Walter M. Scott

Walter M. Scott (born November 7, 1906 in Cleveland , Ohio , † February 2, 1989 in Los Angeles ) was an American film set designer .

Life

Walter M. Scott was hired as a production designer at 20th Century Fox in 1939 , where he and his colleague Lyle R. Wheeler were often responsible for decorating the film sets. By 1973 he was involved in more than 300 film productions and worked with a number of important directors such as Ernst Lubitsch , Howard Hawks , Otto Preminger , Michael Curtiz , Billy Wilder , George Cukor and Robert Altman . In the course of his career, Scott has been nominated a total of 21 times for an Oscar in the category Best Production Design. He won the trophy for six films, including the monumental epics Das Gewand ( The Robe , 1953) and Cleopatra (1963) and The King and I ( The King and I , 1956). He died in Los Angeles in 1989 at the age of 82 and was buried in Inglewood Park Cemetery , Inglewood .

Filmography (selection)

• 1937: Mr. Moto and the Smugglers' Gang ( Think Fast, Mr. Moto ) - Director: Norman Foster
• 1943: Heaven Can Wait ( Heaven Can Wait ) - Director: Ernst Lubitsch
• 1944: Sweet and Low-Down
• 1947: Daisy Kenyon - Director: Otto Preminger
• 1948: Die Frau im Ermine ( That Lady in Ermine ) - Director: Ernst Lubitsch
• 1949: A Letter to Three Wives ( A Letter to Three Wives ) - Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
• 1949: Strangers ( House of Strangers ) - Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
• 1949: I Was a Male War Bride ( I Was a Male War Bride ) - Director: Howard Hawks
• 1950: The Sniper ( The Gunfighter ) - Director: Henry King
• 1950: Faustrecht der Großstadt ( Where the Sidewalk Ends ) - Director: Otto Preminger
• 1950: All About Eve ( All About Eve ) - Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
• 1951: On the Riviera (On the Rivera)
• 1951: The Cicero Case ( Five Fingers ) - Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
• 1952: Honey, I'm Getting Younger ( Monkey Business ) - directed by Howard Hawks
• 1952: Meine Cousin Rachel ( My Cousin Rachel ) - Director: Henry Koster
• 1953: Don Camillo's return ( Il ritorno di don Camillo ) - directed by Julien Duvivier
• 1953: Das Gewand ( The Robe ) - Director: Henry Koster
• 1953: How do you get a millionaire? ( How to Marry a Millionaire ) - Director: Jean Negulesco
• 1953: The Captain of Peshawar ( King of the Khyber Rifles ) - Director: Henry King
• 1954: Prinz Eisenherz ( Prince Valiant ) - Director: Henry Hathaway
• 1954: River of No Return ( River of No Return ) - Directed by Otto Preminger
• 1954: Three Coins in the Fountain ( Three Coins in the Fountain ) - Director: Jean Negulesco
• 1954: The Gladiators ( Demetrius and the Gladiators ) - Directed by Delmer Daves
• 1954: Broken Lance ( Broken Lance ) - Director: Edward Dmytryk
• 1954: Sinuhe the Egyptians ( The Robe ) - Director: Michael Curtiz
• 1954: Desirée - Directed by Henry Koster
• 1955: rhythm in their blood ( There's No Business Like Show Business ) - Director: Walter Lang
• 1955: Daddy Longlegs ( Daddy Long Legs ) - Director: Jean Negulesco
• 1955: 7. Year Itch ( The Seven Year Itch ) - Director: Billy Wilder
• 1955: The Left Hand of God ( The Left Hand of God ) - Director: Edward Dmytryk
• 1955: The big rain ( The Rains of Ranchipur ) - Director: Jean Negulesco
• 1956: Between Heaven and Hell ( D-Day the Sixth of June ) - Director: Henry Koster
• 1956: The King and I ( The King and I ) - Director: Walter Lang
• 1956: Bus Stop - Directed by Joshua Logan
• 1956: 23 Paces to Baker Street ( 23 Paces to Baker Street ) - Director: Henry Hathaway
• 1956: The last car ( The Last Wagon ) - Director: Delmer Daves
• 1956: Gunpowder Steam and Hot Songs ( Love Me Tender ) - Director: Robert D. Webb
• 1956: Schlagerpiraten ( The Girl Can't Help It ) - Director: Frank Tashlin
• 1957: A woman who knows everything ( Desk Set ) - Director: Walter Lang
• 1957: The Love of My Life ( An Affair to Remember ) - Director: Leo McCarey
• 1957: Poisonous Snow ( A Hatful of Rain ) - Director: Fred Zinnemann
• 1957: Between Madrid and Paris ( The Sun Also Rises ) - Director: Henry King
• 1957: The Three Faces of Eve ( The Three Faces of Eve ) - Director: Nunnally Johnson
• 1957: Forty Guns ( Forty Guns ) - Director: Samuel Fuller
• 1957: Embers under the Ashes ( Peyton Place ) - Director: Mark Robson
