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name: "Brendan J. Stafford"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/brendan-j-stafford"
fi1m_id: "brendan-j-stafford"
imdb_id: "nm0821249"
tmdb_id: 1015077
wikidata_id: "Q26998153"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "1 February 1915"
died: "16 July 1991"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:35:43.723277+00:00"
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# Brendan J. Stafford

## Identity

Brendan J. Stafford

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/brendan-j-stafford
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** brendan-j-stafford
- **IMDb ID:** nm0821249
- **TMDB ID:** 1015077
- **Wikidata ID:** Q26998153
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_J._Stafford, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26998153, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0821249/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1015077

Cinematographer. Born 1 February 1915 in Dublin, Ireland. Died 16 July 1991.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 1 February 1915, Dublin, Ireland
- **Died:** 16 July 1991
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_J._Stafford, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26998153, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0821249/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1015077

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Prisoner*](https://film.one/tv/the-prisoner.md) (84)

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## Biography

Brendan J. Stafford (1915–1991) was an Irish cinematographer who worked extensively in British film and television. Born in Dublin, he became a member of the British Society of Cinematographers and served as director of photography on numerous productions from the 1940s to the 1980s.

He is best known for his television work, including *Danger Man* (1960–1966), *The Prisoner* (1967–1968), *UFO* (1970–1971), *The Protectors* (1972–1974) and *Space: 1999* (1975–1977). Stafford also directed three feature films and contributed to many British features such as *Eight O'Clock Walk* (1954) and *Crossplot* (1969).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Prisoner* (1967), Fi1m 84, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-prisoner.md)

## Complete filmography (32)

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

- *The Masks of Death* (1984), Director of Photography
- *Space: 1999* (1975), series, Director of Photography
- *The Protectors* (1972), series, Director of Photography
- *UFO* (1970), series, Director of Photography
- *Crossplot* (1969), Director of Photography
- *Koroshi* (1968), Director of Photography
- *The Prisoner* (1967), series, Director of Photography, Cinematography — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-prisoner.md)
- *The Sentimental Agent* (1963), series, Director of Photography
- *Man of the World* (1962), series, Director of Photography
- *Sir Francis Drake* (1961), series, Director of Photography
- *Danger Man* (1960), series, Director of Photography
- *Your Money or Your Wife* (1960), Director of Photography
- *And Women Shall Weep* (1960), Director of Photography
- *Witness in the Dark* (1959), Director of Photography
- *The Adventures of William Tell* (1958), series, Director of Photography
- *The Hide-Out* (1956), Director of Photography
- *Find the Lady* (1956), Director of Photography
- *One Jump Ahead* (1955), Director of Photography
- *Profile* (1954), Director of Photography
- *Eight O'Clock Walk* (1954), Director of Photography
- *Bang! You're Dead* (1954), Director of Photography
- *Three's Company* (1953), Cinematography
- *Men Against the Sun* (1953), Director
- *The Genie* (1953), Director of Photography
- *Circumstantial Evidence* (1952), Director of Photography
- *The Wallet* (1952), Director of Photography
- *Portrait of Dublin* (1952), Producer, Cinematography
- *The Armchair Detective* (1951), Director
- *Paul Temple's Triumph* (1950), Director of Photography
- *The Marshall Plan at Work in Great Britain* (1950), Director of Photography
- *Proud Canvas* (1949), Director of Photography
- *The Missing Princess* (1948), Director of Photography, Producer

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