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Conrad Wells

b. 1897 — d. 1930 (aged 33) New York City, New York, USA
Cinematographer

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

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★ 4.5
The Phantom Express
1925
The Brute
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The Brute
1927
The Swell-Head
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The Swell-Head
1927
The Sky Hawk
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★ 6.8
The Sky Hawk
1929

Filmography

Let's Go Places
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★ 7.5
Let's Go Places
1930 Cinematographer
Behind That Curtain
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★ 4.8
Behind That Curtain
1929 Cinematographer
The Sky Hawk
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★ 6.8
The Sky Hawk
1929 Cinematographer
The Woman from Hell
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★ 6.3
The Woman from Hell
1929 Cinematographer
Captain Lash
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Captain Lash
1929 Cinematographer
New Year's Eve
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New Year's Eve
1929 Cinematographer
True Heaven
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True Heaven
1929 Cinematographer
Romance of the Underworld
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★ 7.0
Romance of the Underworld
1928 Cinematographer
Dressed to Kill
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★ 6.7
Dressed to Kill
1928 Cinematographer
Dry Martini
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★ 4.5
Dry Martini
1928 Cinematographer
Chicken a La King
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Chicken a La King
1928 Cinematographer
The Desired Woman
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★ 4.0
The Desired Woman
1927 Cinematographer
The Brute
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The Brute
1927 Cinematographer
The Swell-Head
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The Swell-Head
1927 Cinematographer
The Black Diamond Express
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The Black Diamond Express
1927 Cinematographer
Bertha, the Sewing Machine Girl
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★ 7.0
Bertha, the Sewing Machine Girl
1926 Cinematographer
The Country Beyond
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The Country Beyond
1926 Cinematographer
The Midnight Kiss
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The Midnight Kiss
1926 Cinematographer
Rustling for Cupid
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Rustling for Cupid
1926 Cinematographer
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★ 4.5
The Phantom Express
1925 Cinematographer
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With This Ring
1925 Cinematographer
Three in Exile
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Three in Exile
1925 Cinematographer
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Wreckage
1925 Cinematographer
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The Silent Guardian
1925 Cinematographer
His Forgotten Wife
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★ 6.3
His Forgotten Wife
1924 Cinematographer
The Galloping Fish
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The Galloping Fish
1924 Cinematographer
The Tents of Allah
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The Tents of Allah
1923 Cinematographer
The Man from Hell's River
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★ 5.5
The Man from Hell's River
1922 Cinematographer
The Woman Who Fooled Herself
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The Woman Who Fooled Herself
1922 Cinematographer
Even as Eve
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Even as Eve
1920 Cinematographer
The Good-Bad Wife
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The Good-Bad Wife
1920 Cinematographer
Man and Woman
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Man and Woman
1920 Cinematographer
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