Born in New York City. Art director of over 250 films who began at Paramount with SEVEN DAYS' LEAVE (1930). Other notable credits (mostly at Universal) include TOM SAWYER (also 1930), BELLE OF THE NINETIES (1934), MISSISSIPPI (1935), THE TEXAS RANGERS (1936), MAKE WAY FOR TOMORROW (1937), ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND, KENTUCKY and SUEZ (all 1938), LADY OF BURLESQUE and JACK LONDON (both 1943), RIDE THE PINK HORSE, THE EGG AND I (prod. designer) and A DOUBLE LIFE (all 1947), ALL MY SONS, CASBAH and ANOTHER PART OF THE FOREST (all 1948), MA AND PA KETTLE (1949), FRANCIS, WINCHESTER '73 and HARVEY (all 1950), BRIGHT VICTORY and BEDTIME FOR BONZO (both 1951), IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE, THE GLASS WEB and THE GLENN MILLER STORY (all 1953), CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON, JOHNNY DARK and MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION (all 1954).    Nominated for Interior Decoration 1938: ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND (w. Boris Leven) 1 nomination