Michael Popley obit

Michael B. Popley Has Died

 

He was not on the list.

Michael B. Popley was born in 1947 in Manchester, England, UK. He was a cinematographer, known for The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985), Small World (1988) and The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984). He died on April 30, 2020 in Manchester, England, UK.

 

Cinematographer

Caroline Aherne, Craig Cash, Sue Johnston, Ralf Little, and Ricky Tomlinson in The Royle Family (1998)

The Royle Family

8.2

TV Series

Cinematographer (as Mike Popley)

1998–2012

 

Peak Practice (1993)

Peak Practice

6.4

TV Series

director of photography

1996

2 episodes

 

Lee Evans in The World of Lee Evans (1995)

The World of Lee Evans

6.6

TV Series

Cinematographer (as Mike Popley, lighting cameraman)

1995

4 episodes

 

Elidor (1995)

Elidor

7.9

TV Series

director of photography

1995

1 episode

 

World in Action (1963)

World in Action

7.0

TV Series

Cinematographer (photography)

1974–1992

5 episodes

 

El C.I.D. (1990)

El C.I.D.

6.8

TV Series

director of photography

1990–1992

10 episodes

 

The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1991)

The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

8.7

TV Series

Cinematographer

1991

1 episode

 

Jeremy Brett in The Hound of the Baskervilles (1988)

The Hound of the Baskervilles

7.8

TV Movie

Cinematographer (lighting cameraman)

1988

 

The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1986)

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

8.7

TV Series

Cinematographer (as Mike Popley, lighting cameraman)

1988

1 episode

 

Finbar Lynch in Small World (1988)

Small World

8.3

TV Mini Series

Cinematographer

1988

4 episodes

 

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984)

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

8.7

TV Series

Cinematographer (as Mike Popley, lighting cameraman)

1984–1985

5 episodes

 

Shades of Darkness (1983)

Shades of Darkness

7.7

TV Series

Cinematographer (as Mike Popley, lighting cameraman)

1983

3 episodes

 

Dennis Blanch, Don Henderson, Mark McManus, Fiona Mollison, John Ronane, and Frances Tomelty in Strangers (1978)

Strangers

7.6

TV Series

director of photography (as Mike Popley)

1979–1982

8 episodes

 

Joanne Whalley and Clive Wood in A Kind of Loving (1982)

A Kind of Loving

8.6

TV Mini Series

Cinematographer (as Mike Popley, lighting cameraman)

1982

2 episodes

 

Alan Dobie in Cribb (1980)

Cribb

7.7

TV Series

Cinematographer (as Mike Popley, lighting cameraman)

1980–1981

2 episodes

 

Camera and Electrical Department

Hollyoaks (1995)

Hollyoaks

4.6

TV Series

lighting cameraman (as Mike Popley)

2009

2 episodes

 

Michelle Collins in Verdict (1998)

Verdict

TV Series

lighting director (as Mike Popley)

1998

 

In Suspicious Circumstances

8.2

TV Series

director of photography

lighting cameraman

Lighting Cameraman

1991–1994

6 episodes

 

Kate O'Mara, Ian Lavender, Derek Nimmo, David Robb, Joan Sims, and Toyah Willcox in Cluedo (1990)

Cluedo

6.4

TV Series

lighting camera

1990–1993

12 episodes

 

World in Action (1963)

World in Action

7.0

TV Series

camera operator

1977–1993

2 episodes

 

The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985)

The Ray Bradbury Theater

7.3

TV Series

lighting cameraman

1988

2 episodes

 

Colin Firth in Lost Empires (1986)

Lost Empires

7.4

TV Mini Series

lighting cameraman (as Mike Popley)

1986

7 episodes

 

Young Sherlock: The Mystery of the Manor House (1982)

Young Sherlock: The Mystery of the Manor House

7.0

TV Series

lighting cameraman (as Mike Popley)

1982

8 episodes

 

Dennis Blanch, Don Henderson, Mark McManus, Fiona Mollison, John Ronane, and Frances Tomelty in Strangers (1978)

Strangers

7.6

TV Series

lighting cameraman (as Mike Popley)

1980

2 episodes

 

Tom Robinson, Danny Kustow, Brian Taylor, Mark Ambler, and Tom Robinson Band in Too Good to Be True? (1979)

Too Good to Be True?

camera operator (as Mike Popley)

1979

 

Peter Adamson, Jean Alexander, Johnny Briggs, Margot Bryant, and Doris Speed in Coronation Street (1960)

Coronation Street

5.6

TV Series

film camera (as Mike Popley)

1979

1 episode

 

Politics What's it all About? (1978)

Politics What's it all About?

TV Series

camera operator

cameraman (as Mike Popley)

1978

4 episodes

 

Additional Crew

Christopher Eccleston, Kate Hardie, Rhys Ifans, and Saskia Reeves in Heart (1999)

Heart

6.4

second unit crew (as Mike Popley)

1999