John Victor Mackay

John Victor Mackay (born July 13, 1891 , † September 8, 1945 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American art director and set designer who was nominated three times for the Oscar for best production design.

Life

Mackay began his career as an art director and production designer in the Hollywood film industry in 1937 with a film adaptation of Dick Tracy with Ralph Byrd in the title role . In the course of his only six years in the film industry, he worked on the staging of over ninety films until 1943.

Mackay received his first of three Academy Award nominations for best production design at the 1938 Academy Awards for musical comedy Manhattan Merry-Go-Round (1937) by Charles Reisner, starring Phil Regan , Leo Carrillo and Ann Dvorak . His second Oscar nomination for Best Design followed in 1940 for Revenge for the Alamo (1939), a film adaptation of the life of Sam Houston directed by George Nichols Jr. and starring Richard Dix , Edward Ellis and Gail Patrick .

Mackay received his final Oscar nomination for best production design at the 1941 Academy Awards for the black and white film Schwarzes Kommando (Dark Command, 1940), a western romance by Raoul Walsh starring John Wayne , Claire Trevor and Walter Pidgeon .

Filmography (selection)

• 1937: Dick Tracy
• 1937: Manhattan Merry-Go-Round
• 1938: A Desperate Adventure
• 1939: Woman Doctor
• 1939: Flight at Midnight
• 1939: Revenge for the Alamo
• 1940: Gangs of Chicago
• 1940: King of the Royal Mounted
• 1940: Melody Ranch
• 1940: Dark Command ( Dark Command )
• 1940: Three Faces West
• 1941: Sis Hopkins
• 1941: A Man Betrayed
• 1941: The Pittsburgh Kid
• 1943: The Fighting Devil Dogs

Web links

• John Victor Mackay in the Internet Movie Database (English)