Born in Tehachapi, California. Art director with Paramount, and later with Columbia, Disney and Universal. Credits include BRING ON THE GIRLS (1945), THE VIRGINIAN, THE STRANGE LOVE OF MARTHA IVERS and THE BRIDE WORE BOOTS (all 1946), SUDDENLY, IT'S SPRING and GOLDEN EARRINGS (both 1947), DREAM GIRL and SEALED VERDICT (both 1948), THE HEIRESS (1949), SUNSET BLVD. (1950), TARZAN'S PERIL (1951, production designer), THE MARRYING KIND and ASSIGNMENT: PARIS (both 1952), SALOME and MAN IN THE DARK (both 1953), IT SHOULD HAPPEN TO YOU and 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA (both 1954), CULT OF THE COBRA (1955) and the TV series "Staccato" (1959) and "Thriller" (1960).  Art Direction/Set Decoration (Black & White) 1949: THE HEIRESS - Art Director (w. Harry Horner)  Art Direction/Set Decoration (Black & White) 1950: SUNSET BLVD. - Art Director (w. Hans Dreier)  Art Direction/Set Decoration (Color) 1954: 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA - Art Director 3 nominations, 3 Awards