• 1957: Duel im Atlantik ( The Enemy Below ) - Director: Dick Powell
• 1958: The Young Lions ( The Young Lions ) - Director: Edward Dmytryk
• 1958: Bravados ( The Bravados ) - Directed by Henry King
• 1958: The Barbarian and the Geisha ( The Barbarian and the Geisha ) - Director: John Huston
• 1958: Die Fliege ( The Fly ) - Director: Kurt Neumann
• 1958: fighter pilot ( The Hunters ) - Director: Dick Powell
• 1959: The Diary of Anne Frank ( The Diary Of Anne Frank ) - Director: George Stevens
• 1959: All My Dreams ( The Best of Everything ) - Directed by Jean Negulesco
• 1959: The Crown of Life ( Beloved Infidel ) - Director: Henry King
• 1959: The Blue Angel (The Blue Angel)
• 1959: Journey to the Center of the Earth ( Journey to the Center of the Earth ) - Director: Henry Levin
• 1959: Sensation on page 1 ( The Story on Page One ) - directed by Clifford Odets
• 1960: Seven Thieves ( Seven Thieves ) - Director: Henry Hathaway
• 1960: Let's Make Love ( Let's Make Love ) - Director: George Cukor
• 1960: Land of a Thousand Adventures ( North to Alaska ) - Director: Henry Hathaway
• 1960: Flammender Stern ( Flaming Star ) - Director: Don Siegel
• 1961: Song of the Rebels ( Wild in the Country ) - Directed by Philip Dunne
• 1961: Franz von Assisi ( Francis of Assisi ) - Director: Michael Curtiz
• 1961: Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea ( Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea ) - Director: Irwin Allen
• 1961: The Comancheros ( The Comancheros ) - Director: Michael Curtiz
• 1961: Pirates of Tortuga ( Pirates of Tortuga ) - Director: Robert D. Webb
• 1961: Tender Is the Night ( Tender is the Night )
• 1962: Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation ( Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation ) - Director: Henry Koster
• 1963: Cleopatra - Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
• 1963: The Lost Rose ( The Stripper ) - Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
• 1963: Move Over, Darling ( Move Over, Darling ) - Director: Michael Gordon
• 1964: Always with someone else ( What a Way to Go! ) - Director: J. Lee Thompson
• 1964: Conqueror of Death ( Fate is the Hunter ) - Director: Ralph Nelson
• 1964: Three Girls in Madrid ( The Pleasure Seekers ) - Director: Jean Negulesco
• 1965: Beloved Brigitte ( Dear Brigitte ) - Director: Henry Koster
• 1965: My songs - my dreams ( The Sound of Music ) - Director: Robert Wise
• 1965: Colonel von Ryan's Express ( Von Ryan's Express ) - Director: Mark Robson
• 1965: please do not disturb! ( Do Not Disturb ) - Director: Ralph Levy
• 1966: Derek Flint sends his corpse ( Our Man Flint ) - Director: Daniel Mann
• 1966: Batman holds the world in suspense ( Batman ) - Director: Leslie H. Martinson
• 1966: Fantastic Voyage ( Fantastic Voyage ) - Director: Richard Fleischer
• 1966: Gunboat on the Yangtze River ( The Sand Pebbles ) - Director: Robert Wise
• 1967: Derek Flint - hard as flint ( In Like Flint ) - Director: Gordon Douglas
• 1967: He was called Hombre ( Hombre ) - Director: Martin Ritt
• 1967: Caprice - Director: Frank Tashlin
• 1967: The Snoop ( Tony Rome ) - Director: Gordon Douglas
• 1967: Doctor Dolittle - Director: Richard Fleischer
• 1967: Valley of the Dolls ( Valley of the Dolls ) - Director: Mark Robson
• 1968: Planet of the Apes ( Planet of the Apes ) - Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
• 1968: Star!
• 1968: Bandolero ( Bandolero! ) - Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
• 1968: The Boston Strangler ( The Boston Strangler ) - Director: Richard Fleischer
• 1968: Lady in Cement ( Lady In Cement ) - Director: Gordon Douglas
• 1969: Two bandits ( Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid ) - Director: George Roy Hill
• 1969: The Undefeated ( The Undefeated ) - Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
• 1969: Hello, Dolly! - Directed by Gene Kelly
• 1970: The only game in town ( The Only Game in Town ) - Director: George Stevens
• 1970: MASH - Director: Robert Altman
• 1970: Beneath the Planet of the Apes ( Beneath the Planet of the Apes ) - Director: Ted Post
• 1970: Flowers without fragrance ( Beyond the Valley of the Dolls ) - Director: Russ Meyer
• 1970: Torah! Torah! Torah! - Directed by Richard Fleischer , Kinji Fukasaku
• 1971: Escape from the Planet of the Apes ( Escape from the Planet of the Apes ) - Director: Don Taylor

