Biography
Allen M. Davey (May 15, 1894 – March 5, 1946) was an Academy Award–winning American cinematographer who had a long career in Hollywood, starting in the silent era and going through the mid-1940s. He was an early member of the American Society of Cinematographers and a longtime director of photography at Technicolor. Allen was born in Bayonne, New Jersey, to William Davey and Elizabeth Armstrong. His mother died when he was young, and the family later moved to Los Angeles, where Allen's sister Mary married director David Horsley.Allen divorced his first wife, Margaret Bronaugh—a cabaret dancer—in 1917. He and his second wife, Margaret Rennahan, had two children together, including Allen Davey Jr. (who also became a cinematographer). (Margaret Rennahan's brother, Ray, was a D.P. as well.)
He began working as a cinematographer c. 1916. In 1938, he won an honorary Oscar for his work on Sweethearts with Oliver T. Marsh. He is also known for working as associate cinematographer on 1939's The Wizard of Oz.
Filmography
all 36
Movies 36
Director 9
A Song to Remember (1945)
Cover Girl (1944)
Hello, Frisco, Hello (1943)
Spanish Fiesta (1942)
Bahama Passage (1941)
Moon Over Miami (1941)
Western Union (1941)
Bitter Sweet (1940)
Typhoon (1940)
Hollywood Cavalcade (1939)
Sweethearts (1938)
Romance Road (1938)
The Man Without a Country (1937)
God's Country and the Woman (1937)
The Sunday Round-Up (1936)
Echo Mountain (1936)
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs (1936)
Fashion News (1928)
Fightin' Jack (1926)
Durand of the Bad Lands (1925)
A Man of Nerve (1925)
The Timber Wolf (1925)
Hearts and Spurs (1925)
Gold and the Girl (1925)
The Last Man on Earth (1924)
Railroaded (1923)
Bavu (1923)
Fools and Riches (1923)
The Girl Who Ran Wild (1922)
The Heart Specialist (1922)
Tillie (1922)
The Blue Bonnet (1919)
The Weaker Vessel (1919)
The Squaw Man's Son (1917)
The Prison Without Walls (1917)
The Golden Fetter (1917)
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GenderMale
Birthday1894-05-15
Deathday1946-03-05 (51 years old)
Birth PlaceBayonne, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsAllen Davey, Allan Davey, Allen N. Davey, Allan N. Davey
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