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name: "Duke Callaghan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/duke-callaghan"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "12 February 1914"
died: "21 December 2002"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T20:05:56.384850+00:00"
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# Duke Callaghan

Cinematographer. Born 12 February 1914 in Kansas, USA. Died 21 December 2002.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 12 February 1914, Kansas, USA
- **Died:** 21 December 2002
- **Also known as:** Duke Callahan

## Biography

Andrew "Duke" Callaghan (12 February 1914 – 21 December 2002) was an American cinematographer. He worked extensively in both film and television from the 1960s to the 1980s, often credited as Duke Callahan.

His television credits include 35 episodes of *Adam-12* (1971–73), 27 episodes of *Hart to Hart* (1979–81), and 15 episodes of *Miami Vice* (1984–85), for which he received a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Cinematography for a Series. In features he served as director of photography on *Jeremiah Johnson* (1972), *The Yakuza* (1974), *The Last Hard Men* (1976) and *Conan the Barbarian* (1982). He collaborated frequently with directors Sydney Pollack and John Milius.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Miami Vice* (1984), Fi1m 81, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/miami-vice.md)

## Also known for

- *Conan the Barbarian* (1982), Director of Photography
- *Jeremiah Johnson* (1972), Director of Photography
- *Zabriskie Point* (1970), Camera Operator
- *The Yakuza* (1974), Director of Photography
- *Hart to Hart* (1979), Director of Photography
- *The Scalphunters* (1968), Director of Photography
- *Jesse James* (1939), Camera Technician
- *Taras Bulba* (1962), Camera Operator

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