Biography
Born Abraham Fried in c.1897, he was a cinematographer in early Hollywood specializing in outdoor and early western cinema. He died tragically along with 9 others while filming Such Men Are Dangerous (1930) off the coast near Santa Monica, the plane he was filming on collided with another plane. Both planes burst into flames before crashing into the ocean. Among the dead were the director, Kenneth Hawks and three other cameramen George Eastman, Otho Jordan, Ben Frankel and Max Gold, the Assistant Director, two property men and the two pilots.
Filmography
all 31
Movies 31
Director 5
Camera Operator

Such Men Are Dangerous (1930)
Movie
Cinematographer

Let's Go Places (1930)
Movie
Cinematographer

Behind That Curtain (1929)
Movie
Cinematographer

The Woman from Hell (1929)
Movie
Cinematographer

New Year's Eve (1929)
Movie
Cinematographer

True Heaven (1929)
Movie
Cinematographer

The Sky Hawk (1929)
Movie
Cinematographer

Captain Lash (1929)
Movie
Cinematographer

Romance of the Underworld (1928)
Movie
Cinematographer

Dry Martini (1928)
Movie
Cinematographer

Chicken à la King (1928)
Movie
Cinematographer

Dressed to Kill (1928)
Movie
Cinematography

Ginsberg the Great (1927)
Movie
Cinematographer

The Desired Woman (1927)
Movie
Cinematographer

The Swell-Head (1927)
Movie
Cinematographer

The Black Diamond Express (1927)
Movie
Cinematographer

The Brute (1927)
Movie
Cinematographer

Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl (1926)
Movie
Cinematographer

The Country Beyond (1926)
Movie
Cinematographer

The Midnight Kiss (1926)
Movie
Cinematographer

Rustlin' for Cupid (1926)
Movie
Cinematographer

The Silent Guardian (1925)
Movie
Director of Photography

With This Ring (1925)
Movie
Cinematographer

Three in Exile (1925)
Movie
Cinematographer

His Forgotten Wife (1924)
Movie
Cinematographer

The Galloping Fish (1924)
Movie
Director of Photography

Flesh and Blood (1922)
Movie
Director of Photography

The Man from Hell's River (1922)
Movie
Director of Photography

Man and Woman (1920)
Movie
Cinematographer

The Good-Bad Wife (1920)
Movie
Director of Photography

Even as Eve (1920)
Movie
Information
Known ForCamera
GenderMale
Birthday1901-01-01
Deathday1930-01-02 (29 years old)
Birth NameAbraham Fried
Birth PlaceManhattan, United States
CitizenshipsUnited States
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