Born in New York City. Set decorator who entered American film with HOLIDAY IN MEXICO (1946) at MGM. He remained with the studio (as both set decorator and associate set decorator) until 1955. Some of his notable MGM credits include THE PIRATE and EASTER PARADE (both 1948), NEPTUNE'S DAUGHTER and THE BARKLEYS OF BROADWAY (both 1949), THREE LITTLE WORDS (1950), THE MERRY WIDOW (1952), THE STORY OF THREE LOVES and LILI (all 1953), THE STUDENT PRINCE and DEEP IN MY HEART (both 1954) and HANDLE WITH CARE (1955). He then moved to Paramount and worked on several of their best release during the mid- to late 1950s: Hitchcock's TO CATCH A THIEF (1955) and THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (1956), as well as ARTISTS AND MODELS and THE ROSE TATTOO (both also 1955), THE COURT JESTER and THE RAINMAKER (both also 1956), GUNFIGHT AT THE O.K. CORRAL (1957), HIGH SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL (1958), CAREER (1959), VISIT TO A SMALL PLANET (1960), SUMMER AND SMOKE (1961), BYE BYE BIRDIE and WIVES AND LOVERS (both 1963), THE CARPETBAGGERS and WHERE LOVE HAS GONE (both 1964), THE PRESIDENT'S ANALYST (1967) and HANG 'EM HIGH and HOW SWEET IT IS! (both 1968).  Nominated for Art Direction/Set Decoration (Color) 1952: THE MERRY WIDOW - Art Direction (w. Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse & Edwin B. Willis)  Nominated for Art Direction/Set Decoration (Color) 1953: LILI - Set Decoration (w. Edwin B. Willis)  Nominated for Art Direction/Set Decoration (Color) 1953: THE STORY OF THREE LOVES - Set Decoration (w. Edwin B. Willis, Keogh Gleason & Jack D. Moore)  Nominated for Art Direction/Set Decoration (Color) 1955: TO CATCH A THIEF - Set Decoration (w. Sam Comer)  Art Direction/Set Decoration (Black & White) 1955: THE ROSE TATTOO (w. Sam Comer)  Nominated for Art Direction/Set Decoration (Black & White) 1959: CAREER (w. Sam Comer)  Nominated for Art Direction/Set Decoration (Black & White) 1960: VISIT TO A SMALL PLANET (w. Sam Comer)  Nominated for Art Direction/Set Decoration (Color) 1961: SUMMER AND SMOKE - Set Decoration (w. Sam Comer) 8 nominations, 1 Award