Set decorator who entered American film in the art department at MGM with WHEN LADIES MEET (1933, uncredited interior decoration). Bristol's credits include these notable (non-nominated) films: BIG BROWN EYES and THE CASE AGAINST MRS. AMES (both 1936), GONE WITH THE WIND (1939, uncredited), REBECCA, THE HOWARDS OF VIRGINIA and SECOND CHORUS (all 1940), THE SHANGHAI GESTURE and BALL OF FIRE (both 1941), THE HAIRY APE and UP IN ARMS (both 1944), WONDER MAN (1945), THE KID FROM BROOKLYN (1946), SLEEP, MY LOVE, ROPE and WALK A CROOKED MILE (all 1948), 711 OCEAN DRIVE and THE SOUND OF FURY (both 1950), VALENTINO and THE TEXAS RANGERS (both 1951), FORT ALGIERS (1953), THE SILVER CHALICE (1954), KISS ME DEADLY (1955), WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION (1957), PORGY AND BESS and ANATOMY OF A MURDER (both 1959), OCEAN'S ELEVEN (1960), BACK STREET and TAMMY TELL ME TRUE (both 1961), IF A MAN ANSWERS (1962), TAMMY AND THE DOCTOR, THE THRILL OF IT ALL and CAPTAIN NEWMAN, M.D. (all 1963), DEAR HEART (1964), MADAME X (1966), ROSIE! (1967), and his last film, STAR! (1968). Bristol was production designer for THREE ON A COUCH (1966).  Nominated for Interior Decoration (Black & White) 1941: THE LITTLE FOXES - Interior Decoration  Nominated for Interior Decoration (Black & White) 1942: THE PRIDE OF THE YANKEES - Interior Decoration  Nominated for Interior Decoration (Black & White) 1943: THE NORTH STAR - Interior Decoration  Nominated for Interior Decoration (Color) 1944: THE PRINCESS AND THE PIRATE - Interior Decoration  Nominated for Art Direction/Set Decoration (Color) 1952: HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN - Set Decoration  Nominated for Art Direction/Set Decoration (Color) 1955: GUYS AND DOLLS - Set Decoration  Nominated for Art Direction/Set Decoration (Color) 1961: FLOWER DRUM SONG - Set Decoration  Nominated for Art Direction/Set Decoration 1967: THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE - Set Decoration  Nominated for Art Direction/Set Decoration 1968: STAR! - Set Decoration (w. Walter M. Scott) 9 nominations