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
Filmography
all 97
Movies 97
Director 29
self 2
Cinematographer
The Steagle (1971)
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Cinematographer
The Great White Hope (1970)
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Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? (1970)
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Director of Photography
Halls of Anger (1970)
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Cinematographer
The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969)
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Some Kind of a Nut (1969)
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Cinematographer
The Learning Tree (1969)
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Where It's At (1969)
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Cinematographer
The Split (1968)
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Director of Photography
The Ambushers (1967)
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4.64
Director of Photography
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
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5.4
Cinematographer
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967)
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Director of Photography
The Silencers (1966)
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4.5
Cinematographer
King Rat (1965)
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Cinematographer
Good Neighbor Sam (1964)
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Director of Photography
Flight from Ashiya (1964)
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Cinematographer
Kid Galahad (1962)
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Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
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5.33
Director of Photography
Mr. Sardonicus (1961)
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Cinematographer
Homicidal (1961)
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7
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Cry for Happy (1961)
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Director of Photography
Let No Man Write My Epitaph (1960)
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Director of Photography
Hell to Eternity (1960)
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Cinematographer
The Mountain Road (1960)
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Edge of Eternity (1959)
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Director of Photography
They Came to Cordura (1959)
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Gidget (1959)
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4.75
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Dogface (1959)
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Director of Photography
Me and the Colonel (1958)
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Cinematographer
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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Director of Photography
The Brothers Rico (1957)
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Cinematographer
The Strange One (1957)
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Not One Shall Die (1957)
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Director of Photography
Nightfall (1956)
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Storm Center (1956)
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Director of Photography
The Harder They Fall (1956)
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2
Cinematographer
Battle Stations (1956)
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Cinematographer
Three Stripes in the Sun (1955)
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Cinematographer
Count Three and Pray (1955)
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Cinematographer
Tight Spot (1955)
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Cinematographer
The Violent Men (1955)
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Director of Photography
Private Hell 36 (1954)
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Human Desire (1954)
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Cinematographer
The Bamboo Prison (1954)
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Director of Photography
From Here to Eternity (1953)
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5.67
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The Last Posse (1953)
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Cinematographer
Assignment: Paris (1952)
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Cinematographer
The Sniper (1952)
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2
Director of Photography
Scandal Sheet (1952)
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Cinematographer
The Family Secret (1951)
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Director of Photography
Two of a Kind (1951)
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Director of Photography
Sirocco (1951)
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Cinematographer
Emergency Wedding (1950)
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Director of Photography
Convicted (1950)
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Director of Photography
In a Lonely Place (1950)
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5.5
Cinematographer
Father Is a Bachelor (1950)
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Director of Photography
The Reckless Moment (1949)
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Cinematographer
And Baby Makes Three (1949)
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Director of Photography
All the King's Men (1949)
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Cinematographer
The Undercover Man (1949)
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Director of Photography
Knock on Any Door (1949)
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Cinematographer
The Gallant Blade (1948)
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Cinematographer
The Sign of the Ram (1948)
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6
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To the Ends of the Earth (1948)
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Cinematographer
Framed (1947)
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Cinematographer
Johnny O'Clock (1947)
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Cinematographer
So Dark the Night (1946)
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Cinematographer
Gallant Journey (1946)
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Director of Photography
Night Editor (1946)
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Cinematographer
A Bird in the Head (1946)
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Cinematographer
The Notorious Lone Wolf (1946)
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Meet Me on Broadway (1946)
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Cinematographer
A Close Call for Boston Blackie (1946)
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5.63
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The Fighting Guardsman (1946)
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Cinematographer
Calling All Fibbers (1945)
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Director of Photography
My Name Is Julia Ross (1945)
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Cinematographer
The Girl of the Limberlost (1945)
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Cinematographer
The Gay Senorita (1945)
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Cinematographer
Blonde from Brooklyn (1945)
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Director of Photography
Eve Knew Her Apples (1945)
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Cinematographer
I Love a Mystery (1945)
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4.71
Cinematographer
Eadie Was a Lady (1945)
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Cinematographer
Tahiti Nights (1944)
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The Unwritten Code (1944)
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Cinematographer
Kansas City Kitty (1944)
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Director of Photography
The Soul of a Monster (1944)
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U-Boat Prisoner (1944)
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Cinematographer
Defective Detectives (1944)
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Cinematographer
Sailor's Holiday (1944)
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Assistant Camera
You Only Live Once (1937)
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4
Camera Operator
The Informer (1935)
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6
Camera Operator
The Conquerors (1932)
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Cinematographer
Fairways and Foul (1929)
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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
AwardsAcademy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White, Academy Award for Best Cinematography
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