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name: "Arthur Crabtree"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/arthur-crabtree"
fi1m_id: "arthur-crabtree"
imdb_id: "nm0005674"
tmdb_id: 103589
wikidata_id: "Q709019"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "29 October 1900"
died: "15 March 1975"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T03:28:28.691871+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Arthur Crabtree

## Identity

Arthur Crabtree

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/arthur-crabtree
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** arthur-crabtree
- **IMDb ID:** nm0005674
- **TMDB ID:** 103589
- **Wikidata ID:** Q709019
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Crabtree, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q709019, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005674/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/103589

Cinematographer. Born 29 October 1900 in Shipley, Yorkshire, England, UK. Died 15 March 1975.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 29 October 1900, Shipley, Yorkshire, England, UK
- **Died:** 15 March 1975
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Crabtree, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q709019, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005674/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/103589

## Biography

Arthur Crabtree (29 October 1900 – 15 March 1975) was a British cinematographer and film director. He began his career as a cinematographer, working on comedies including several Will Hay films and Arthur Askey vehicles, as well as Gainsborough Pictures productions. He was cinematographer on *The Man in Grey* (1943).

Crabtree made his directorial debut with *Madonna of the Seven Moons* (1945) and continued directing for Gainsborough with films such as *They Were Sisters* (1945) and *Caravan* (1946). He also directed episodes of television series including *The Adventures of Robin Hood* (1956).

His later feature films included the science-fiction *Fiend Without a Face* (1958) and the horror *Horrors of the Black Museum* (1959).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, screenonline.org.uk, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Man in Grey* (1943), Fi1m 61, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-man-in-grey.md)

## Complete filmography (41)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Stryker of the Yard* (1961), series, Director
- *Horrors of the Black Museum* (1959), Director
- *Death Over My Shoulder* (1958), Director
- *Fiend Without a Face* (1958), Director
- *Ivanhoe* (1958), series, Director
- *The Strange Case of Dr. Manning* (1957), Director
- *The Adventures of Sir Lancelot* (1956), series, Director
- *Colonel March of Scotland Yard* (1956), series, Director
- *The Adventures of Robin Hood* (1955), series, Director
- *The Wedding of Lilli Marlene* (1953), Director
- *Hindle Wakes* (1952), Director
- *Lilli Marlene* (1950), Director
- *Don't Ever Leave Me* (1949), Director
- *Quartet* (1948), Director
- *The Calendar* (1948), Director
- *Dear Murderer* (1947), Director
- *Caravan* (1946), Director
- *They Were Sisters* (1945), Director
- *Waterloo Road* (1945), Director of Photography
- *Madonna of the Seven Moons* (1945), Director
- *Fanny by Gaslight* (1944), Director of Photography
- *Dear Octopus* (1943), Director of Photography
- *The Man in Grey* (1943), Director of Photography — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/the-man-in-grey.md)
- *Much Too Shy* (1942), Cinematography
- *Uncensored* (1942), Director of Photography
- *The Nose Has It!* (1942), Camera Operator
- *South American George* (1941), Director of Photography, Cinematography
- *Kipps* (1941), Cinematography
- *Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It* (1941), Director of Photography
- *Neutral Port* (1940), Cinematography
- *Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt* (1940), Cinematography
- *For Freedom* (1940), Camera Operator
- *Hey! Hey! USA* (1938), Cinematography
- *Convict 99* (1938), Cinematography
- *Alf's Button Afloat* (1938), Director of Photography
- *Bank Holiday* (1938), Director of Photography
- *All In!* (1936), Director of Photography
- *First Offence* (1936), Cinematography
- *The Love Test* (1935), Director of Photography
- *The Maid of the Mountains* (1932), Director of Photography
- *Out of the Blue* (1931), Director of Photography

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