---
name: "Dick Bush"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dick-bush"
fi1m_id: "dick-bush"
imdb_id: "nm0124117"
tmdb_id: 58660
wikidata_id: "Q1209629"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "2 December 1931"
died: "4 August 1997"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T17:11:12.521614+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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# Dick Bush

## Identity

Dick Bush

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dick-bush
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dick-bush
- **IMDb ID:** nm0124117
- **TMDB ID:** 58660
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1209629
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Bush, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1209629, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0124117/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/58660

Cinematographer. Born 2 December 1931 in Plymouth, Devon, England, UK. Died 4 August 1997.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 2 December 1931, Plymouth, Devon, England, UK
- **Died:** 4 August 1997
- **Also known as:** Richard Bush, Richard Henry Bush
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Bush, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1209629, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0124117/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/58660

## Biography

Dick Bush, also credited as Richard Bush or Richard Henry Bush, was a British cinematographer. He worked on feature films and television from the mid-1960s to the mid-1990s. After attending Plymouth Art College, he served in the Royal Military Police and later produced promotional films before joining the BBC in 1961.

His feature credits include *When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth* (1970), *Phase IV* (1974), *Tommy* (1975), *Sorcerer* (1977), *Yanks* (1979), *Victor/Victoria* (1982), *The Philadelphia Experiment* (1984), *The Lair of the White Worm* (1988), *Switch* (1991) and *Son of the Pink Panther* (1993). He collaborated frequently with directors Ken Russell and Blake Edwards. Bush won a BAFTA Television Award in 1967 and received nominations for BAFTA and British Society of Cinematographers awards.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth* (1970), Fi1m 63, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/when-dinosaurs-ruled-the-earth.md)

## Complete filmography (48)

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

- *The Man in the Attic* (1995), Director of Photography
- *Ultimate Betrayal* (1994), Director of Photography
- *Son of the Pink Panther* (1993), Director of Photography
- *O Pioneers!* (1992), Director of Photography
- *Switch* (1991), Director of Photography
- *Staying Together* (1989), Director of Photography
- *Little Monsters* (1989), Director of Photography
- *A British Picture: Portrait of an Enfant Terrible* (1989), Director of Photography
- *The Lair of the White Worm* (1988), Director of Photography
- *Desperado* (1987), Director of Photography
- *The Quick and the Dead* (1987), Director of Photography
- *The Journey of Natty Gann* (1985), Director of Photography
- *Crimes of Passion* (1984), Director of Photography
- *The Philadelphia Experiment* (1984), Director of Photography
- *Curse of the Pink Panther* (1983), Director of Photography
- *Trail of the Pink Panther* (1982), Director of Photography
- *Victor/Victoria* (1982), Director of Photography
- *The Fan* (1981), Director of Photography
- *Falling in Love Again* (1980), Director of Photography
- *One Trick Pony* (1980), Director of Photography
- *Yanks* (1979), Director of Photography
- *The Legacy* (1978), Director of Photography
- *The Hound of the Baskervilles* (1978), Director of Photography
- *Clouds of Glory* (1978), series, Director of Photography
- *Sorcerer* (1977), Director of Photography
- *Engineering - North Sea* (1976), Camera Operator
- *Tommy* (1975), Director of Photography
- *In Celebration* (1975), Director of Photography
- *Phase IV* (1974), Director of Photography
- *Mahler* (1974), Director of Photography
- *Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde* (1973), Director of Photography
- *Our Miss Fred* (1972), Director of Photography
- *Savage Messiah* (1972), Director of Photography
- *Dracula A.D. 1972* (1972), Director of Photography
- *Who's Afraid of Opera?* (1972), series, Lighting Design
- *Twins of Evil* (1971), Director of Photography
- *Blood on Satan's Claw* (1971), Director of Photography
- *Take a Girl Like You* (1970), Director of Photography
- *When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth* (1970), Director of Photography — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/when-dinosaurs-ruled-the-earth.md)
- *Toomorrow* (1970), Director of Photography
- *Laughter in the Dark* (1969), Director of Photography
- *Song of Summer* (1968), Director of Photography
- *Whistle and I'll Come to You* (1968), Director of Photography
- *Alice in Wonderland* (1966), Director of Photography
- *Exit 19* (1966), Director of Photography
- *Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World* (1966), Director of Photography
- *Culloden* (1964), Director of Photography
- *Six* (1964), series, Director of Photography

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