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Film animation pioneer Ray Harryhausen's career – in pictures

ray harryhausen: Ray Harryhausen In Action — American film animator and special effects creator Ray Harryhausen manipulates a figure of a serpent-like monster for stop motion animation, circa 1965 Photograph: Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Ray Harryhausen: Mighty Joe Young, 1949 — Mighty Joe Young, 1949 Photograph: BFI

Ray Harryhausen: Animal World, 1956 — Animal World, 1956 Photograph: SNAP/Rex Features

Ray Harryhausen: VARIOUS — Earth vs Flying Saucers, 1956 Photograph: SNAP/Rex Features

Ray Harryhausen: Ray Harryhausen storyboard for an unidentified film — Ray Harryhausen storyboard for an unidentified film Photograph: The Ronald Grant Archive

Ray Harryhausen obit: It came from beneath the sea, 1955 — It Came from Beneath the Sea, 1955 Photograph: Ronald Grant Archive

Ray Harryhausen obit: 20 Million Miles To Earth, 1957 — 20 Million Miles To Earth, 1957 Photograph: Moviestore Collection/Rex Features

Ray Harryhausen obit: A charcoal and pencil key drawing for the Seventh Voyage of Sinbad — A charcoal and pencil key drawing for the Seventh Voyage of Sinbad, 1957, an unrealised sequence for the film Photograph: Ray Harryhausen/Aurum Press

ray harryhausen: Ray Harryhausen — The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, 1958, cyclops animated by Ray Harryhausen Photograph: Ronald Grant Archive

Ray Harryhausen: The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, 1958 — The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, 1958 Photograph: Ronald Grant Archive

Ray Harryhausen: Kerwin Mathews — The 3 Worlds Of Gulliver, 1960 Photograph: Everett Collection/Rex Features

Ray Harryhausen obit: With storyboards for Mysterious Island, 1961 — Harryhausen with storyboards for Mysterious Island, 1961 Photograph: BFI

Ray Harryhausen: Film and Television — Mysterious Island, 1961 Photograph: Moviestore Collection/Rex Features

Ray Harryhausen obit: Jason and the Argonauts, 1963 — Jason and the Argonauts, 1963, directed by Don Chaffey, in which Ray Harryhausen's skeleton models battle Jason Photograph: Everett Collection/Rex Features

Ray Harryhausen: Ray Harryhausen storyboard illustration for One Million Years B C — Ray Harryhausen storyboard illustration for One Million Years BC, 1966 Photograph: The Ronald Grant Archive

Ray Harryhausen obit: One Million Years BC, 1966 — One Million Years BC, 1966 Photograph: Moviestore Collection/Rex Features

Ray Harryhausen: The Valley Of Gwangi, 1969 — The Valley Of Gwangi, 1969 Photograph: Moviestore Collection/Rex Features

Ray Harryhausen obit: On the set of the Golden Voyage of Sinbad — Producers Charles H Schneer, left, and Ray Harryhausen holding storyboards, on the set of the Golden Voyage of Sinbad, 1973 Photograph: Everett Collection/Rex Features

Ray Harryhausen obit: The Golden Voyage Of Sinbad, 1973 — The Golden Voyage of Sinbad, 1973 Photograph: Moviestore Collection/Rex Features

Ray Harryhausen: 'Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger' Film - 1977 — Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger, 1977 Photograph: Everett Collection/Rex Features

Ray Harryhausen obit: Working on a model from the film 'Clash Of The Titans' (1981) — Working on a model of Medusa from the film Clash Of The Titans, 1981 Photograph: Allstar/Cinetext/MGM

Ray Harryhausen obit: Clash Of The Titans — Clash of the Titans, 1981 Photograph: BFI

Ray Harryhausen obit: Sinbad & The Eye of the Tiger, 1977 — Sinbad & The Eye of the Tiger, 1977 Photograph: Allstar/Cinetext

ray harryhausen: Ray Harryhausen — Harryhausen in 2010 with a life-size replica of Medusa from 1981's Clash of the Titans Photograph: Matt LLoyd / Rex Features/Matt LLoyd / Rex Features

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