About

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Place of birth:
New York City, New York, USA
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Conrad Wells

Overview

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.

Known for

Camera
1930 Such Men Are Dangerous Camera Camera Operator 58
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1928 Dry Martini Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1928 Chicken à la King Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1927 The Desired Woman Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1926 The Country Beyond Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1925 With This Ring Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1924 His Forgotten Wife Camera Director of Photography 59
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1922 Flesh and Blood Camera Director of Photography 59
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1922 The Man from Hell's River Camera Director of Photography N/A
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Crew
1928 Romance of the Underworld Crew Cinematography 59
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1927 Ginsberg the Great Crew Cinematography N/A
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1924 The Galloping Fish Crew Cinematography N/A
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1920 The Good-Bad Wife Crew Cinematography N/A
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