Born in Cleveland, OH. Hollywood set decorator at 20th Century-Fox from the 1940s to the early 1970s with almost 250 film and TV credits. He entered American film as an uncredited set dresser for MR. MOTO'S LAST WARNING (1939). Some of his early credits include THE UNDYING MONSTER and CHINA GIRL (both 1942), TONIGHT WE RAID CALAIS (1943), THE LODGER, TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT, SWEET AND LOW-DOWN and SOMETHING FOR THE BOYS (all 1944), CAPTAIN EDDIE and THE DOLLY SISTERS (both 1945), I WONDER WHO'S KISSING HER NOW and DAISY KENYON (both 1947), CALL NORTHSIDE 777 and THAT LADY IN ERMINE (both 1948), A LETTER TO THREE WIVES, I WAS A MALE WAR BRIDE, PINKY and WHIRLPOOL (all 1949) and THE GUNFIGHTER and WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS (both 1950). His 21 Oscar nominations include almost every major Fox release from the early 1950s until his retirement in 1972.  Nominated for Art Direction/Set Decoration (Black & White) 1950: ALL ABOUT EVE - Set Decoration (w. Thomas Little)  Nominated for Art Direction/Set Decoration (Color) 1951: ON THE RIVIERA - Set Decoration (w. Thomas Little)  Nominated for Art Direction/Set Decoration (Black & White) 1952: MY COUSIN RACHEL - Set Decoration  Art Direction/Set Decoration (Color) 1953: THE ROBE - Set Decoration (w. Paul S. Fox)  Nominated for Art Direction/Set Decoration (Color) 1954: DESIREÉ - Set Decoration (w. Paul S. Fox)  Nominated for Art Direction/Set Decoration (Color) 1955: DADDY LONG LEGS - Set Decoration (w. Paul S. Fox)  Nominated for Art Direction/Set Decoration (Color) 1955: LOVE IS A MANY-SPLENDORED THING - Set Decoration (w. Jack Stubbs)  Art Direction/Set Decoration (Color) 1956: THE KING AND I - Set Decoration (w. Paul S. Fox)  Nominated for Art Direction/Set Decoration (Black & White) 1956: TEEN-AGE REBEL - Set Decoration (w. Stuart A. Reiss)  Nominated for Art Direction/Set Decoration 1958: A CERTAIN SMILE (w. Paul S. Fox)  Nominated for Art Direction/Set Decoration (Color) 1959: JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH - Set Decoration (w. Joseph Kish)  Art Direction/Set Decoration (Black & White) 1959: THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK - Set Decoration (w. Stuart A. Reiss)  Art Direction/Set Decoration (Color) 1963: CLEOPATRA - Set Decoration (w. Paul S. Fox & Ray Moyer)  Nominated for Art Direction/Set Decoration (Color) 1964: WHAT A WAY TO GO! - Set Decoration (w. Stuart A. Reiss)  Nominated for Art Direction/Set Decoration (Color) 1965: THE SOUND OF MUSIC - Set Decoration (w. Ruby R. Levitt)  Art Direction/Set Decoration (Color) 1966: FANTASTIC VOYAGE - Set Decoration (w. Stuart A. Reiss)  Nominated for Art Direction/Set Decoration (Color) 1966: THE SAND PEBBLES - Set Decoration (w. John Sturtevant & William R. Kiernan)  Nominated for Art Direction/Set Decoration 1967: DOCTOR DOLITTLE - Set Decoration (w. Stuart A. Reiss)  Nominated for Art Direction/Set Decoration 1968: STAR! - Set Decoration (w. Howard Bristol)  Art Direction/Set Decoration 1969: HELLO, DOLLY! - Set Decoration (w. George James Hopkins & Raphael Bretton)  Nominated for Art Direction/Set Decoration 1970: TORA! TORA! TORA! - Set Decoration (w. Norman Rockett & Carl Biddiscombe) 21 nominations, 6 Awards