Set decorator who entered American film as an interior decorator for LUCKY LEGS at Columbia in 1942. Some of his notable credits, alone or in collaboration, in over 125 films (especially Westerns) include IT'S A GREAT LIFE (1943), LIFE WITH BLONDIE (1945), JOAN OF ARC and 3 GODFATHERS (both 1948), SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON (1949), WAGON MASTER (1950), INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS and FRIENDLY PERSUASION (both 1956), THE DEFIANT ONES (1958), RETURN OF THE FLY, JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH and THE OREGON TRAIL (all 1959), THE LOST WORLD (1960), IT'S A MAD MAD MAD MAD WORLD (1963), THE LIVELY SET (1964), SHIP OF FOOLS and THE SLENDER THREAD (both 1965), and his last film, AND NOW MIGUEL (1966).  Nominated for Interior Decoration (Black & White) 1944: ADDRESS UNKNOWN - Interior Decoration  Nominated for Art Direction/Set Decoration (Color) 1948: JOAN OF ARC - Set Decoration (w. Edwin Casey Roberts)  Nominated for Art Direction/Set Decoration (Color) 1959: JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH - Set Decoration  Art Direction/Set Decoration (Black & White) 1965: SHIP OF FOOLS - Set Decoration  Nominated for Art Direction/Set Decoration (Black & White) 1965: THE SLENDER THREAD - Set Decoration (w. Robert R. Benton) 5 nominations, 1 Award