Born in Ogden, UT. With a long and illustrious career at 20th Century-Fox -- as supervising set decorator during the last years of his career -- he was one of the most honored set decorators in Hollywood from the 1930s through the early 1950s. Some of the unnominated films in his 460+ credits include KING KONG (1933), SHE (1935), LLOYD'S OF LONDON (1936), IN OLD CHICAGO (1937), ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND and KENTUCKY (both 1938), YOUNG MR. LINCOLN and TIN PAN ALLEY (both 1940), TOBACCO ROAD and SUN VALLEY SERENADE (both 1941), TEN GENTLEMEN FROM WEST POINT, THE PIED PIPER and ORCHESTRA WIVES (all 1942), HELLO, FRISCO, HELLO, THE OX-BOW INCIDENT, STORMY WEATHER and HEAVEN CAN WAIT (all 1943), LIFEBOAT, JANE EYRE and TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT (all 1944), A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN, STATE FAIR and THE DOLLY SISTERS (all 1945), CENTENNIAL SUMMER and MY DARLING CLEMENTINE (both 1946), BOOMERANG!, MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET, THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR, FOREVER AMBER and GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT (all 1947), CALL NORTHSIDE 777, SITTING PRETTY and THE SNAKE PIT (all 1948), A LETTER TO THREE WIVES, IT HAPPENS EVERY SPRING, I WAS A MALE WAR BRIDE, PRINCE OF FOXES and TWELVE O'CLOCK HIGH (all 1949), WABASH AVENUE, PANIC IN THE STREETS, BROKEN ARROW and NO WAY OUT (all 1950), RAWHIDE, THE FROGMEN, DAVID AND BATHSHEBA and THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (all 1951), 5 FINGERS, WITH A SONG IN MY HEART, THE PRIDE OF ST. LOUIS and STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER (all 1952), and THE I DON'T CARE GIRL, DOWN AMONG THE SHELTERING PALMS and THE GIRL NEXT DOOR (all 1953)

Nominated for Interior Decoration (Color) 1941: BLOOD AND SAND - Set Decoration  Interior Decoration (Black & White) 1941: HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY - Set Decoration  Interior Decoration (Color) 1942: MY GAL SAL - Set Decoration  Interior Decoration (Black & White) 1942: THIS ABOVE ALL - Set Decoration  Nominated for Interior Decoration (Color) 1943: THE GANG'S ALL HERE - Set Decoration  Interior Decoration (Black & White) 1943: THE SONG OF BERNADETTE - Set Decoration  Interior Decoration (Color) 1944: WILSON - Interior Decoration  Nominated for Interior Decoration (Black & White) 1944: LAURA - Set Decoration  Nominated for Interior Decoration (Color) 1945: LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN - Set Decoration  Nominated for Interior Decoration (Black & White) 1945: THE KEYS OF THE KINGDOM - Set Decoration (w. Frank E. Hughes)  Interior Decoration (Black & White) 1946: ANNA AND THE KING OF SIAM - Set Decoration (w. Frank E. Hughes)  Nominated for Interior Decoration (Black & White) 1946: THE RAZOR'S EDGE - Set Decoration (w. Paul S. Fox)  Nominated for Art Direction/Set Decoration (Black & White) 1947: THE FOXES OF HARROW - Set Decoration (w. Paul S. Fox)  Nominated for Art Direction/Set Decoration (Black & White) 1949: COME TO THE STABLE - Set Decoration (w. Paul S. Fox)  Nominated for Art Direction/Set Decoration (Black & White) 1950: ALL ABOUT EVE - Set Decoration (w. Walter M. Scott)  Nominated for Art Direction/Set Decoration (Color) 1951: DAVID AND BATHSHEBA - Set Decoration (w. Paul S. Fox)  Nominated for Art Direction/Set Decoration (Color) 1951: ON THE RIVIERA - Set Decoration (w. Walter M. Scott)  Nominated for Art Direction/Set Decoration (Black & White) 1951: FOURTEEN HOURS - Set Decoration (w. Fred J. Rode)  Nominated for Art Direction/Set Decoration (Black & White) 1951: THE HOUSE ON TELEGRAPH HILL - Set Decoration (w. Paul S. Fox)  Nominated for Art Direction/Set Decoration (Color) 1952: THE SNOWS OF KILIMANJARO - Set Decoration (w. Paul S. Fox)  Nominated for Art Direction/Set Decoration (Black & White) 1952: VIVA ZAPATA! - Set Decoration (w. Claude Carpenter) 21 nominations, 6 Awards