Elwood Bredell
Personal Info
Know For
Camera
Gender
Male
Birthday
1902-12-24 (67 years old)
Deathday
1969-02-26
Place of Birth
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Also known As
Woody Bredell
Elwood Burdell
Elwood Bredell
Biography
Elwood Bailey Bredell (24 December 1902 – 26 February 1969) was an American cinematographer and child silent screen actor. He is sometimes credited as Woody Bredell or Elwood Dell. Although he worked in many genres, mostly at Universal, Bredell is best known for his film noir cinematography on such movies as Phantom Lady (1944), Lady on a Train (1945) The Killers (1946), and The Unsuspected (1947). Famed Warner Bros. editor George Amy said Bredell could “light a football stadium with a single match.” Bredell was the son of stage actress Mary Palmer Nields. He was named Jesse B. Bredell, Jr., after his father. Nields later married Vaughn "Val...
Acting
1917
as Daws Anthony
1918
as Cordy (as Elwood Burdell)
Production
1942
as Director of Photography
1945
as Director of Photography
1940
as Director of Photography
1940
as Director of Photography
1947
as Director of Photography
1941
as Director of Photography
1946
as Director of Photography
1944
as Director of Photography
1956
as Director of Photography
1943
as Director of Photography
1940
as Director of Photography
1942
as Director of Photography
1933
as Still Photographer
1932
as Still Photographer
1939
as Director of Photography
1948
as Director of Photography
1942
as Director of Photography
1946
as Director of Photography
1949
as Director of Photography
1942
as Director of Photography
1944
as Director of Photography
1946
as Director of Photography
1943
as Director of Photography
1943
as Director of Photography
1941
as Director of Photography
1942
as Director of Photography
1941
as Director of Photography
1951
as Director of Photography
1940
as Director of Photography
1943
as Director of Photography
1941
as Director of Photography
1948
as Director of Photography
1941
as Director of Photography
1941
as Director of Photography
1942
as Director of Photography
1942
as Director of Photography
1944
as Director of Photography
1927
as Director of Photography
1943
as Director of Photography
1940
as Director of Photography
1943
as Director of Photography
1943
as Director of Photography
1942
as Director of Photography
1940
as Director of Photography
1937
as Director of Photography
1939
as Director of Photography
1933
as Still Photographer
1939
as Director of Photography
1939
as Director of Photography
1934
as Still Photographer
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