Uncredited, he worked in this capacity on both the James Bond film On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) and Murphy's War (1971).

He worked as a clapper loader on The Duellists (1977) before advancing to the position of focus puller on Alien (1979).

During this time he developed some new lighting techniques and worked on several famous campaigns, most notably 1984 (1984), directed by Ridley Scott, for Apple.

[1] Biddle was a cinematographer on another 25 feature films, including Thelma & Louise (1991), for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography.

On December 7, 2005, Biddle died from a heart attack while being driven by his wife to shoot a commercial in Central London.