director Larry Blamire's outrageous camp-fest Trail of the Screaming Forehead resuscitates and satirizes bottom-of-the-barrel 1950s sci-fi movies such as X the Unknown and The Creeping Terror. Blamire's tale revolves around the scientific discovery that foreheads Read More

2007
Attack of the 50 ft. Monster Mania

Synopsis: Hosted by everyone's favorite vamp, Elvira, this program is a lighthearted look back at the monster movies of the '50s. All the monsters that scared your parents make appearances here including Godzilla and King Kong. Also included are many interviews with the men behind the monsters including Read More

2000
Beverly Hills Cop III

Actors: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, Hector Elizondo, Timothy Carhart, John Saxon, Stephen McHattie

Synopsis: The third entry in the popular Beverly Hills Cop series finds Detroit cop Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy) returning yet again to Southern California, this time on the trail of two car thieves turned murderers. As he teams up again with L.A. cop Billy Rosewood (Judge Reinhold), Foley's investigation Read More

1994
Aliens, Dragons, Monsters & Me

Crew: Special Effects

Synopsis: A biographical special effects documentary, this video features a look inside of the life and work of Ray Harryhausen, one of the most accomplished special effects wizards in Hollywood. Featured are clips from some of his work in the movies: King Kong, Clash of the Titans, 7th Voyage of Sinbad, Read More

1992
The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal

Synopsis: The works of "Puppetoon" creator and special effects wizard George Pal are perhaps best seen separately and in toto rather than lumped together in fragmentary form. The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal contains an abundance of enjoyable film clips, but most are far too short for the Read More

1985
Spies Like Us

Actors: Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Steve Forrest, Donna Dixon, Bruce Davison

Synopsis: Director John Landis helmed this Cold War farce starring Dan Aykroyd and Chevy Chase as Austin Millbarge and Emmett Fitz-Hume -- two loser misfits who dwell in the lower ranks of the Central Intelligence Agency. Convinced despite much evidence to the contrary that they're prime secret agent Read More

1985
Clash of the Titans

Crew: Producer, Special Effects

Actors: Laurence Olivier, Harry Hamlin, Claire Bloom, Judi Bowker, Maggie Smith

Synopsis: The eschewing of modern optical effects techniques in favor of the classic stop-motion animation work of special effects legend Ray Harryhausen was a delightful highlight of this action adventure that attempted to give Greek mythology the Star Wars (1977) treatment. Harry Hamlin stars as Perseus Read More

1981
Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger

Crew: Producer, Screen Story, Screenwriter, Special Effects

Actors: Patrick Wayne, Taryn Power, Margaret Whiting, Jane Seymour, Patrick Troughton

Synopsis: Famed stop-motion animator Ray Harryhausen concocts a collection of fantastic creatures -- including a saber-tooth tiger, a chess-playing baboon, a giant walrus and three banshees -- for this follow-up to The Golden Voyage of Sinbad. Patrick Wayne stars as Sinbad, who seeks the hand of Princess Read More

1977
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad

Crew: Producer, Special Effects

Actors: David Garfield, John Phillip Law, Caroline Munro, Tom Baker, Douglas Wilmer, Martin Shaw

Synopsis: The second of special-effects wizard Ray Harryhausen's three Sinbad epics, this film finds the titular hero played by John Philip Law, while the principal villain, Koura, is portrayed by future Dr. Who Tom Baker. The plot sends Sinbad and his crew on a quest for a valuable and magical golden Read More

1973
The Valley of Gwangi

Crew: Associate Producer, Special Effects

Actors: James Franciscus, Gila Golan, Richard Carlson, Laurence Naismith

Synopsis: When a traveling Wild West show comes to town, the natives are frightened by a one-foot-tall horse that is believed to be a bad omen. The superstitious natives try to return the horse to The Valley of Gwangi to avert disaster. Tuck (James Franciscus) and T.J. (Gila Golan) try to help archaeologist Read More

1969
One Million Years B.C.

Crew: Special Effects

Actors: Raquel Welch, John Richardson, Percy Herbert, Robert Brown, Martine Beswicke

Synopsis: This film was advertised with the slogan "See Raquel Welch In Mankind's First Bikini!" While archeologists tell us humans did not live at the same time as dinosaurs, and our prehistoric ancestors probably didn't look much like Ms. Welch and her co-stars, One Million Years B.C. is a good bit more Read More

1966
The First Men in the Moon

Crew: Associate Producer, Special Effects

Actors: Edward Judd, Lionel Jeffries, Martha Hyer, Erik Chitty, Betty McDowall, Hugh McDermott

