Walter Stradling

Walter Stradling
Stradling in 1917.
Born	Walter Ernest Stradling 1875 Plymouth, Devon, England
Died	July 4, 1918 (aged 42–43) New York City, New York
Occupation	Cinematographer
Years active	1914–1918

Walter Stradling (1875 – July 4, 1918) was an English-born American cinematographer of the silent era. He is best remembered for working on several well-known feature films of Mary Pickford and for the Famous Players–Lasky production company in general. He also worked on the films of Cecil B. DeMille, Sessue Hayakawa and Blanche Sweet. Stradling died relatively young at 43 in the 1918 flu pandemic. He was the uncle of the cinematographer Harry Stradling.^[1]