Richard M. Rawlings Jr., a four-time Emmy-nominated cinematographer best known for sharing the third season of "Charlie's Angels" with his father, has died at the age of 82. He died on 30 June in Flagstaff, Arizona, his family announced. His career, which followed directly in the footsteps of his father Richard L. Rawlings, also a noted television cinematographer, spanned decades of American television and included work on shows such as Matt Houston, L.A. Law, Boston Public and Desperate Housewives.

Rawlings Jr. and his father overlapped on "Charlie's Angels" during its 1978-79 season, each shooting half of the 22 episodes; when his father departed to work on "Dynasty", Rawlings Jr. carried on with the series until 1981, with the pair together shooting 87 of its 109 episodes. He began his career as a Warner Bros. messenger before working as an assistant camera operator for his father, later becoming, at 35, one of the youngest directors of photography in Hollywood history. He received four Emmy nominations across his career and, in 2014, was honoured with the American Society of Cinematographers' Television Career Achievement Award, presented alongside "Charlie's Angels" star Cheryl Ladd.