Goodbye Harry

Farewell then Harry Redmond Jr. 

Harry who?

Harry, who has just died aged 101, was part of the trailblazing special effects team who turned an 18in  model of an ape into the 24ft tall King Kong back in 1933.

With his dad, another sfx wiz, he helped create eye-popping sequences for everything from musicals (Flying Down to Rio) and historical epics (Last Days of Pompeii) to the big ape sequel Son of Kong.

After Harry Junior went solo, the credits piled up including The Marx Bros’ A Night in Casablanca, which featured the memorable falling wall sequence. 

Much later, Redmond was prolific in TV co-producing popular shows like Flipper and Daktari as well as the cult sci-fi series The Outer Limits.