Art director who entered American film at 20th Century-Fox with EVERYBODY'S OLD MAN in 1936. He worked as an associate art director designing settings for such productions as ON THE AVENUE (1937), MY FAVORITE WIFE and KITTY FOYLE (both 1940), TOM DICK AND HARRY (1941), THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS (1942), and SINCE YOU WENT AWAY and I'LL BE SEEING YOU (both 1944). As art director, either alone or in collaboration, his credits include SING, BABY, SING (1936), WAKE UP AND LIFE and THIN ICE (both 1937), MY LUCKY STAR (1938), THE STORY OF ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL and YOUNG MR. LINCOLN and DRUMS ALONG THE MOHAWK (all 1939), THE GRAPES OF WRATH (1940), GEORGE WASHINGTON SLEPT HERE (1942, uncredited), MR. LUCKY and JOURNEY INTO FEAR (both 1943), A BELL FOR ADANO (1945), GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT (1947), CALL NORTHSIDE 777 (1948), PRINCE OF FOXES (1949), STELLA (1950), MY WIFE'S BEST FRIEND (1952), WHITE WITCH DOCTOR (1953), PRINCE VALIANT (1954), PRINCE OF PLAYERS and GOOD MORNING, MISS DOVE (both 1955), BUS STOP and THREE BRAVE MEN (both 1956), THE SUN ALSO RISES (1957), THE GIFT OF LOVE (1958), and COMPULSION and THE BEST OF EVERYTHING (both 1959).

Nominated for Interior Decoration (Black & White) 1940: MY FAVORITE WIFE (w. Van Nest Polglase)  Nominated for Interior Decoration (Black & White) 1942: GEORGE WASHINGTON SLEPT HERE - Art Direction (w. Max Parker)  Nominated for Interior Decoration (Black & White) 1944: SINCE YOU WENT AWAY - Art Direction 3 nominations