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J. Burgi Contner(1906-1973)

  • Cinematographer
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Sound Department
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J. Burgi Contner was born on 8 April 1906. J. Burgi was a cinematographer, known for The Marines Come Thru (1938), Keep Punching (1939) and Americaner Shadchen (1940). J. Burgi died on 20 May 1973 in Coral Gables, Florida, USA.
BornApril 8, 1906
DiedMay 20, 1973(67)
BornApril 8, 1906
DiedMay 20, 1973(67)
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Known for

The Marines Come Thru (1938)
The Marines Come Thru
4.8
  • Cinematographer
  • 1938
Keep Punching (1939)
Keep Punching
5.7
  • Cinematographer
  • 1939
Americaner Shadchen (1940)
Americaner Shadchen
6.0
  • Cinematographer
  • 1940
Ella Raines in Janet Dean, Registered Nurse (1954)
Janet Dean, Registered Nurse
6.8
TV Series
  • Cinematographer

Credits

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Cinematographer

  • Three in the Attic (1968)
    Three in the Attic
    5.4
    • director of photography
    • 1968
  • Killers Three (1968)
    Killers Three
    4.7
    • director of photography
    • 1968
  • N.Y.P.D. (1967)
    N.Y.P.D.
    7.4
    TV Series
    • director of photography
    • 1967–1968
  • Burt Reynolds in Hawk (1966)
    Hawk
    6.9
    TV Series
    • director of photography
    • Cinematographer
    • 1966
  • Robert Reed and E.G. Marshall in The Defenders (1961)
    The Defenders
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Cinematographer
    • director of photography
    • 1964–1965
  • Light Fantastic (1964)
    Light Fantastic
    7.7
    • Cinematographer
    • 1964
  • Car 54, Where Are You? (1961)
    Car 54, Where Are You?
    7.7
    TV Series
    • director of photography
    • 1961–1962
  • John Ericson in Pretty Boy Floyd (1960)
    Pretty Boy Floyd
    5.6
    • Cinematographer
    • 1960
  • Naked City (1958)
    Naked City
    8.2
    TV Series
    • director of photography
    • Cinematographer
    • 1958–1959
  • Alcoa Theatre (1957)
    Alcoa Theatre
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Cinematographer
    • 1959
  • Rendezvous (1957)
    Rendezvous
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Cinematographer
    • 1958
  • The Mugger (1958)
    The Mugger
    5.9
    • photographed by
    • 1958
  • Cop Hater (1958)
    Cop Hater
    6.3
    • photographed by
    • 1958
  • George Montgomery in Street of Sinners (1957)
    Street of Sinners
    5.8
    • Cinematographer
    • 1957
  • Gertrude Berg in The Goldbergs (1949)
    The Goldbergs
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Cinematographer
    • 1953–1957

Camera and Electrical Department

  • Gertrude Berg in The Goldbergs (1949)
    The Goldbergs
    7.6
    TV Series
    • photography
    • 1955–1956
  • Max Baer vs. Max Schmeling
    • photography
    • 1933
  • Missing Daughters (1924)
    Missing Daughters
    • additional cinematography (1933)
    • 1924

Sound Department

  • Dewey 'Pigmeat' Markham, John Murray, and Percy Verwayen in Fight That Ghost (1946)
    Fight That Ghost
    6.1
    • assistant sound engineer
    • 1946
  • House-Rent Party (1946)
    House-Rent Party
    • assistant sound engineer
    • 1946

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Burgi Conter
  • Born
    • April 8, 1906
  • Died
    • May 20, 1973
    • Coral Gables, Florida, USA
  • Children
    • James A. Contner

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