Conrad Wells
- Known for
- Camera
- Died
- January 2, 1930
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
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.
Known For
Filmography
Such Men Are Dangerous
Movie · Camera Operator
Let's Go Places
Movie · Director of Photography
Chicken à la King
Movie · Director of Photography
Dry Martini
Movie · Director of Photography
The Desired Woman
Movie · Director of Photography
The Country Beyond
Movie · Director of Photography
The Midnight Kiss
Movie · Director of Photography
With This Ring
Movie · Director of Photography
The Phantom Express
Movie · Director of Photography
His Forgotten Wife
Movie · Director of Photography
Flesh and Blood
Movie · Director of Photography
The Man from Hell's River
Movie · Director of Photography
Man and Woman
Movie · Director of Photography
Even as Eve
Movie · Director of Photography
The Lost Battalion
Movie · Director of Photography