Henry Bumstead Biography (1915-)

Born March 17, 1915, in Ontario, CA (some sources say Ontario, Canada); son of Lloyd and Emma Bumstead; married Betty, 1937 (marriage ended); married Lena, 1983; children: (first marriage) four children. Addresses: Agent: Smith-Gosnell-Nicholson & Associates, Los, Angeles, CA.; Office: c/o Art Directors Guild, 11365 Ventura Blvd., Suite 315, Studio City, CA 91604-3148.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Art director, production designer, set designer
Birth Details: March 17, 1915; Ontario, California, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Art Director
(With Hans Dreier) Saigon, Paramount, 1948
(With Dreier) The Sainted Sisters, Paramount, 1948
(With Dreier) My Own True Love, Paramount, 1948
Big Sister Blues, 1948
(With Dreier) Song of Surrender (also known as Abigail, Dear Heart, Now and Forever, and The Sin of Abby Hunt), Paramount,1949
(With Dreier) Top o' the Morning, Paramount, 1949
(With Dreier) My Friend Irma, Paramount, 1949
(With Dreier) Streets of Laredo, Paramount, 1949
(With Dreier) The Furies, Paramount, 1950
(With Dreier) No Man of Her Own (also known as The Lie andI Married a Dead Man), Paramount, 1950
(With Dreier) My Friend Irma Goes West, Paramount, 1950
(With Hal Pereira) The Goldbergs (also known as Molly), Paramount, 1950
(With Pereira) The Redhead and the Cowboy, Paramount, 1950
(With Pereira) Rhubarb, Paramount, 1951
(With Pereira) Submarine Command (also known as The Submarine Story), Paramount, 1951
Sailor Beware, 1951
(With Pereira) Jumping Jacks, Paramount, 1952
Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick (also known as Marshmallow Moon), 1952
Come Back, Little Sheba, 1952
Money from Home, 1953
(With Pereira) The Stars Are Singing, Paramount, 1953
(With Pereira) Little Boy Lost, Paramount, 1953
(With Pereira) The Bridges at Toko-Ri, Paramount, 1954
Knock on Wood, 1954
(With Pereira) Run for Cover (also known as Colorado), Paramount, 1955
(With Pereira) Lucy Gallant (also known as Oil Town), Paramount, 1955
(With Pereira) The Man Who Knew Too Much, Paramount, 1956
(With Pereira) That Certain Feeling, Paramount, 1956
(With Pereira) The Leather Saint, Paramount, 1956
(With Pereira) The Vagabond King, Paramount, 1956
(With Pereira) Hollywood or Bust, Paramount, 1956
(With Pereira) I Married a Monster from Outer Space, Paramount, 1958
(With Pereira) Vertigo, Paramount, 1958
As Young As We Are, 1958
(With Pereira) The Hangman, Paramount, 1959
The Trap (also known as The Baited Trap), 1959
(With Pereira) The Bellboy, Paramount, 1960
(With Pereira) Cinderfella, Paramount, 1961
Come September, Universal, 1961
The Great Imposter, 1961
(With Alexander Golitzen) The Spiral Road, Universal, 1962
(With Golitzen) To Kill a Mockingbird, Universal, 1962
(With Golitzen) A Gathering of Eagles, Universal, 1964
(With Golitzen) Father Goose, Universal, 1964
The Brass Bottle, 1964
Bullet for a Badman (also known as Renegade Posse), 1964
(With Golitzen) The War Lord, Universal, 1965
(With Golitzen) Gunpoint, Universal, 1966
(With Golitzen) Tobruk, Universal, 1966

Beau geste, 1966
Blindfold, 1966
Banning, 1967
(With Golitzen) The Secret War of Harry Frigg, Universal, 1968
(With Golitzen) What's So Bad about Feeling Good? Universal, 1968
(With Golitzen) Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (also known as Willie Boy), Universal, 1969
(With Golitzen) A Man Called Gannon, Universal, 1969
(With Golitzen) One More Train to Rob, Universal, 1971
(With Golitzen) Raid on Rommel, Universal, 1971
(With Golitzen) Joe Kidd, Universal, 1972
High Plains Drifter, Universal, 1973
The Sting, Universal, 1973
(With Golitzen) Showdown, Universal, 1973
The Front Page, Universal, 1974
The Great Waldo Pepper, Universal, 1975
Slap Shot, Universal, 1977
Film Production Designer
The Sainted Sisters, Paramount, 1948
Song of Surrender (also known as Abigail, Dear Heart, Now and Forever, and The Sin of Abby Hunt), Paramount, 1949
The Furies, Paramount, 1950
Rhubarb, Paramount, 1951
Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick (also known as Marshmallow Moon), 1952
Topaz, Universal, 1969
Slaughterhouse-Five, Universal, 1972
Family Plot, Universal, 1976
Slap Shot, Universal, 1977
Rollercoaster, Universal, 1977
Same Time Next Year, Universal, 1978
House Calls, Universal, 1978
The Concorde--Airport 79 (also known as Airport 80: The Concorde, Airport '79, The Concorde Affair, The Concorde, and S.O.S. Concorde), Universal, 1979
A Little Romance, Orion, 1979
Smokey and the Bandit, Part II (also known as Smokey and the Bandit Ride Again), Universal, 1980
The World According to Garp, Warner Bros., 1982
Harry and Son, Orion, 1984
The Little Drummer Girl, Warner Bros., 1984
Warning Sign, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1985
Psycho III (also known as Psycose 3), Universal, 1986
Funny Farm, Warner Bros., 1988
A Time of Destiny, Columbia, 1988
Her Alibi, Warner Bros., 1989
Ghost Dad, Universal, 1990
Almost an Angel, Paramount, 1990
Cape Fear, Universal, 1991
Unforgiven, 1992
A Perfect World, 1993
The Stars Fell on Henrietta, 1995
Absolute Power, Columbia Pictures, 1997
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Warner Bros., 1997
Home Alone 3, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1997
True Crime, Warner Bros., 1999
Space Cowboys, Warner Bros., 2000
Film Set Designer
The War Lord, Universal, 1965
Film Appearances
Elliot Rosewater, Slaughterhouse-Five, Universal, 1972
Colonel in Italy, A Time of Destiny, Columbia, 1988
Himself, The Man on Lincoln's Nose, 2000
Television Art Director
Movies
The Movie Murderer, NBC, 1970
McCloud: Who Killed Miss U.S.A.? (also known as Portrait of a Dead Girl), NBC, 1970
The Birdmen (also known as Escape of the Birdmen), 1971
The Victim (also known as Out of Contention), 1972
The Adventures of Nick Carter, NBC, 1972
Honky Tonk, 1974
Don't Push, I'll Charge When I'm Ready, NBC, 1977
Amateur Night at the Dixie Bar and Grill, NBC, 1979
Television Production Designer
Movies
The Victim (also known as Out of Contention), 1972
Television Art Director
Pilots
Laugh!s (also known as Laughs, Funny Farm, and Catch a Rising Star), Showtime, 1990
Television Appearances
Specials
Interviewee, Obsessed with Vertigo, AMC, 1997

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 1996. Volume 4:Writers and Production Artists, St. James Press,

Periodicals

American Cinematographer, May, 1974.
Premiere, December, 1991.

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