Robert Peterson

Biography

Art director under contract at Columbia, 1940-1947 and 1948-1964. A specialist in gritty black & white drama, he created realistic sets for several notable crime films and minor films noir in the 1950's. Afterwards mostly active in television.

Birthday

Aug 15, 1909

Place of birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Deathday

Jan 10, 1979

Credited in

As crew

In Name Only
Role: Art Direction
The Last Angry Man
Role: Art Direction
Count Three and Pray
Role: Art Direction
Face of a Fugitive
Role: Art Direction
The Fuller Brush Girl
Role: Art Direction
The Legend of the Golden Gun
Role: Art Direction
Meet the Stewarts
Role: Art Direction
The Gene Krupa Story
Role: Art Direction
Gidget Goes to Rome
Role: Art Direction
The Shadow on the Window
Role: Art Direction
A Matter of Wife... and Death
Role: Art Direction
Cover Girls
Role: Art Direction
Ride Lonesome
Role: Art Direction
The Phantom Thief
Role: Art Direction
Hokus Pokus
Role: Art Direction
Fuelin' Around
Role: Art Direction
Knock on Any Door
Role: Art Direction
A Woman of Distinction
Role: Art Direction
The Outlaws Is Coming
Role: Art Direction
Cop on the Beat
Role: Art Direction
Night Editor
Role: Art Direction
Underworld U.S.A.
Role: Art Direction
Alias Boston Blackie
Role: Assistant Art Director
The Garment Jungle
Role: Art Direction
Scalplock
Role: Art Direction
Zotz!
Role: Art Direction
Counter-Espionage
Role: Assistant Art Director
Dangerous Millions
Role: Art Direction
Dangerous Business
Role: Art Direction
Sirocco
Role: Art Direction
In a Lonely Place
Role: Art Direction
The Big Heat
Role: Art Direction
Experiment in Terror
Role: Art Direction
Human Desire
Role: Art Direction
Tokyo Joe
Role: Art Direction
The Long Gray Line
Role: Art Direction
Ladies of the Chorus
Role: Art Direction
The Last Hurrah
Role: Art Direction
Two Rode Together
Role: Art Direction
Last of the Good Guys
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Role: Art Direction
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
Role: Art Direction
The Courage and the Passion
Role: Art Direction
Scandal Sheet
Role: Art Direction
Decision at Sundown
Role: Art Direction
Edge of Eternity
Role: Art Direction
The Last Frontier
Role: Art Direction
The Devil's Mask
Role: Art Direction
Good Day for a Hanging
Role: Art Direction
I'll Take Sweden
Role: Art Direction
Strange Journey
Role: Art Direction
And Baby Makes Three
Role: Art Direction
5 Against the House
Role: Art Direction
Saturday's Hero
Role: Art Direction
The Edge of Innocence
Role: Art Direction
A Night to Remember
Role: Art Direction
Backlash
Role: Art Direction
Cell 2455 Death Row
Role: Art Direction
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
Role: Art Direction
Kiss Me... Kill Me
Role: Art Direction
The Juggler
Role: Art Direction
A Killing Affair
Role: Art Direction
The Wreck of the Hesperus
Role: Art Direction
The Walking Hills
Role: Art Direction
Eight Iron Men
Role: Art Direction
Gunman's Walk
Role: Art Direction
The Brigand
Role: Art Direction
The Country Husband
Role: Art Direction