Perry Finnerman

Born 1903 in Blackburn, England, Perry Finnerman came from a family of nine boys and four girls, and the family emigrated to America in the 1920s. In 1928 Finnerman got a job at Warner Brothers as an assistant cameraman. He was soon promoted to camera operator, and in the 1950s was promoted to director of photography. He worked on many television series for Warner Brothers Television. His credits include Colt .45 (1957), Hawaiian Eye (1959), 77 Sunset Strip (1958), Cheyenne (1955), Bourbon Street Beat (1959), Maverick (1957) and Sugarfoot (1957). He also photographed one season of Adventures in Paradise (1959) at 20th Century-Fox. He passed away while filming a "Maverick" episode in 1960.