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Roland Totheroh
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Overview
Born
November 29
,
1890
·
San Francisco, California, USA
Died
June 18
,
1967
·
Hollywood, California, USA
(undisclosed)
Birth name
Roland Herbert Totheroh
Nickname
Rollie
Mini Bio
Rollie Totheroh worked as cinematographer on
Charles Chaplin
's movies for over 30 years, right from the earliest shorts in 1915 to
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
, including all of Chaplin's masterpieces:
The Kid (1921)
,
The Gold Rush (1925)
,
City Lights (1931)
,
Modern Times (1936)
and
The Great Dictator (1940)
. Totheroh was the man with whom Chaplin had the longest working relationship, other than his brother
Syd Chaplin
.
- IMDb Mini Biography By: Silas Mayfield
Family
Spouses
Marie Ione Shipman Totheroh
(1935 - September 13, 1943) (her death)
Ida Totheroh
(1914 - ?) (divorced, 1 child)
Trivia
Brother of writer
Dan Totheroh
.
Met
Charles Chaplin
while working with the Essanay company in Niles, California, where he was appearing in westerns with
Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson
.
Father of
Jack Totheroh
.
Member of The American Society of Cinematographers (ASC).
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