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name: "Bert Haines"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bert-haines"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "14 December 1896"
died: "19 June 1991"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T20:14:19.993624+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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# Bert Haines

Cinematographer. Born 14 December 1896 in Dayton. Died 19 June 1991.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 14 December 1896, Dayton
- **Died:** 19 June 1991
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51052714, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0354229/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14410

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The General*](https://film.one/film/the-general.md) (91)

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## Biography

Bert Haines (1896–1991) was an American cinematographer. He was born Herbert Marcus Haines in Dayton, Ohio, and died in Los Angeles, California.

He worked as director of photography on several Buster Keaton silent feature films of the mid-1920s, including *Go West* (1925), *Battling Butler* (1926), *The General* (1926, co-credited with Devereaux Jennings), *College* (1927, co-credited with Devereaux Jennings) and *Steamboat Bill, Jr.* (1928).

*Sources: imdb.com, catalog.afi.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The General* (1926), Fi1m 91, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-general.md)

## Also known for

- *Steamboat Bill, Jr.* (1928), Director of Photography
- *Go West* (1925), Director of Photography
- *College* (1927), Director of Photography
- *Battling Butler* (1926), Director of Photography

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