Born in Frauenfeld, Switzerland. Costume designer who entered American film in 1927 with FRISCO SALLY LEVY at MGM. He amassed over 100 film credits on both sides of the Atlantic, including (alone or incollaboration) À NOUS LA LIBERTÉ (1931), LILIOM (1934), CURLY TOP (1935), THINGS TO COME (1936), FIRE OVER ENGLAND (1937), THE FOUR FEATHERS (1939), THAT HAMILTON WOMAN (1941), THE PRIDE OF THE YANKEES (1942), HEAVEN CAN WAIT and THE SONG OF BERNADETTE (both 1943), LIFEBOAT, THE LODGER, THE SULLIVANS, JANE EYRE, IT HAPPENED TOMORROW and WILSON (all 1944), STATE FAIR and AND THEN THERE WERE NONE (both 1945), MY DARLING CLEMENTINE and 13 RUE MADELEINE (both 1946), FOREVER AMBER (1947), THAT LADY IN ERMINE and WHEN MY BABY SMILES AT ME (both 1948), THE FAN, THE BEAUTIFUL BLONDE FROM BASHFUL BEND and OH, YOU BEAUTIFUL DOLL (all 1949), BROKEN ARROW (1950), DESIREÉ (1954), ANASTASIA (1956), THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE (1962) and his last film, THE VISIT (1964).  Nominated for Costume Design (Color) 1954: DESIREÉ (w. Charles LeMaire)  Nominated for Costume Design (Black & White) 1964: THE VISIT 2 nominations