Duke Hayward
Duke Hayward | |
|---|---|
| Born | Bernard Charles Hayward January 14, 1880 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Cinematographer |
| Spouse(s) | Evangeline Moran (divorced) Lillie Hayward |
Duke Hayward (born Bernard Charles Hayward, January 14, 1880 – October 30, 1918) was a British cinematographer who worked in Hollywood during the silent era. His career was cut short by his untimely death in 1918 at the age of 38 from the Spanish flu.
Biography
Bernard Charles Hayward was born in Hampton Wick, England, to Charles Hayward and Emily Henriques. He arrived in Los Angeles around 1904 and began working as a photographer for the
Hearst newspaper chain before trying his hand as a cinematographer in the early days of the motion picture industry. He died in 1918 of the Spanish flu in Los Angeles; his wife, screenwriter Lillie Hayward, had given birth to a daughter just weeks earlier.[1][2][3]
Selected filmography
- The Marriage Lie (1918)
- The Wine Girl (1918)
- The Girl in the Dark (1918)
- Beloved Jim (1917)
- Fear Not (1917)
- The Birth of Patriotism (1917)
- The Flower of Doom (1917)
- The Pulse of Life (1917)
- Black Orchids (1917)
- The Chalice of Sorrow (1916)
- The Beckoning Trail (1916)
- The Silent Battle (1916)
- Naked Hearts (1916)
- A Yankee from the West (1915)
References
- ^ "Funeral Held Tomorrow". Los Angeles Evening Express. 1 November 1918. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
- ^ "Obituary: Katherine Hayward Meyer". Santa Maria Times. 2 October 2002. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
- ^ Cinema News. 1916.