Ken Hodges

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Kenneth "Ken" Hodges (born October 24, 1922 in London-Blackheath , United Kingdom ; † June 1993 in London , ibid) was a British cameraman .

Live and act

Kenneth Hodges began his professional activity in 1938 at Nettlefold Studios, where he was entrusted with various subordinate activities. During the Second World War he was drafted into the Royal Air Force and assigned to its film unit. After military service, Hodges returned to the cinema in 1946, again in civilian life, initially worked as a camera assistant (e.g. for Die kleine Ballerina , Die Weber von Bankdam and Symbol des Glücks , all three in 1947) and from 1949 worked as a simple cameraman Films such as Miss Robin Hood , Laxdale Hall (both 1952), An der Straßenecke ( Street Corner , 1953), The Angel Who Pawned Her Harp , The Love Match (both 1954) and the short film On the Twelfth Day (1956).

In 1958, Ken Hodges made his debut in a horror film as chief cameraman. Apart from a few routine A-productions in the late 1960s ( miniskirt and crown jewels , The Locked Door , Secret Mission K , The Trail Leads to Soho and David Copperfield ), Hodges photographed mostly second-rate cheap films, most recently in the 1970s, only from the Criticism hardly noticed sex comedies and comedies.

Ken Hodges also worked intensively for (series) television from 1956 until the end of his career in 1980.

Filmography

as head cameraman for movies, unless otherwise stated

  • 1956: The Buccaneers (TV series)
  • 1957: The Painter of Florence ( Sword of Freedom , TV series)
  • 1958: The Loch Ness Monster ( Behemoth, the Sea Monster )
  • 1958: Faces in the Dark
  • 1959: Desert Mice
  • 1959: Deadly Knowledge ( Danger Tomorrow )
  • 1960: The Sword of Robin Hood ( The Sword of Sherwood Forest )
  • 1960: The Gentle Trap
  • 1960: Ticket to Paradise
  • 1961: A Weekend With Lulu
  • 1961: Hair of the Dog
  • 1961: Freedom to Die
  • 1962: Dead Man's Evidence
  • 1962: The Murderer in the Yellow Gloves ( Two-Letter Alibi )
  • 1963: It's All Happening
  • 1963: The career of Chick B. ( The Comedy Man )
  • 1964: Secret assignment for John Drake (TV series, two episodes)
  • 1965: The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery
  • 1966: Mini Skirt and Crown Jewels ( The Jokers )
  • 1966: The locked door ( The Shuttered Room )
  • 1967: Geheimauftrag K ( Assignment K )
  • 1967: Inadmissable Evidence
  • 1968: negatives
  • 1968: The trail leads to Soho ( The File of the Golden Goose )
  • 1969: David Copperfield
  • 1970: Porridge makes you sexy ( Every Home Should Have One )
  • 1970: Death in the Teufelsgrund ( Assault )
  • 1971: The Ruling Class
  • 1971: Revenge
  • 1972: The Deadly Vision ( Baffled!)
  • 1972: Please do not have sex, we're British ( No Sex Please, We're British )
  • 1973: Penny Gold
  • 1974: The Mystery of the spiral staircase ( The Spiral Staircase )
  • 1974: Professor Popper's Problems (series)
  • 1975: Feelings
  • 1976: The Space Girl ( Stars Maidens , TV series)
  • 1976: Confessions of a Driving Constructor
  • 1976: Stand Up Virgin Soldiers
  • 1977: Confessions From a Holiday Camp
  • 1978: The Odd Job
  • 1980: The Shillingbury Tales (TV movie)

literature

  • Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 3: F - H. Barry Fitzgerald - Ernst Hofbauer. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 696.

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personal data
SURNAME Hodges, Ken
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hodges, Kenneth (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British cameraman
DATE OF BIRTH October 24, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH London Blackheath , United Kingdom
DATE OF DEATH June 1993
Place of death London