# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gregg-toland
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:12:16.718Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gregg-toland"
name: "Gregg Toland"
slug: "gregg-toland"
description: "Gregg Wesley Toland was an American cinematographer known for his innovative use of techniques such as deep focus, examples of which can be found in his work on Orson Welles' Citizen Kane (1941), William Wyler's The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), and John Ford's The Grapes of Wrath, and The Long Voyage Home. He is also known for his work as a director of photography for Wuthering Heights (1939), The Westerner (1940), Ball of Fire (1941), The Outlaw (1943), Song of the South (1946) and The Bishop's Wife (1947)."
tagline: "American cinematographer (1904–1948)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gregg_Toland.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1904-05-29"
deathDate: "1948-09-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump