Vernon L. Walker (May 2, 1894 – March 1, 1948) was an American

special effect Special effects (often abbreviated as SFX, F/X or simply FX) are illusions or visual tricks used in the theatre, film, television, video game, amusement park and simulator industries to simulate the imagined events in a story or virtual wor ...

s artist and

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. He was nominated for four

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for Best Special Effects. He worked on more than 220 films during his career, starting out as a head cameraman for Otis B. Thayer's Art-O-Graf Film Company in 1919.

Selected filmography

Walker was nominated for four Academy Awards: * ''

A Front Page Story ''A Front Page Story'' is a 1922 American silent comedy film directed by Jess Robbins and starring Edward Everett Horton, Lloyd Ingraham, and James Corrigan.Monaco p. 263. Cast * Edward Everett Horton as Rodney Marvin * Lloyd Ingraham as Mayor ...

'' (1922) * '' The Right of the Strongest'' (1924) * ''

The Hansom Cabman The Hansom Cabman is a 1924 American silent film, silent black and white short comedy film starring Harry Langdon directed by Harry Edwards (director), Harry Edwards and produced by Mack Sennett. The name is an amalgam of the terms handsome cabman ...

'' (1924) * ''

Flirty Four-Flushers ''Flirty Four-Flushers'' is a 1926 comedy silent film produced by Mack Sennett and starred by Eddie Cline and Billy Bevan. Carl Harbaugh wrote the reelers of the film. It was distributed by Pathé. It was released on December 26, 1926. ''Pea ...

'' (1926) * ''

The Girl from Everywhere ''The Girl from Everywhere'' is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Edward F. Cline and starring Daphne Pollard, Dot Farley, Mack Swain and Carole Lombard.Kiriakou, Olympia. ''Becoming Carole Lombard: Stardom, Comedy, and Legacy''. ...

'' (1927) * ''

The Man from Hard Pan ''The Man from Hard Pan'' is a 1927 American silent Western film directed by Leo D. Maloney and starring Maloney, Eugenia Gilbert and Rosa Gore. Cast * Leo D. Maloney as Robert Alan * Eugenia Gilbert as Elizabeth Warner * Rosa Gore as Sa ...

'' (1927) * '' The Long Loop on the Pecos'' (1927) * ''

Bringing Up Baby ''Bringing Up Baby'' is a 1938 American screwball comedy film directed by Howard Hawks, and starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant. It was released by RKO Pictures, RKO Radio Pictures. The film tells the story of a paleontologist in a numb ...

'' (1938) * ''

Swiss Family Robinson ''The Swiss Family Robinson'' (German: ''Der Schweizerische Robinson'') is a novel by Johann David Wyss, first published in 1812, about a Swiss family of immigrants whose ship en route to Port Jackson, Australia, goes off course and is shipwreck ...

'' (1940) * ''

The Navy Comes Through ''The Navy Comes Through'' is a 1942 American World War II film directed by A. Edward Sutherland. It stars Pat O'Brien, George Murphy and Jane Wyatt. Vernon L. Walker and James G. Stewart were nominated for an Oscar for Best Special Effects. ...

'' (1942) * '' Bombardier'' (1943) * '' Days of Glory'' (1944)

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