Biography
Kenneth D. Peach, Sr. (March 6, 1903 – February 27, 1988) was an American cinematographer. Kenneth D. Peach Sr. was born in El Reno, Indian Territory (in what is now Oklahoma). Peach entered the film industry in 1923 and became a director of photography in 1926. He worked with composite processes, miniatures, montages and matte shots for Tiffany Pictures for two years, then joined Fred Jackman's technical effects department at Warner Bros.- First National for three years. In 1931 he joined RKO Pictures' special effects department. In 1933 he began a long association with producer Hal Roach of Hal Roach Studios, where he shot several Laurel and Hardy films (Dirty Work, Sons of the Desert). In his later career, he worked in both film and television, in TV series such as Lassie (73 episodes, 1958–1960), The Outer Limits (25 episodes, 1964–1965), H.R. Pufnstuf (17 episodes, 1969–1970), Taxi (59 episodes, 1980–1983), before retiring in 1984.He was married to actress Pauline Curley from 1922 until his death. They had two sons, cinematographer Kenneth Peach, Jr., and Martin Peach, who worked as a key grip on the Disney television series, Wizards of Waverly Place and a daughter Pauline A. Reynolds.
Peach died on February 27, 1988, eight days before his 85th birthday. He and his wife Pauline (who died on December 16, 2000) are buried together in the Lincoln Terrace section of Forest Lawn-Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles, California.
Filmography
all 50
Movies 45
Director 14
TV Shows 5
The Elvira Show (1993)
Inspector Perez (1983)
Taxi (1978)
City Beneath the Sea (1971)
Pufnstuf (1970)
Hell's Belles (1969)
The Young Animals (1968)
A Time for Killing (1967)
The Incredible Journey (1963)
The Outer Limits (1963)
Battle at Bloody Beach (1961)
When the Clock Strikes (1961)
Sniper's Ridge (1961)
A Dog's Best Friend (1959)
Guns, Girls and Gangsters (1959)
The Lost Missile (1958)
Hong Kong Confidential (1958)
Curse of the Faceless Man (1958)
It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958)
The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold (1958)
The Toughest Gun in Tombstone (1958)
Chicago Confidential (1957)
Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans (1957)
The Iron Sheriff (1957)
Five Steps to Danger (1956)
Gun Brothers (1956)
The Wild Dakotas (1956)
Fremont: The Trailblazer (1956)
Fury (1955)
Jesse James' Women (1954)
Eyes of the Jungle (1953)
The McGurk Way (1952)
The Cisco Kid (1950)
The Girl from San Lorenzo (1950)
Babes in Toyland (1934)
Mike Fright (1934)
Three Chumps Ahead (1934)
It Happened One Day (1934)
I'll Be Suing You (1934)
Music in Your Hair (1934)
Roamin' Vandals (1934)
Apples to You! (1934)
Babes in the Goods (1934)
Sons of the Desert (1933)
Air Fright (1933)
Dirty Work (1933)
Keg o' My Heart (1933)
Crook's Tour (1933)
King Kong (1933)
The Lost Zeppelin (1929)
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GenderMale
Birthday1903-03-06
Deathday1988-02-27 (84 years old)
Birth PlaceEl Reno, United States of America
RelationshipsPauline Curley (1922-01-01 - 1988-01-01)
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsKenneth D. Peach Sr., Kenneth D. Peach, Kenneth Peach Sr., Kenney Peach, Kenny Peach, Ken Peach
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