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Robert Peterson(1909-1979)

  • Art Director
  • Art Department
  • Production Designer
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Robert Peterson was born on 15 August 1909 in Idaho Springs, Colorado, USA. He was an art director and production designer, known for In a Lonely Place (1950), The Big Heat (1953) and Arizona (1940). He died on 10 January 1979 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
BornAugust 15, 1909
DiedJanuary 10, 1979(69)
BornAugust 15, 1909
DiedJanuary 10, 1979(69)
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  • Nominated for 1 Oscar
    • 1 nomination total

Known for

Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Grahame in In a Lonely Place (1950)
In a Lonely Place
7.9
Movie
  • Art Director
  • 1950
Glenn Ford and Gloria Grahame in The Big Heat (1953)
The Big Heat
7.9
Movie
  • Art Director
  • 1953
William Holden and Jean Arthur in Arizona (1940)
Arizona
6.8
Movie
  • Art Department
  • 1940
Alan Baxter, John Beal, and Florence Rice in Stand by All Networks (1942)
Stand by All Networks
5.6
Movie
  • Art Department
  • 1942

Credits

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Art Director

  • Robert Forster, David Birney, and Richard E. Kalk in Police Story (1973)
    Police Story
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Art Director
    • 1973–1979
  • The Legend of the Golden Gun (1979)
    The Legend of the Golden Gun
    5.2
    TV Movie
    • Art Director
    • 1979
  • Natalie Wood and William Devane in From Here to Eternity (1979)
    From Here to Eternity
    7.1
    TV Mini Series
    • Art Director
    • 1979
  • The Courage and the Passion (1978)
    The Courage and the Passion
    6.6
    TV Movie
    • Art Director
    • 1978
  • Last of the Good Guys (1978)
    Last of the Good Guys
    6.6
    TV Movie
    • Art Director
    • 1978
  • Elizabeth Montgomery and Dean Stockwell in A Killing Affair (1977)
    A Killing Affair
    6.1
    TV Movie
    • Art Director
    • 1977
  • Cornelia Sharpe in Cover Girls (1977)
    Cover Girls
    6.3
    TV Movie
    • Art Director
    • 1977
  • Tabitha (1976)
    Tabitha
    5.7
    TV Series
    • Art Director
    • 1977
  • Kiss Me, Kill Me (1976)
    Kiss Me, Kill Me
    5.5
    TV Movie
    • Art Director
    • 1976
  • Lloyd Bridges and Dane Clark in Cop on the Beat (1975)
    Cop on the Beat
    6.3
    TV Movie
    • Art Director
    • 1975
  • A Matter of Wife... and Death (1975)
    A Matter of Wife... and Death
    6.0
    TV Movie
    • Art Director
    • 1975
  • Pat Hingle in The Last Angry Man (1974)
    The Last Angry Man
    5.8
    TV Movie
    • Art Director
    • 1974
  • Susan Dey, Danny Bonaduce, David Cassidy, Suzanne Crough, Brian Forster, and Shirley Jones in The Partridge Family (1970)
    The Partridge Family
    6.6
    TV Series
    • Art Director
    • 1970–1973
  • Movin' On (1972)
    Movin' On
    5.9
    TV Movie
    • Art Director (as Robert E. Peterson)
    • 1972
  • Man on a String (1972)
    Man on a String
    7.2
    TV Movie
    • Art Director
    • 1972

Art Department

  • A Night to Remember (1942)
    A Night to Remember
    6.6
    • associate art director
    • 1942
  • Alan Baxter, John Beal, and Florence Rice in Stand by All Networks (1942)
    Stand by All Networks
    5.6
    • associate art director
    • 1942
  • Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, Jeff Donnell, and Larry Parks in The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942)
    The Boogie Man Will Get You
    5.8
    • associate art director
    • 1942
  • Counter-Espionage (1942)
    Counter-Espionage
    6.5
    • associate art director
    • 1942
  • William Holden and Frances Dee in Meet the Stewarts (1942)
    Meet the Stewarts
    6.1
    • associate art director
    • 1942
  • Adele Mara and Chester Morris in Alias Boston Blackie (1942)
    Alias Boston Blackie
    6.4
    • associate art director
    • 1942
  • Harriet Nelson and Chester Morris in Canal Zone (1942)
    Canal Zone
    6.2
    • associate art director
    • 1942
  • Harriet Nelson, Kenneth MacDonald, and Chester Morris in Confessions of Boston Blackie (1941)
    Confessions of Boston Blackie
    6.4
    • associate art director
    • 1941
  • Herbert Marshall, Tommy Bond, Virginia Bruce, Dickie Jones, and Charles Smith in Adventure in Washington (1941)
    Adventure in Washington
    6.9
    • assistant art director (uncredited)
    • 1941
  • William Holden and Jean Arthur in Arizona (1940)
    Arizona
    6.8
    • associate art director
    • 1940

Production Designer

  • Spencer Tracy, John Carradine, Jeffrey Hunter, Basil Rathbone, Pat O'Brien, Ricardo Cortez, Edward Brophy, Donald Crisp, Wallace Ford, Dianne Foster, James Gleason, and Basil Ruysdael in The Last Hurrah (1958)
    The Last Hurrah
    7.3
    • Production Designer (uncredited)
    • 1958

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Bob Peterson
  • Born
    • August 15, 1909
    • Idaho Springs, Colorado, USA
  • Died
    • January 10, 1979
    • Los Angeles, California, USA

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  • Trivia
    Art director under contract at Columbia, 1940-1947 and 1948-1964. A specialist in gritty black & white drama, he created realistic sets for several notable crime films and minor films noir in the 1950's. Afterwards mostly active in television.

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