Perry, Harry, 1888-1985

American cinematographer Harry Frank Perry was born on May 2, 1888, the fifth of seven children born to Fannie Teter and Henry Perry in Idana, Kansas. He married Fern Frost Strange on July 29, 1921, and the couple had three children, Harry Frank Perry Jr., Thomas Leon Perry, and John Richard Perry. Perry is most well known for his work on aerial cinematic sequences in Wings (1927) and Howard Hughes' Hell's Angels (1930), for which he was nominated for an Academy Award. He died on February 9, 1985 in Los Angeles, California.

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Genealogy files about "Harry Perry." Accessed on November 3, 2021 on FamilySearch.org.

"Obituary 8 -- no Title." Los Angeles Times (1923-1995), Feb 13, 1985. 1, http://ezproxy.library.unlv.edu/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/historical-newspapers/obituary-8-no-title/docview/154101965/se-2?accountid=3611.