Burnett Guffey

Birthday:

05/26/1905

Place of birth:

Del Rio, Tennessee, USA:

Biography:

While still a teenager, the future Academy Award-winning lensman began as an assistant cameraman in 1923 on John Ford's 1924 western saga The Iron Horse. He was then hired by the Famous Players-Lasky Studios in 1927, became a camera operator in 1928 and worked there until 1943. Guffey was hired as a Director of Photography by Columbia Pictures in 1944. In 1957-58 he served as president of the American Society of Cinematographers (A.S.C.) for a year, and had been a long standing member. According to film critic Spencer Selby, Guffey was a prolific film noir cinematographer, shooting 20 of them, including In a Lonely Place (1950).​



Credits

My Father: Gordon Parks (1969)
Himself
The Moviemakers (1969)
Self
The Steagle (1971)
Director of Photography
The Great White Hope (1970)
Director of Photography
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? (1970)
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Halls of Anger (1970)
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The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969)
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Some Kind of a Nut (1969)
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The Learning Tree (1969)
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Where It's At (1969)
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The Split (1968)
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The Ambushers (1967)
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Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
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How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967)
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The Silencers (1966)
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King Rat (1965)
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Good Neighbor Sam (1964)
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Flight from Ashiya (1964)
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Kid Galahad (1962)
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Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
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Mr. Sardonicus (1961)
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Homicidal (1961)
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Cry for Happy (1961)
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Let No Man Write My Epitaph (1960)
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Hell to Eternity (1960)
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The Mountain Road (1960)
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Edge of Eternity (1959)
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They Came to Cordura (1959)
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Gidget (1959)
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Dogface (1959)
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Me and the Colonel (1958)
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Screaming Mimi (1958)
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The True Story of Lynn Stuart (1958)
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Decision at Sundown (1957)
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The Brothers Rico (1957)
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The Strange One (1957)
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Not One Shall Die (1957)
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Nightfall (1956)
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Storm Center (1956)
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The Harder They Fall (1956)
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Battle Stations (1956)
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Three Stripes in the Sun (1955)
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Count Three and Pray (1955)
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Tight Spot (1955)
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The Violent Men (1955)
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Private Hell 36 (1954)
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Human Desire (1954)
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The Bamboo Prison (1954)
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From Here to Eternity (1953)
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The Last Posse (1953)
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Assignment: Paris (1952)
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The Sniper (1952)
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Scandal Sheet (1952)
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The Family Secret (1951)
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Two of a Kind (1951)
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Sirocco (1951)
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Emergency Wedding (1950)
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Convicted (1950)
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In a Lonely Place (1950)
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Father Is a Bachelor (1950)
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The Reckless Moment (1949)
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And Baby Makes Three (1949)
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All the King's Men (1949)
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The Undercover Man (1949)
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Knock on Any Door (1949)
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The Sign of the Ram (1948)
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To the Ends of the Earth (1948)
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Framed (1947)
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Johnny O'Clock (1947)
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So Dark the Night (1946)
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Gallant Journey (1946)
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Night Editor (1946)
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A Bird in the Head (1946)
Cinematography
Meet Me on Broadway (1946)
Cinematography
My Name Is Julia Ross (1945)
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Blonde from Brooklyn (1945)
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Eve Knew Her Apples (1945)
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I Love a Mystery (1945)
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Eadie Was a Lady (1945)
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The Soul of a Monster (1944)
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Sailor's Holiday (1944)
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You Only Live Once (1937)
Assistant Camera
The Informer (1935)
Camera Operator
The Conquerors (1932)
Camera Operator