Lionel Banes

Lionel Banes (1904–1996) was a British cinematographer and special effects photographer. During and after the Second World War he was employed by Ealing Studios and shot the 1949 Ealing Comedy Passport to Pimlico.^[1] Later in his career he worked on a variety of television productions including many episodes of the 1960s series The Saint.

Lionel Banes
Born	27 July 1904 Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Died	1996 United Kingdom
Occupation	Cinematographer
Years active	1942–1969 (film and TV)

Selected filmography

Film

• Bedelia (1946)
• The Captive Heart (1946)
• Frieda (1947)
• Nicholas Nickleby (1947)
• The Loves of Joanna Godden (1947)
• Against the Wind (1948)
• Passport to Pimlico (1949)
• Train of Events (1949)
• The Blue Lamp (1950)
• The Magnet (1950)
• Valley of Song (1953)
• The Good Beginning (1953)
• Dangerous Cargo (1954)
• The Night My Number Came Up (1955)
• No Road Back (1957)
• That Woman Opposite (1957)
• The Surgeon's Knife (1957)
• I Only Arsked! (1958)
• The Haunted Strangler (1958)
• Fiend Without a Face (1958)
• The Lamp in Assassin Mews (1962)
• She Always Gets Their Man (1962)
• The Durant Affair (1962)
• The Battleaxe (1962)

Television

• Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–56)
• The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1955–56)
• The Count of Monte Cristo (1956)
• The Saint (1962–65)
• The Baron (1966)
• The Avengers (1966)
• Man in a Suitcase (1967–68)

References

1. Barr p.199-200

Bibliography

• Barr, Charles. Ealing Studios. University of California Press, 1998.

External links

• Lionel Banes at IMDb