Synopsis: First Men in the Moon is an H.G. Welles cinemadaptation from director Nathan Juran. When scientists in the year 1964 are confused by evidence of a long-ago space flight, nonagenarian Arnold Bedford (Edward Judd) explains all. Back in 1899, Bedford, eccentric scientist Joseph Cavor (Lionel Read More

1964
Jason and the Argonauts

Crew: Associate Producer, Special Effects

Actors: Todd Armstrong, Nancy Kovack, Gary Raymond, Laurence Naismith, Niall MacGinnis, Michael Gwynn, Honor Blackman

Synopsis: Greek mythology is done up brown by the special-effects expertise of Ray Harryhausen in Jason and the Argonauts. Jason (Todd Armstrong), rightful heir to the throne of Thessaly, is spared from death through the intervention of the goddess Hera (Honor Blackman). The other celestial inhabitants of Read More

1963
Mysterious Island

Crew: Special Effects

Actors: Michael Craig, Joan Greenwood, Michael Callan, Gary Merrill, Herbert Lom

Synopsis: Filmed at least nine times over the last nine decades, Jules Verne's Mysterious Island received its most popular picturization in the hands of producer Charles Schneer, director Cy Endfield and special-effects maestro Ray Harryhausen. During the Civil War, several P.O.W.s led by Gary Merrill Read More

1961
The 3 Worlds of Gulliver

Crew: Special Effects

Actors: Kerwin Mathews, Jo Morrow, June Thorburn, Lee Patterson, Gregoire Aslan

Synopsis: The Three Worlds of Gulliver is perhaps the least known of the Charles H. Schneer-Ray Harryhausen collaborations of the 1960s, perhaps because it was withdrawn from circulation so soon after its initial release. Kerwin Mathews, star of the Schneer-Harryhausen classic Seventh Voyage of Sinbad Read More

1960
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad

Crew: Associate Producer, Special Effects

Actors: Kerwin Mathews, Kathryn Grant, Richard Eyer, Torin Thatcher, Alec Mango

Synopsis: Whilst Sinbad (Kerwin Mathews) is on his way to Baghdad, transporting the Princess Parisa (Kathryn Grant), who is to become his bride and secure peace between her kingdom and his, the ship encounters the isle of Colossa. Sinbad and his men are attacked by a gigantic, bestial one-eyed Cyclops, and Read More

1958
20 Million Miles to Earth

Crew: Special Effects

Actors: William Hopper, Joan Taylor, Frank Puglia, John Zaremba, Thomas Brown Henry

Synopsis: One of special-effects wizard Ray Harryhausen's pre-Seventh Voyage of Sinbad efforts, 20 Million Miles to Earth borrows a few pages from King Kong. An American spaceship crashlands off the coast of Sicily. The rescue party discovers that the astronauts have inadvertently brought back a curious Read More

1957
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers

Crew: Special Effects

Actors: Hugh Marlowe, Joan Taylor, Donald Curtis, Morris Ankrum, John Zaremba

Synopsis: Anyone who's seen the 1996 science-fiction lampoon Mars Attacks may have trouble watching Earth vs. the Flying Saucers with a straight face. Hugh Marlowe plays scientist Russell Marvin, who is on-hand when an alien spacecraft lands on earth. The saucermen at first insist that they've come in Read More

1956
It Came from Beneath the Sea

Crew: Special Effects

Actors: Kenneth Tobey, Faith Domergue, Donald Curtis, Ian Keith, Dean Maddox, Jr.

Synopsis: It Came From Beneath the Sea was the first of several fruitful collaborations between producer Charles H. Schneer and special-effects wizard Ray Harryhausen. "It" is a giant, six-tentacled octopus, which is galvanized into action by an H-bomb test. Worse still, the monster is highly radioactive Read More

1955
The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms

Crew: Special Effects

Actors: Paul Christian, Paula Raymond, Cecil Kellaway, Kenneth Tobey, Donald Woods

Synopsis: A longtime "dream" project of production designer-turned-director Eugene Lourie, The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms sees the titular beast unleashed on the world via nuclear testing. Making its way from the Arctic Circle, the monster-a carnivorous "rhedosaurus"-begins advancing towards New York. It Read More

1953
Mighty Joe Young

Crew: Special Effects

Actors: Terry Moore, Ben Johnson, Robert Armstrong, Frank McHugh, Mr. Joseph Young, Douglas Fowley

Synopsis: Hoping to make the magic of King Kong happen again, the production team of Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack came up with the 1949 special-effects smorgasbord Mighty Joe Young. Robert Armstrong reprises his Kong portrayal of Carl Denham as hot-shot showbiz entrepreneur Max O'Hara. While in Read More

1949