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Jack Cosgrove(1902-1965)

  • Visual Effects
  • Special Effects
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Jack Cosgrove was born on 9 June 1902 in Avalon, Catalina Island, California, USA. He was an assistant director, known for Rebecca (1940), Spellbound (1945) and Gone with the Wind (1939). He died on 10 March 1965 in Hermosa Beach, California, USA.
BornJune 9, 1902
DiedMarch 10, 1965(62)
BornJune 9, 1902
DiedMarch 10, 1965(62)
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  • Nominated for 5 Oscars
    • 5 nominations total

Known for

Joan Fontaine and Laurence Olivier in Rebecca (1940)
Rebecca
8.1
  • Special Effects
  • 1940
Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck in Spellbound (1945)
Spellbound
7.5
  • Special Effects
  • 1945
Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind (1939)
Gone with the Wind
8.2
  • Visual Effects
  • 1939
Gary Cooper and Teresa Wright in The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
The Pride of the Yankees
7.6
  • Visual Effects
  • 1942

Credits

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Visual Effects



  • Queen of Outer Space (1958)
    Queen of Outer Space
    4.6
    • special photographic effects (uncredited)
    • 1958
  • Monster from Green Hell (1957)
    Monster from Green Hell
    3.7
    • special photographic effects (uncredited)
    • 1957
  • James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor, and Rock Hudson in Giant (1956)
    Giant
    7.6
    • special visual effects (uncredited)
    • 1956
  • Helena Carter, Arthur Franz, and Jimmy Hunt in Invaders from Mars (1953)
    Invaders from Mars
    6.2
    • special photographic effects
    • 1953
  • Mutiny (1952)
    Mutiny
    5.2
    • special photographic effects
    • 1952
  • Marguerite Chapman, Arthur Franz, Virginia Huston, and Cameron Mitchell in Flight to Mars (1951)
    Flight to Mars
    5.1
    • special photographic effects
    • 1951
  • James Craig, Guy Madison, and Barbara Payton in Drums in the Deep South (1951)
    Drums in the Deep South
    5.8
    • special photographic effects
    • 1951
  • John Wayne, John Agar, Harry Carey Jr., Joanne Dru, and Ben Johnson in She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
    She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
    7.2
    • special photographic effects (uncredited)
    • 1949
  • Ingrid Bergman in Joan of Arc (1948)
    Joan of Arc
    6.4
    • special photographic effects
    • 1948
  • Gregory Peck, Joseph Cotten, and Jennifer Jones in Duel in the Sun (1946)
    Duel in the Sun
    6.7
    • special photographic effects (uncredited)
    • 1946
  • Shirley Temple, Joseph Cotten, and Ginger Rogers in I'll Be Seeing You (1944)
    I'll Be Seeing You
    7.1
    • special photographic effects (uncredited)
    • 1944
  • This Is the Army (1943)
    This Is the Army
    5.8
    • special photographic effects (uncredited)
    • 1943
  • Gary Cooper and Teresa Wright in The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
    The Pride of the Yankees
    7.6
    • special photographic effects
    • 1942
  • Richard Arlen, Don Castle, and Jean Parker in Power Dive (1941)
    Power Dive
    5.2
    • special photographic effects (as J.R. Cosgrove)
    • 1941
  • Charles Chaplin and Paulette Goddard in The Great Dictator (1940)
    The Great Dictator
    8.4
    • special photographic effects (uncredited)
    • 1940

Special Effects



  • September Storm (1960)
    September Storm
    5.1
    • special effects
    • 1960
  • Anne Bancroft and Scott Brady in The Restless Breed (1957)
    The Restless Breed
    5.3
    • special effects
    • 1957
  • Design for Dreaming (1956)
    Design for Dreaming
    4.0
    Short
    • special effects
    • 1956
  • Tallulah Bankhead, Ethel Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Shirley Booth, Mary Martin, Tommy Morton, and Mary Murphy in Main Street to Broadway (1953)
    Main Street to Broadway
    6.1
    • special effects
    • 1953
  • Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck in Spellbound (1945)
    Spellbound
    7.5
    • special effects
    • 1945
  • Shirley Temple, Joseph Cotten, and Ginger Rogers in I'll Be Seeing You (1944)
    I'll Be Seeing You
    7.1
    • special effects (uncredited)
    • 1944
  • Shirley Temple, Claudette Colbert, Joseph Cotten, and Jennifer Jones in Since You Went Away (1944)
    Since You Went Away
    7.5
    • special effects
    • 1944
  • Humphrey Bogart in Passage to Marseille (1944)
    Passage to Marseille
    6.8
    • special effects director (as Jack R. Cosgrove)
    • 1944
  • Humphrey Bogart and Julie Bishop in Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
    Action in the North Atlantic
    7.0
    • special effects director
    • 1943
  • Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck in Meet John Doe (1941)
    Meet John Doe
    7.6
    • special effects
    • 1941
  • Frances Dee, Fredric March, and Margaret Sullavan in So Ends Our Night (1941)
    So Ends Our Night
    6.8
    • special effects
    • 1941
  • Harry Carey, Richard Carlson, Jean Parker, C. Aubrey Smith, Helen Vinson, and Charles Winninger in Beyond Tomorrow (1940)
    Beyond Tomorrow
    6.5
    • special effects
    • 1940
  • Joan Fontaine and Laurence Olivier in Rebecca (1940)
    Rebecca
    8.1
    • special effects
    • 1940
  • Ingrid Bergman and Leslie Howard in Intermezzo (1939)
    Intermezzo
    6.6
    • special effects
    • 1939
  • James Stewart and Carole Lombard in Made for Each Other (1939)
    Made for Each Other
    6.3
    • special effects
    • 1939

Second Unit or Assistant Director



  • Billie Burke, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Paulette Goddard, Janet Gaynor, and Roland Young in The Young in Heart (1938)
    The Young in Heart
    7.3
    • inserts director (uncredited)
    • 1938

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • J.R. Cosgrove
  • Born
    • June 9, 1902
    • Avalon, Catalina Island, California, USA
  • Died
    • March 10, 1965
    • Hermosa Beach, California, USA(natural causes)

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