Clarke and Stanley Kubrick on the science fiction epic ''. During 15 years in the film world, Caras held a number of assignments, including serving as press secretary for actress Joan Crawford, and a three-year assignment as an aide-de-camp to Arthur C. In 1950, he transferred to Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, but interrupted his education for military service again, this time in the Korean War from 1950 to 1952.Ĭaras returned to civilian life as a West Coast resident, attending the University of Southern California where he earned a degree, not in zoology, but in cinema, and stepped from academic life to executive-level work in the motion picture industry. Army near the end of World War II.Ĭaras returned to Boston after his tour of duty and then enrolled as a zoology major at Northwestern University. He completed his education at Boston’s Huntington Preparatory School and immediately enlisted in the U.S. He first job, working in the stables of a SPCA shelter, was his first experience with animal rescue in the shelter’s haven for abused horses. His parents allowed him to foster a menagerie of pets and during the Depression he went to work at the age of 10 to help pay for his pets’ upkeep. Known as the host of the annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, Caras was a veteran of network television programs including “Nightline,” “ABC News Tonight” and ' 20/20' before devoting himself to work as president of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and to becoming an author.īorn May 28, 1928, in the rural town of Methuen, Massachusetts, Caras was raised in a family that encouraged love of animals.

Caras ( May 28, 1928- February 18, 2001) was an American wildlife photographer, writer, wildlife preservationist and television personality.

Going for the Blue by Roger A. Caras