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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Frances Patricia Beck to Val Bisoglio
John Beckman Biography (c. 1898-1989)
Born c. 1898 in Astoria, OR; died October 25, 1989, in Sherman Oaks, CA; father, a doctor; children: one son, one daughter.
- Nationality
- American
- Birth Details
- c. 1898
- Astoria, Oregon, United States
- Death Details
- October 25, 1989
- Sherman Oaks, California, United States
Famous Works
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Credits; FILM WORK; SET DESIGNER
- FIRST FILM WORK--Set designer, Nana (also known as Lady of the Boulevards), United Artists, 1934.
- Kid Millions, United Artists, 1934.
- One Night of Love, Columbia, 1934.
- A Midsummer Night's Dream, Warner Brothers, 1935.
- Clive of India, United Artists, 1935.
- The Petrified Forest, Warner Brothers, 1936.
- Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, Columbia, 1936.
- Lost Horizon, Columbia, 1937.
- The Prince and the Pauper, Warner Brothers, 1937.
- The Adventures of Robin Hood, Warner Brothers, 1938.
- Juarez, Warner Brothers, 1939.
- The Roaring Twenties, Warner Brothers, 1939.
- High Sierra, Warner Brothers, 1941.
- The Maltese Falcon, Warner Brothers, 1941.
- Casablanca, Warner Brothers, 1942.
- This Is the Army, Warner Brothers, 1943.
- Arsenic and Old Lace, Warner Brothers, 1944.
- Mr. Skeffington, Warner Brothers, 1944.
- ALL AS ART DIRECTOR,UNLESS INDICATED Set designer, Mildred Pierce, WarnerBrothers, 1945.
- set designer, Rhapsody In Blue, Warner Brothers, 1945.
- Monsieur Verdoux, United Artists, 1947.
- set designer, Johnny Belinda, Warner Brothers, 1948.
- set designer, The Glass Menagerie, Warner Brothers, 1950.
- The Iron Mistress, Warner Brothers, 1952.
- Springfield Rifle, Warner Brothers, 1952.
- So Big, Warner Brothers, 1953.
- The System, Warner Brothers, 1953.
- Calamity Jane, Warner Brothers, 1953.
- Lucky Me, Warner Brothers, 1953.
- The McConnell Story (also known as Tiger in the Sky), Warner Brothers, 1955.
- Young at Heart, Warner Brothers, 1955.
- Hell on Frisco Bay (also known as The Darkest Hour), Warner Brothers, 1956.
- The Bad Seed, Warner Brothers, 1956.
- Toward the Unknown (also known as Brink of Hell), Warner Brothers, 1956.
- Home Before Dark, Warner Brothers, 1958.
- Lafayette Escadrille (also known as Hell Bent for Glory), Warner Brothers, 1958.
- Too Much, Too Soon, Warner Brothers, 1958.
- The F.B.I. Story, Warner Brothers, 1959.
- The Helen Morgan Story (also known as Both Ends of the Candle), Warner Brothers, 1959.
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Credits; ART DIRECTOR
- Guns of the Timberland (also known as Stampede), Warner Brothers, 1960.
- (with Lyle Wheeler) Wake Me When It's Over, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1960.
- The Devil at Four O'Clock, Columbia, 1961.
- A Majority of One, Warner Brothers, 1961.
- Gypsy, Warner Brothers, 1962.
- Mary, Mary, Warner Brothers, 1963.
- The Trouble with Angels, Columbia, 1966.
- Who's Minding the Mint?, Columbia, 1967.
- Assignment to Kill, Warner Brothers/Seven Arts, 1968.
- (with Alexander Golitzen) In Enemy Country, Universal, 1968.
- Hook, Line, and Sinker, Columbia, 1969.
- Which Way to the Front?, Warner Brothers, 1970.
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Credits; TELEVISION WORK; ALL AS ART DIRECTOR SERIES
- Gibbsville, NBC, 1976.
- Joe Forrester, NBC, 1975-76.
- Ryan's Four, ABC, 1983.
- (with Herman Zimmerman) All Is Forgiven, NBC, 1986.
- Designing Women, CBS, 1986-89.
- Also (with Bellah) The Partridge Family, ABC; Call to Glory,ABC; Tabitha,ABC; Cheers, NBC; Webster, ABC.
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Credits; PILOTS
- (With Ross Bellah) Call Holme, NBC, 1972.
- (with Bellah) Matt Helm, ABC, 1975.
- (with Bellah) The Turning Point of Jim Malloy, NBC, 1975.
- The Cabot Connection, CBS, 1977.
- Mobile Medics, CBS, 1977.
- (with Bellah) Annie Flynn, CBS, 1978.
- (with Bellah) Doctors' Private Lives, ABC, 1978.
- (with Bellah) Salvage, ABC, 1979.
- Nero Wolfe, NBC, 1979.
- Modesty Blaise, ABC, 1982.
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Credits; MOVIES
- Black Noon, CBS, 1971.
- (with Bellah) Call Her Mom, ABC, 1972.
- (with Bellah) The Dream Merchants, syndicated, 1980.
- (with Bellah) To Find My Son, CBS, 1980.
- (with Bellah) Kate's Secret, NBC, 1986.
- Miracle of the Heart: A Boystown Story, syndicated, 1986.
Further Reference
OBITUARIES AND OTHER SOURCES:
- Hollywood Reporter, October 30, 1989.
- New York Times, October 31, 1989.
- Variety, November 1, 1989.
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