Fred Daniels
(1892-1959), Film stills photographerSitter in 1 portrait
Artist of 88 portraits
One of the first British film-stills photographers, working on films such as George Leyton's Lady Godiva (1927) before being recruited by director E.A. Dupont, to work on Piccadilly (1929) and Atlantic (1930). Later collaborated with Herbert Wilcox on films including Victoria the Great (1937) starring Anna Neagle. In 1941, Daniels met Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger and worked on many of The Archers key films including 49th Parallel 1941, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), A Canterbury Tale (1944), A Matter of Life and Death (1946) and Black Narcissus (1947). Daniels photographs of the dancer Margaret Morris, were published in Margaret Morris Dancing (1925).
'Reflections' (Margaret Morris and her dancers)
by Fred Daniels
postcard print, 1919
NPG x200815
by Fred Daniels
vintage bromide print, early 1920s
NPG x131936
by Fred Daniels
modern print from original negative, 1920s
NPG x133209
by Fred Daniels
cream-toned vintage bromide print, circa 1929
NPG x32920
by Fred Daniels
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 30 October 1929
NPG x193441
by Fred Daniels
vintage bromide print on red card mount, 1929
NPG x32924
by Fred Daniels
vintage bromide print on red card mount, 1929
NPG x32921
Henry Byron Warner as Stephen Sorrell in 'Sorrell and Son'
by Fred Daniels
cream-toned vintage bromide print, 1933
NPG x133203
Elisabeth Bergner in 'Escape Me Never'
by Fred Daniels
cream-toned vintage bromide print on black card, 1935
NPG x32918
Freddie Young; Herbert Wilcox; Anton Walbrook as Prince Albert; Anna Neagle as Queen Victoria
by Fred Daniels
cream-toned vintage bromide print, 1937
NPG x32925
by Fred Daniels
cream-toned vintage bromide print on black card, late 1930s
NPG x135608
by Fred Daniels
cream-toned vintage bromide print, 1940s
NPG x32906
by Fred Daniels
cream-toned vintage bromide print, 1940s
NPG x32912
by Fred Daniels
cream-toned vintage bromide print on red card mount, 1940s
NPG x32922
by Fred Daniels
modern print from original negative, 1940s
NPG x133207
by Fred Daniels
modern print from original negative, 1940s
NPG x133208
'Street view including the studio of Fred Daniels'
by Fred Daniels
vintage bromide print, 1940s
NPG x135609
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