William Nobles (cinematographer)


William Nobles was an American cinematographer.

Biography

Born in 1892 in Waubay, South Dakota, Nobles worked on nearly two-hundred Hollywood films in a career that spanned five decades, from 1917 to 1966. His most noted cinematography work is probably the Gene Autry film Red River Valley in 1936, and the original Dick Tracy serial film in 1937, working with Edgar Lyons.
One author described his contribution to filmmaking as follows:
Another notes the "fine photography" by Nobles in The Fighting Devil Dogs, 1938.
Nobles died in 1968 in Costa Mesa, California, at the age of 75.

Partial filmography