Scaife, Edward, 1912-1994

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Name (Latin)
Scaife, Edward, 1912-1994
Other forms of name
Scaife, Ted, 1912-
Scaife, Edward, 1912-
Date of birth
1912-05-23
Date of death
1994-11-01
Field of activity
Cinematography
Occupation
Cinematographers
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 38356872
Wikidata: Q1247974
Library of congress: n 85199134
HAI10: 000624330
Sources of Information
  • Internet Movie Database WWW site, April 9, 2015:(Edward Scaife, cinematographer ; b. Edward grenville Scaife, May 23, 1912 in London, England, UK ; d. November, 1994 (age 82) in Chichester, West Sussex, England, UK)
  • The Dirty dozen [MP] c1967:t.p. (director of photography, Edward Scaife)
  • Halliwell's Filmgoer's companion, 1983(Scaife, Ted; British cinematographer; b. 1912)
  • IMDb2007

Wikipedia description:

Edward Scaife BSC (23 May 1912 – November 1994) was an English cinematographer, who worked five times with the director John Huston. Sometimes credited as Ted Scaife, he worked originally in the sound department of a London film company. From 1940 onwards, he was a member of the camera crew in productions such as Michael Powell's Black Narcissus (1947) and Huston's African Queen. From 1951 he was first employed as a chief camera man, and photographed films of all genres, including Night of the Demon (1957), 633 Squadron (1964), Khartoum (1966), and The Dirty Dozen (1967), before retiring from the industry in 1979.

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