James Wong Howe: movies and TV shows
James Wong Howe has 141 credits in the archive: 136 films and 5 TV series, from 1919 to 2024. Highest rated: 87th Precinct (7.8/10).
Career timeline
1919 – 2024 · busiest year: 1932 (7 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Against All Odds: The Life of Cinematographer James Wong Howe | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 124 |
| 2007 | The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.0 | 107 |
| 1992 | Visions of Light | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 92 |
| 1981 | The Rickshaw Boy | Film | — | 81 | |
| 1975 | Funny Lady | Film | 5.3 | 75 | |
| 1973 | James Wong Howe: Cinematographer | Self | Film | — | 73 |
| 1971 | The Horsemen | Film | 6.3 | 71 | |
| 1970 | The Molly Maguires | Film | 6.3 | 70 | |
| 1970 | Last of the Mobile Hot Shots | Film | 4.6 | 70 | |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest | TV | 6.8 | 68 |
| 1968 | The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter | Film | 7.5 | 68 | |
| 1967 | Hombre | Film | 7.1 | 67 | |
| 1966 | Seconds | Film | 7.3 | 66 | |
| 1966 | This Property Is Condemned | Film | 6.5 | 66 | |
| 1965 | The Glory Guys | Film | 6.5 | 65 | |
| 1964 | The Outrage | Film | 5.9 | 64 | |
| 1963 | Hud | Film | 7.2 | 63 | |
| 1963 | The Small World: The Gypsy Children of Granada | Film | — | 63 | |
| 1963 | The Small World: The Gypsy Children of Granada | Film | — | 63 | |
| 1961 | 87th Precinct | TV | 7.8 | 61 | |
| 1960 | Checkmate | TV | 4.8 | 60 | |
| 1960 | Song Without End | Film | 4.8 | 60 | |
| 1960 | Tess of the Storm Country | Film | 10.0 | 60 | |
| 1959 | The Story on Page One | Film | 5.1 | 59 | |
| 1959 | The Last Angry Man | Film | 6.9 | 59 | |
| 1958 | Bell, Book and Candle | Film | 6.6 | 58 | |
| 1958 | The Old Man and the Sea | Film | 6.5 | 58 | |
| 1958 | The Invisible Avenger | Film | 5.3 | 58 | |
| 1957 | Sweet Smell of Success | Film | 7.6 | 57 | |
| 1957 | Drango | Film | 5.6 | 57 | |
| 1957 | Armored Attack! | Film | 6.2 | 57 | |
| 1956 | Death of a Scoundrel | Film | 6.0 | 56 | |
| 1955 | The Rose Tattoo | Film | 6.9 | 55 | |
| 1955 | Picnic | Film | 6.4 | 55 | |
| 1954 | Go Man Go | Film | 5.4 | 54 | |
| 1954 | Autumn in Rome | Film | — | 54 | |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self | TV | 7.0 | 53 |
| 1953 | Come Back, Little Sheba | Film | 7.3 | 53 | |
| 1953 | Indiscretion of an American Wife | Film | 6.0 | 53 | |
| 1953 | Main Street to Broadway | Film | 7.3 | 53 | |
| 1953 | Jennifer | Film | 6.0 | 53 | |
| 1953 | The World of Dong Kingman | Film | 9.0 | 53 | |
| 1953 | The World of Dong Kingman | Film | 9.0 | 53 | |
| 1952 | The Lady Says No | Film | 4.6 | 52 | |
| 1951 | He Ran All the Way | Film | 7.2 | 51 | |
| 1951 | Behave Yourself! | Film | 6.2 | 51 | |
| 1951 | The Brave Bulls | Film | 6.2 | 51 | |
| 1950 | The Baron of Arizona | Film | 6.7 | 50 | |
| 1950 | The Eagle and the Hawk | Film | 5.9 | 50 | |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | TV | 6.8 | 48 |
| 1948 | Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House | Film | 7.0 | 48 | |
| 1948 | The Time of Your Life | Film | 6.1 | 48 | |
| 1947 | Body and Soul | Film | 6.7 | 47 | |
| 1947 | Pursued | Film | 6.6 | 47 | |
| 1947 | Nora Prentiss | Film | 6.2 | 47 | |
| 1946 | My Reputation | Film | 7.3 | 46 | |
| 1945 | Confidential Agent | Film | 5.5 | 45 | |
| 1945 | Objective, Burma! | Film | 6.9 | 45 | |
| 1945 | Counter-Attack | Film | 6.4 | 45 | |
| 1945 | Danger Signal | Film | 6.0 | 45 | |
| 1944 | Passage to Marseille | Film | 6.6 | 44 | |
| 1943 | Hangmen Also Die! | Film | 6.9 | 43 | |
| 1943 | Air Force | Film | 6.5 | 43 | |
| 1943 | The Hard Way | Film | 6.4 | 43 | |
