Roland Totheroh | |
Birth Name: | Roland Herbert Totheroh |
Birth Date: | 29 November 1890 |
Birth Place: | San Francisco, California, U.S. |
Death Place: | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Resting Place: | Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery |
Occupation: | Cinematographer |
Father: | John Edgar Totheroh |
Mother: | Emma Gertrude Ashman |
Children: | Jack Totheroh |
Relatives: | Dan Totheroh |
Roland Herbert Totheroh (November 29, 1890 – June 18, 1967) was an American cinematographer most notable for being the regular cameraman on the films of Charlie Chaplin. He worked with Chaplin from 1915 until the 1940s in over 30 films. He was often billed as Rollie Totheroh.
He was born in San Francisco, California, on November 29, 1890, to John Edgar Totheroh and Emma Gertrude Ashman.[1] His brother was the writer Dan Totheroh (1894-1976).[1] He began his film career at the Essanay Film Manufacturing Company.[2] He married and had a son, actor Jack Totheroh (1914-2011). He died on June 18, 1967, in Los Angeles, California.
Totheroh was portrayed in the film Chaplin by David Duchovny.
* indicates a non-Chaplin film.