- Born
- Died
- 1952 After four years at the Camberwell School of Art, he was hired as trainee Matte painter by Vincent Korda. (The Matte Department was then called the Special Effects Department). Wally Veevers was Head of Department and his name appeared on most credits (usual practice at the time). He left Shepperton in 1963 to work for Les Bowie on Charlie Schneer's "First Men in the Moon". Ray Caple was already working as Les Bowie's Matte Artist and had been trained by him from an early age. He shared all the matte work at Bowie's with Ray. Les Bowie, a brilliant painter, had virtually stopped painting by the time he went to work for him. Cuff and John Mackey were hired by Stanley Kubrick to make matte shots of the excavated pit on the moon and to make various travelling shots of moonscapes for "2001" (1968). Mackey, Bowie and Cuff formed a company (Abacus Productions) to make TV commercials. (Les Bowie did not want to be involved with commercials and acted as sleeping partner, renting his premises and equipment to the offshoot company). He retired from his commercials company Abacus at 1986. His last work as matte painter was for the film "Erik the Viking" (1989).- IMDb Mini Biography By: Domingo Lizcano
- SpouseLeonora Mary Botwright(1966 - February 10, 2010) (his death)
- Father of Paul Cuff.
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