Thol Simonson

出生 : 1912-07-28, Los Angeles, California, USA

死亡 : 2010-10-10

略歴

Thol Simonson was born on July 28, 1912 in Los Angeles, California, USA as Thol Ogden Simonson. He is known for his work on Superman (1973), The Outer Limits (1963) and Men Into Space (1959). He died on October 10, 2010 in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA.

参加作品

The Klansman
Special Effects
A small southern town has just been rocked by a tragedy: a young woman has been violently raped. The white town fathers immediately declare that the attacker had to be black, and place the blame on Garth, a young black man. Assuming that the men in white sheets aren't intent on holding a fair and impartial trial, Garth takes to the woods as the Klansmen lynching party hunts him down.
ロンゲスト・ヤード
Special Effects
In this rough-and-tumble yarn, filmed on-location at the Georgia State Prison, the cons are the heroes and the guards are the heavies. Eddie Albert is the sadistic warden who'll gladly make any sacrifice to push his guards' semi-pro football team to a national championship.
Another Nice Mess
Special Effects
Nixon and Agnew played as Laurel and Hardy.
The Grasshopper
Special Effects
A British Columbia teenager dreams of show business but winds up as a call girl in Las Vegas.
Fanfare for a Death Scene
Special Effects
An American secret agent, on the trail of a vanished scientist, must recover the scientist's revolutionary secret formula before the enemy catches up with his quarry first.
Escape from Hell Island
Special Effects
The plot concerns a Key West charter boat captain persuaded to help smuggle Cuban refugees to Florida. When a refugee is killed while escaping, he loses his license and becomes involved with a married woman, whose jealous husband wants him dead.
Paratroop Command
Special Effects
Charlie becomes a paratrooper, but, while serving in North Africa, he mistakenly kills one of his fellow U.S. soldiers, who is masquerading as a Nazi in order to wipe out a nest of the enemy. Shunned by his fellow soldiers, including his childhood friend Ace, Charlie is forced to prove himself when it is left up to him to transport a generator across an open road in full view of Nazi attackers.
The Bonnie Parker Story
Special Effects
In the 1930s, amoral blonde tommy-gun girl Bonnie Parker cut a swath of bodies across the South-West. Starting out on gas stations and bars with side-kick Guy Darrow she graduated to bank hold-ups with Darrow's brother and, after bloodily springing him, her jailed husband. But there was never any doubt who was in charge.
Stamp Day for Superman
Special Effects
Superman's commitment to promote US Savings Stamps is temporarily delayed when Lois is kidnapped.
The Big Sky
Special Effects Technician
Two tough Kentucky mountaineers join a trading expedition from St. Louis up the Missouri River to trade whisky for furs with the Blackfoot Indians. They soon discover that there is much more than the elements to contend with.
The Big Sky
Boatman (uncredited)
Two tough Kentucky mountaineers join a trading expedition from St. Louis up the Missouri River to trade whisky for furs with the Blackfoot Indians. They soon discover that there is much more than the elements to contend with.
遊星よりの物体X
Special Effects Technician
ジョン・W・キャンベル・Jrの『影が行く』を基にハワード・ホークスが製作した50年代SF映画の代表傑作。アラスカの観測基地を舞台に、発掘された氷塊の中から出現した吸血異星人と戦う軍人・科学者たち。ダイナミックな演出でクライマックスまで一気に見せる。 1982年には、ジョン・カーペンター監督によりリメイク作品の『遊星からの物体X』が製作された。
赤い河
Special Effects Technician
南北戦争前後を舞台に、広大な牧場を持った開拓者とその養子が、新たな商機への道行きの中で様々な局面に遭遇し、衝突しながら苦難を乗り越えていく姿を描いた西部劇。南部に広大な牧場を持つダンスンは、養子のマシュウらと共に、東部へのビッグ・トレイルを敢行した。だが、道は険しく、ダンスンのいらだちは次第に募っていく。やがて、レッド・リバーのほとりにさしかかったとき、牧童の三人が逃亡するという事件が起こった。厳しい処置をとろうとするダンスンに対して、マシュウは牧童の味方をし、ダンスンを脅してその場に置き去りにする。怒りに燃えたダンスンは、マシュウを殺すことを誓うが……。
So Proudly We Hail
Special Effects Technician
During the start of the Pacific campaign in World War II, Lieutenant Janet Davidson is the head of a group of U.S. military nurses who are trapped behind enemy lines in the Philippines. Davidson tries to keep up the spirits of her staff, which includes Lieutenants Joan O'Doul and Olivia D'Arcy. They all seek to maintain a sense of normal life, including dating, while under constant danger as they tend to wounded soldiers.