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A male given name, a pet form of Gregory, or transferred from the surname
A patronymic surname derived from Gregory and Gregor

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Gregg Toland
born May 29, 1904, Charleston, Ill., U.S. died Sept. 28, 1948, Hollywood, Calif. U.S. cinematographer. He got his start in the film industry at the age of 15, working as an office boy at the Fox studio, and he soon became a cameraman, working for Samuel Goldwyn and others in the 1930s and '40s. As director of photography for Dead End (1937), Wuthering Heights (1939, Academy Award), The Grapes of Wrath (1940), Citizen Kane (1941), and The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), he was noted for his brilliant use of chiaroscuro and his deep-focus camera work. He codirected the war documentary December 7th (1943, Academy Award) with John Ford
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