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

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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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