Entered films as art director on ABBOTT AND COSTELLO IN THE FOREIGN LEGION (1950). In the next 10 years, he was art director on 33 other films at Universal-International, including several of the MA AND PA KETTLE series (1952-1955), BEDTIME FOR BONZO (1951), THE GREAT MAN (1956), MAN OF A THOUSAND FACES (1957), THE THING THAT COULDN'T DIE (1958), and THIS EARTH IS MINE (1959). His son, Eric Orbom, is a set designer and art director (NUTS, CLEAN AND SOBER, STANLEY & IRIS, THE RELIC, SPAWN, et al.)  Art Direction/Set Decoration (Color) 1960: SPARTACUS - Art Direction (w. Alexander Golitzen) 1 nomination, 1 Award