Hans O. Peters
Hans Otto Theodor Peters (born May 17, 1894 in Hamburg , Germany ; † June 12, 1980 in Laguna Beach , Orange County , California ) was a German-American architect and film architect with a career in American film, one of the leading production designers at 20th Century Fox and MGM .
Live and act
Hans O. Peters had studied architecture in Germany. On March 27, 1923, he and his (since October 1919) wife Herta Maria, his sister, mother and Peters' daughter Anke, who was born in Hamburg in 1921, moved to the United States. In Pasadena , Peters intended to establish himself as an architect. There he had initially worked in the profession he had learned and in 1927 he became the father of a son named Detlef in Glendale .
The proximity to the film city of Los Angeles soon brought him to Hollywood . There he came to film at the age of 41. In the next three decades, Hans Peters took part in the construction of a large number of A-productions, including several Shirley Temple box office hits such as Heidi and (after the war) well-designed screen classics such as The Player , Scaramouche, the Gallant Marquis and in the late 1930s The Knights of the Round Table .
Peters, who received American citizenship on November 9, 1938, was nominated five times for an Oscar . In the largely film-free period from 1938 to 1940, Peters stayed temporarily in Norway . He ended this stay with the outbreak of World War II and returned to the United States in early October 1939.
Between 1957 and 1959, Peters designed the buildings for three television series.
Filmography (selection)
- 1934: Hell in the Heavens
- 1935: Dressed to Thrill
- 1936: Mississippi melody (Banjo on My Knee)
- 1936: Matura (Girls' Dormitory)
- 1936: Pigskin Parade
- 1936: We march at midnight (The Road to Glory)
- 1937: Café Metropol (Café Metropole)
- 1937: The last slave ship (Slave Ship)
- 1937: Heidi
- 1937: Shirley on Wave 303 (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm)
- 1938: The Baroness and the Butler
- 1938: Always Goodbye
- 1938: Submarine Patrol
- 1938: The Baskerville Dog
- 1938: The Little Princess
- 1939: Premiere in Hollywood (Second Fiddle)
- 1940: The Man I Married
- 1940: Pot o 'Gold
- 1942: Tarzan and the Nazis
- 1942: Stage Door Canteen
- 1943: Tarzan, conqueror of the desert
- 1943: So This Is Washington
- 1944: Music for millions (Music for Millions)
- 1944: Honeymoon for three (Thrill of a Romance)
- 1945: The Picture of Dorian Gray (The Picture of Dorian Gray)
- 1945: Twice Blessed
- 1945: A Trap for the Bride (Easy to Wed)
- 1945: The Green Years
- 1946: Clara Schumann's great love (Song of Love)
- 1948: Act of Violence
- 1948: The Great Sinner
- 1948: Fate in Vienna (The Red Danube)
- 1949: Kesselschlacht (Battleground)
- 1949: A charming flail (Key to the City)
- 1950: Kim - Secret Service in India (Kim)
- 1951: The Red Badge of Courage
- 1951: Scaramouche, the gallant marquis
- 1951: Man against Man (Lone Star)
- 1952: Remains to be Seen
- 1952: Small Town Girl
- 1953: The Knights of the Round Table
- 1954: Hot Patch (Rogue Cop)
- 1954: A man loves dangerous (Many Rivers to Cross)
- 1955: The Castle in the Shadow (Moonfleet)
- 1955: Diane - Courtesan of France (Diane)
- 1955: Vincent van Gogh - A life of passion
- 1956: Deadly Scandal (Slander)
- 1956: The Power and the Prize ( The Power and the Prize )
- 1956: Man on Fire
- 1957: Airfreight Opium (Tip on a Dead Jockey)
- 1958: At 17 on the precipice (High School Confidential)
- 1959: It Started With a Kiss
- 1959: The Madonna with the Two Faces (The Miracle)
- 1959: Blonde curls - sharp claws (Girls Town)
- 1959: When the Blood Boils (Never So Few)
- 1959: Tarzan, the lord of the jungle (Tarzan the Ape Man)
- 1959: Who do not fear death
- 1959: Championship in fling (Please Don't Eat the Daisies)
- 1960: Return to Peyton Place
- 1961: Sexy! (Boys' Night Out)
- 1962: Men - Hard As Iron (The Hook)
- 1963: For officers only
Web links
- Hans O. Peters in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Remarks
- ↑ Dates of life and place of birth according to the Kay Less film archive . Place of death Laguna Beach according to the Social Security Death Index or Orange County according to the California Death Index. The IMDb data for Peters - July 23, 1894 and September 29, 1976 - including the place of birth and death “London” are completely wrong.
- ↑ according to the film archive less
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personal data | |
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SURNAME | Peters, Hans O. |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Peters, Hans Otto Theodor (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-American architect and film architect |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 17, 1894 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg , Germany |
DATE OF DEATH | June 12, 1980 |
Place of death | Laguna Beach , Orange County , California |