Charles P. Boyle enjoyed his first credit as a cinematographer

Cinematographer

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 in 1925. Three years later, he was the director of photography on one of the silent cinema's biggest comedy hits, Tillie's Punctured Romance

Tillie's Punctured Romance (1928 film)

Tillie's Punctured Romance is a 1928 circus comedy starring W. C. Fields as a ringmaster and Louise Fazenda as a runaway. Written by Monte Brice and Keene Thompson and directed by A. Edward Sutherland, this movie has nothing to do with the revered 1914 Charles Chaplin film aside from sharing the...

. He was second unit director on the Errol Flynn

Errol Flynn

Errol Leslie Flynn was an Australian-born actor. He was known for his romantic swashbuckler roles in Hollywood films, being a legend and his flamboyant lifestyle.-Early life:...

 swashbuckler

Swashbuckler

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 The Adventures of Robin Hood

The Adventures of Robin Hood (film)

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in 1938 and did additional work on Duel in the Sun in 1946.

He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography in 1945 for his adventurous work on the Gene Kelly

Gene Kelly

Eugene Curran "Gene" Kelly was an American dancer, actor, singer, film director and producer, and choreographer...

 musical, Anchors Aweigh

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Anchors Aweigh is a 1945 American musical comedy film directed by George Sidney in which two sailors go on a four-day shore leave in Hollywood, accompanied by music and song, meet an aspiring young singer and try to help her get an audition at MGM...

, a film famous for Kelly's dance with Jerry, of Tom and Jerry

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 fame.

Boyle did a lot of work for the Disney

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 studios in the late 1940s and 1950s, including the live action sections of Fun and Fancy Free

Fun and Fancy Free

Fun and Fancy Free is a 1947 animated feature produced by Walt Disney and released by RKO Radio Pictures on September 27, 1947. It was one of the "package films" that the studio produced in the 1940s...

(1947), Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier

Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier

Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier is a 1955 live-action Walt Disney adventure film starring Fess Parker as Davy Crockett. This film is an edited compilation of the first three stories from the Disney television series Davy Crockett :...

(1955) and - his last film - Old Yeller

Old Yeller

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(1957).