R. E. Irish (born Robert Irish) was an American cinematographer who worked in Hollywood during the earlier part of the silent era.
[1][2] Robert (sometimes called Roy[citation needed]) was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Fred Irish and Ella Schutt.
After his father's death, he and his mother moved out to Los Angeles during the 1910s, where Robert began a career as a cinematographer when motion pictures were in their infancy.
[3] He collaborated with director Robert Z. Leonard early on.
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