Charles F. Wheeler

Charles F. Wheeler (December 15, 1915, Memphis, Tennessee – October 28, 2004, Orange, California) was an American cinematographer. He did much of his work for Walt Disney. In 1970 he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography; along with Osami Furuya, Sinsaku Himeda, and Masamichi Satoh; for Tora! Tora! Tora!. He had also been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Babe, a biopic about Babe Zaharias. He died in 2004 after developing Alzheimer's disease.^[1]

Partial filmography

• Duel at Diablo (1966)
• C.C. and Company (1970)
• Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
• Silent Running (1972)
• The War Between Men and Women (1972)
• Bad Ronald (1974)
• The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (1976) (TV)
• Freaky Friday (1976)
• The Cat from Outer Space (1978)
• C.H.O.M.P.S (1979)
• The Last Flight of Noah's Ark (1980)
• Condorman (1981)
• The Best of Times (1986)

References

1. Los Angeles Times obituary