29 May 1904, Charleston, Coles County, Illinois, d. 28 Sep 1948, , Los Angeles County, California. Toland helped devise a tool which silenced the camera's noise and which allowed the camera to move about more freely. Deep focus cinematography, depicting a broad and clear foreground, middleground, and background. (Toland was said to have protected the inexperienced Welles from potential embarrassment by conferring with him in private about technical matters rather than bringing these up in front of the assembled cast and crew.) Lothian Toland, Gregg Toland Jr., Timothy Toland: Parents: Jennie Toland, Frank Toland: Star Sign: Gemini # Trademark; 1: Deep focus cinematography, depicting a broad and clear foreground, middleground, and background. He also became perhaps the first cinematographer to receive prominent billing in the opening credits, rather than being relegated to a card containing seven or more other names. Lothian became the wife of comic Red Skelton. In truth, before the filming of "Citizen Kane" Toland invited Welles to his house and spent a weekend teaching Welles everything about lens and camera positions that he thought his novice director should know. When sound came to movies in 1927, the audible whir of movie cameras became a problem, requiring the cumbersome use of soundproof booths.
Orson Welles once said that everything he knew about the art of photography a great cameraman - Gregg Toland - taught him in half an hour.
Only in his mid 40s, he had already received six of his eventual 18 Oscar nominations (a record he shares with Charles Lang Jr., ASC). Donates footprints in concrete from Red Skelton Studio. The Life and Death of 9413, a Hollywood Extra, director of photography: second unit - uncredited, Interviewer in 1935 Newsreel (uncredited), Himself - Takes Light Level on Gary Cooper (uncredited). 2: The American Society of … Born May 29, 1904 in Charleston, Illinois, USA. Lothian became the wife of comic Red Skelton. Toland acquired a little girl, Lothian, by his second wife and two sons, Gregg jr. and Timothy, by his third. He, posthumously, became the father-in-law of Red Skelton when his daughter, Lothian, married the comedy legend in 1973. Toland had a daughter, Lothian, by his second wife and two sons, Gregg jr. and Timothy, by his third. Soon he was making $18 a week as an assistant cameraman. Toland quickly became the highest paid cinematographer in the business, earning as much as $200,000 over a three year period. May 29, 1904, Charleston, Illinois, United States, September 28, 1948, Los Angeles, California, United States, Cinematographer, Camera Department, Director, Virginia Thorpe (m. 1945–1948), Helen Barclay (m. 1934–1945), Lothian Toland, Gregg Toland Jr., Timothy Toland.