Buckingham, Tom, -1934

Thomas Putnam Buckingham was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1894. His family moved to Los Angeles, California around 1910, and Buckingham was working as a camera operator for the Triangle Film Company by 1917. Between 1920 and 1932, Buckingham directed over twenty films and wrote screenplays for fifty more, including Howard Hughes' air comedy Cock of the Air. He died from surgical complications in 1934.

Source:

The Long Beach Sun. "Movie Director Dies". Long Beach, California. 07 Sep 1934. Pg. 12