Hans Peters
(1894 - 1976)


Knights of the Round Table (1953)
Born in London, England. Art director who entered American film at Fox Studios with HELL IN THE HEAVENS (1934). Other notable credits, alone or in collaboration, include KING OF BURLESQUE, PIGSKIN PARADE and BANJO ON MY KNEE (all 1936), HEIDI (1937), LITTLE MISS BROADWAY (1938), THE LITTLE PRINCESS, THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES, SECOND FIDDLE and THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES (all 1939), STAGE DOOR CANTEEN (1943), MUSIC FOR MILLIONS (1945), THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY (1945), THE GREEN YEARS (1946), SONG OF LOVE (1947), ACT OF VIOLENCE (1948), THE READ DANUBE and BATTLEGROUND (both 1949), KIM (1950), THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE (1951), LONE STAR, SCARAMOUCHE and THE PRISONER OF ZENDA (all 1952), KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE and SMALL TOWN GIRL (both 1953), ROGUE COP (1954), MOONFLEET (1955), HIGH SOCIETY, LUST FOR LIFE and THE POWER AND THE PRIZE (all 1956), MAN ON FIRE (1957), HIGH SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL (1958), IT STARTED WITH A KISS, NEVER SO FEW and THE WRECK OF THE MARY DEARE (all 1959), PLEASE DON'T EAT THE DAISIES (1960), RETURN TO PEYTON PLACE and BACHELOR IN PARADISE (both 1961), BOYS' NIGHT OUT (1962), THE HOOK (1963), and his last film, THE AMERICANIZATION OF EMILY (1964). Peters was production designer for THE MIRACLE (1959).

 Nominated for Interior Decoration (Black & White) 1945: THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY - Art Direction (w. Cedric Gibbons)
 Nominated for Art Direction/Set Decoration (Black & White) 1950: THE RED DANUBE - Art Direction (w. Cedric Gibbons)
 Nominated for Art Direction/Set Decoration (Color) 1953: KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE - Art Direction (w. Alfred Junge)
 Nominated for Art Direction/Set Decoration (Color) 1956: LUST FOR LIFE - Art Direction (w. Hans Peters)
 Nominated for Art Direction/Set Decoration (Black & White) 1964: THE AMERICANIZATION OF EMILY - Art Direction (w. George W. Davis & Elliot Scott)

5 nominations