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).β
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Filmography
all 92
Movies 92
Director 25
self 2
Cinematographer
The Steagle (1971)
Movie
Cinematographer
The Great White Hope (1970)
Movie
Cinematographer
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? (1970)
Movie
Cinematographer
Halls of Anger (1970)
Movie
Himself
My Father: Gordon Parks (1969)
Movie
Director of Photography
The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969)
Movie
Cinematographer
Some Kind of a Nut (1969)
Movie
Cinematographer
The Learning Tree (1969)
Movie
Cinematographer
Where It's At (1969)
Movie
Self
The Moviemakers (1969)
Movie
Director of Photography
The Split (1968)
Movie
Director of Photography
The Ambushers (1967)
Movie
4.64
Director of Photography
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Movie
5.4
Cinematographer
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967)
Movie
Cinematographer
The Silencers (1966)
Movie
4.5
Cinematographer
King Rat (1965)
Movie
Cinematographer
Good Neighbor Sam (1964)
Movie
Director of Photography
Flight from Ashiya (1964)
Movie
Cinematographer
Kid Galahad (1962)
Movie
Cinematographer
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
Movie
5.33
Cinematographer
Mr. Sardonicus (1961)
Movie
Cinematographer
Homicidal (1961)
Movie
7
Cinematographer
Cry for Happy (1961)
Movie
Cinematographer
Let No Man Write My Epitaph (1960)
Movie
Director of Photography
Hell to Eternity (1960)
Movie
Cinematographer
The Mountain Road (1960)
Movie
Director of Photography
Edge of Eternity (1959)
Movie
Cinematographer
They Came to Cordura (1959)
Movie
Cinematographer
Gidget (1959)
Movie
4.75
Cinematographer
Dogface (1959)
Movie
Director of Photography
Me and the Colonel (1958)
Movie
Cinematographer
Screaming Mimi (1958)
Movie
Cinematographer
The True Story of Lynn Stuart (1958)
Movie
Director of Photography
Decision at Sundown (1957)
Movie
Director of Photography
The Brothers Rico (1957)
Movie
Cinematographer
The Strange One (1957)
Movie
Cinematographer
Not One Shall Die (1957)
Movie
Cinematographer
Nightfall (1956)
Movie
Cinematographer
Storm Center (1956)
Movie
Cinematographer
The Harder They Fall (1956)
Movie
2
Director of Photography
Battle Stations (1956)
Movie
Cinematographer
Three Stripes in the Sun (1955)
Movie
Cinematographer
Count Three and Pray (1955)
Movie
Cinematographer
Tight Spot (1955)
Movie
Director of Photography
The Violent Men (1955)
Movie
Cinematographer
Private Hell 36 (1954)
Movie
Cinematographer
Human Desire (1954)
Movie
Cinematographer
The Bamboo Prison (1954)
Movie
Cinematographer
From Here to Eternity (1953)
Movie
5.67
Cinematographer
The Last Posse (1953)
Movie
Director of Photography
Assignment: Paris (1952)
Movie
Director of Photography
The Sniper (1952)
Movie
2
Director of Photography
Scandal Sheet (1952)
Movie
Director of Photography
The Family Secret (1951)
Movie
Director of Photography
Two of a Kind (1951)
Movie
Director of Photography
Sirocco (1951)
Movie
Cinematographer
Emergency Wedding (1950)
Movie
Director of Photography
Convicted (1950)
Movie
Director of Photography
In a Lonely Place (1950)
Movie
5.5
Director of Photography
Father Is a Bachelor (1950)
Movie
Director of Photography
The Reckless Moment (1949)
Movie
Cinematographer
And Baby Makes Three (1949)
Movie
Cinematographer
All the King's Men (1949)
Movie
Director of Photography
The Undercover Man (1949)
Movie
Director of Photography
Knock on Any Door (1949)
Movie
Cinematographer
The Sign of the Ram (1948)
Movie
6
Cinematographer
To the Ends of the Earth (1948)
Movie
Cinematographer
Framed (1947)
Movie
Cinematographer
Johnny O'Clock (1947)
Movie
Director of Photography
So Dark the Night (1946)
Movie
Cinematographer
Gallant Journey (1946)
Movie
Cinematographer
Night Editor (1946)
Movie
Cinematographer
A Bird in the Head (1946)
Movie
Cinematographer
Meet Me on Broadway (1946)
Movie
Cinematographer
Calling All Fibbers (1945)
Movie
Cinematographer
My Name Is Julia Ross (1945)
Movie
Cinematographer
The Girl of the Limberlost (1945)
Movie
Cinematographer
The Gay Senorita (1945)
Movie
Cinematographer
Blonde from Brooklyn (1945)
Movie
Cinematographer
Eve Knew Her Apples (1945)
Movie
Cinematographer
I Love a Mystery (1945)
Movie
4.71
Cinematographer
Eadie Was a Lady (1945)
Movie
Cinematographer
Tahiti Nights (1944)
Movie
Cinematographer
The Unwritten Code (1944)
Movie
Cinematographer
Kansas City Kitty (1944)
Movie
Cinematographer
The Soul of a Monster (1944)
Movie
Cinematographer
Defective Detectives (1944)
Movie
Cinematographer
Sailor's Holiday (1944)
Movie
Assistant Camera
You Only Live Once (1937)
Movie
4
Camera Operator
The Informer (1935)
Movie
6
Camera Operator
The Conquerors (1932)
Movie
Cinematographer
Fairways and Foul (1929)
Movie
Ratings
Average 5.8
Based on 391 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1929
1947
1954
1949
1971
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Information
Known ForCamera
GenderMale
Birthday1905-05-26
Deathday1983-05-30 (78 years old)
Birth PlaceDel Rio, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
AwardsAcademy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White, Academy Award for Best Cinematography
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