Awards

Oscar

Best production design

Nominated:

• 1951: All About Eve (with Lyle R. Wheeler , Thomas Little , George W. Davis )
• 1952: On the Riviera ( On the Riviera ) (together with R. Lyle Wheeler Leland Fuller , Joseph C. Wright , Thomas Little)
• 1953: My Cousin Rachel ( My Cousin Rachel ) (together with R. Lyle Wheeler, John DeCuir )
• 1954: The President's Lady (with Lyle R. Wheeler, Leland Fuller )
• 1955: Desirée (with Lyle R. Wheeler, Leland Fuller, Paul S. Fox )
• 1956: Daddy Long Legs (with Lyle R. Wheeler, John DeCuir, Paul S. Fox)
• 1956: Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (with Lyle R. Wheeler, George W. Davis , Jack Stubbs )
• 1957: Teenage Rebel (with Lyle R. Wheeler, Jack Martin Smith , Stuart A. Reiss )
• 1959: A Certain Smile (with Lyle R. Wheeler, John DeCuir, Paul S. Fox)
• 1960: Journey to the Center of the Earth (together with Lyle R. Wheeler, Franz Bachelin , Herman A. Blumenthal , Joseph Kish )
• 1965: Always with someone else ( What a Way to Go! ) (Together with Jack Martin Smith, Ted Haworth , Stuart A. Reiss)
• 1966: My songs - my dreams ( The Sound of Music ) (with Boris Leven , Ruby R. Levitt )
• 1967: Gunboat on the Yangtze River ( The Sand Pebbles ) (together with Boris Leven , John Sturtevant , William Kiernan )
• 1968: Doctor Dolittle (with Mario Chiari , Jack Martin Smith, Ed Graves , Stuart A. Reiss)
• 1969: Star! (in cooperation with Boris Leven, Howard Bristol )
• 1971: Torah! Torah! Torah! (in cooperation with Jack Martin Smith, Muraki Yoshirō , Richard Day , Taizô Kawashima , Norman Rockett , Carl Biddiscombe )

Won:

• 1954: The Robe ( The Robe ) (together with R. Lyle Wheeler, George W. Davis, Paul S. Fox)
• 1957: The King and I ( The King and I ) (together with R. Lyle Wheeler, John DeCuir, Paul S. Fox)
• 1960: The Diary of Anne Frank ( The Diary of Anne Frank ) (together with R. Lyle Wheeler, George W. Davis, Stuart A. Reiss)
• 1964: Cleopatra (with John DeCuir, Jack Martin Smith, Hilyard M. Brown , Herman A. Blumenthal, Elven Webb , Maurice Pelling , Boris Juraga , Paul S. Fox, Ray Moyer )
• 1967: Fantastic Voyage (with Jack Martin Smith, Dale Hennesy , Stuart A. Reiss)
• 1970: Hello, Dolly! (in cooperation with John DeCuir, Jack Martin Smith, Herman A. Blumenthal, George James Hopkins , Raphael Bretton )

Web links

• Walter M. Scott in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Walter M. Scott in the database of Find a Grave (English)