Born in Pennsylvania. Costume designer for American film and television from the late 1950s. Other notable (non-nominated) feature film credits include THE LOST WORLD (1960), VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA (1961), THE TOWERING INFERNO (1974), VIVA KNIEVEL! (1977) and BEYOND THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE (1979); television projects include the TV series "Lost in Space" (1965) and "The Time Tunnel" (1966), and the made-for-TV movies "Time Travelers" (1976), "Flood!" (1976), "Alice in Wonderland" (1985) and his last project, "Outrage!" (1986).  Nominated for Costume Design 1972: THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE  Nominated for Costume Design 1978: THE SWARM  Nominated for Costume Design 1980: WHEN TIME RAN OUT 3 nominations