Born in Salt Lake City, UT. Special effects model maker at MGM who worked (sometimes uncredited) on TEST PILOT (1938), THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939), A GUY NAMED JOE (1943), THIRTY SECONDS OVER TOKYO and THEY WERE EXPENDABLE (both 1945), THE GREEN YEARS (1946), GREEN DOLPHIN STREET and THE BEGINNING OR THE END (both 1947), LUXURY LINER (1948), QUO VADIS (1951) and GABY (1956).  Nominated for Special Effects 1943: STAND BY FOR ACTION - Photographic (w. A. Arnold Gillespie)  Special Effects 1944: THIRTY SECONDS OVER TOKYO - Photographic (w. A. Arnold Gillespie & Warren Newcombe)  Nominated for Special Effects 1945: THEY WERE EXPENDABLE - Photographic (w. A. Arnold Gillespie & R. A. MacDonald) 3 nominations, 1 Award