| 1943 | The North Star | Film | 6.0 | 43 | |
| 1942 | Yankee Doodle Dandy | Film | 7.0 | 42 | |
| 1942 | Kings Row | Film | 7.3 | 42 | |
| 1941 | The Strawberry Blonde | Film | 7.0 | 41 | |
| 1941 | Out of the Fog | Film | 6.3 | 41 | |
| 1941 | Navy Blues | Film | 4.8 | 41 | |
| 1941 | Shining Victory | Film | 6.1 | 41 | |
| 1940 | Fantasia | Film | 7.3 | 40 | |
| 1940 | City for Conquest | Film | 6.9 | 40 | |
| 1940 | Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet | Film | 6.5 | 40 | |
| 1940 | Abe Lincoln in Illinois | Film | 6.9 | 40 | |
| 1940 | Saturday's Children | Film | 6.9 | 40 | |
| 1940 | A Dispatch from Reuters | Film | 6.3 | 40 | |
| 1940 | Torrid Zone | Film | 7.0 | 40 | |
| 1939 | The Oklahoma Kid | Film | 6.0 | 39 | |
| 1939 | They Made Me a Criminal | Film | 6.3 | 39 | |
| 1939 | Dust Be My Destiny | Film | 6.5 | 39 | |
| 1939 | Daughters Courageous | Film | 6.3 | 39 | |
| 1938 | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | Film | 6.6 | 38 | |
| 1938 | Algiers | Film | 6.4 | 38 | |
| 1938 | Comet Over Broadway | Film | 5.7 | 38 | |
| 1937 | The Prisoner of Zenda | Film | 7.5 | 37 | |
| 1937 | Fire Over England | Film | 6.2 | 37 | |
| 1937 | Farewell Again | Film | 6.5 | 37 | |
| 1937 | Under the Red Robe | Film | 6.8 | 37 | |
| 1936 | Three Live Ghosts | Film | 6.0 | 36 | |
| 1935 | Mark of the Vampire | Film | 6.2 | 35 | |
| 1935 | Biography of a Bachelor Girl | Film | 6.8 | 35 | |
| 1935 | The Night Is Young | Film | 6.0 | 35 | |
| 1935 | Rendezvous | Film | 4.9 | 35 | |
| 1935 | The Flame Within | Film | 5.0 | 35 | |
| 1935 | Whipsaw | Film | 6.4 | 35 | |
| 1935 | O'Shaughnessy's Boy | Film | 6.2 | 35 | |
| 1934 | The Thin Man | Film | 7.5 | 34 | |
| 1934 | Manhattan Melodrama | Film | 7.1 | 34 | |
| 1934 | Hollywood Party | Film | 5.7 | 34 | |
| 1934 | The Show-Off | Film | 6.3 | 34 | |
| 1934 | Viva Villa! | Film | 6.2 | 34 | |
| 1934 | Stamboul Quest | Film | 5.2 | 34 | |
| 1934 | Have a Heart | Film | 7.3 | 34 | |
| 1933 | Hello, Sister! | Film | 6.0 | 33 | |
| 1933 | Beauty for Sale | Film | 7.2 | 33 | |
| 1933 | The Power and the Glory | Film | 5.9 | 33 | |
| 1932 | Shanghai Express | Film | 7.0 | 32 | |
| 1932 | Amateur Daddy | Film | 10.0 | 32 | |
| 1932 | Man About Town | Film | 7.0 | 32 | |
| 1932 | Chandu the Magician | Film | 6.3 | 32 | |
| 1932 | After Tomorrow | Film | 6.2 | 32 | |
| 1932 | Young America | Film | 5.5 | 32 | |
| 1932 | Dance Team | Film | 10.0 | 32 | |
| 1931 | The Criminal Code | Film | 6.1 | 31 | |
| 1931 | The Yellow Ticket | Film | 5.1 | 31 | |
| 1931 | The Spider | Film | 7.0 | 31 | |
| 1931 | Transatlantic | Film | 5.8 | 31 | |
| 1931 | Surrender | Film | 5.5 | 31 | |
| 1930 | Today | Film | 3.3 | 30 | |
| 1930 | The Inevitable Urge | Film | — | 30 | |
| 1929 | Desert Nights | Film | 5.4 | 29 | |
| 1928 | Laugh, Clown, Laugh | Film | 7.4 | 28 | |
| 1928 | The Perfect Crime | Film | 9.0 | 28 | |
| 1927 | Sorrell and Son | Film | 6.0 | 27 | |
| 1927 | The Rough Riders | Film | 7.0 | 27 | |
| 1926 | Mantrap | Film | 6.2 | 26 | |
| 1926 | Padlocked | Film | 7.0 | 26 | |
| 1925 | The Charmer | Film | 7.0 | 25 | |
| 1925 | Not So Long Ago | Film | 8.0 | 25 | |
| 1924 | Peter Pan | Film | 6.9 | 24 | |
| 1924 | The Breaking Point | Film | — | 24 | |
| 1924 | The Side Show of Life | Film | 8.0 | 24 | |
| 1923 | Drums of Fate | Film | — | 23 | |
| 1923 | The Spanish Dancer | Film | 5.0 | 23 | |
| 1923 | To the Last Man | Film | 9.0 | 23 | |
| 1923 | The Call of the Canyon | Film | 7.0 | 23 | |
| 1922 | The Woman Who Walked Alone | Film | 8.0 | 22 | |
| 1922 | The Siren Call | Film | 8.0 | 22 | |
| 1919 | Puppy Love | Film | 7.0 | 19 | |
| 1919 | Told in the Hills | Film | 7.0 | 19 |