Robert Peterson(1909-1979)

Art Director
Art Department
Production Designer

Robert Peterson was born on 15 August 1909 in Idaho Springs, Colorado, USA. He was an art director and production designer, known for In a Lonely Place (1950), The Big Heat (1953) and Arizona (1940). He died on 10 January 1979 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 nomination total

Known for

In a Lonely Place

7.9

Art Director

1950

The Big Heat

7.9

Art Director

1953

Arizona

6.8

Art Department

1940

A Night to Remember

6.7

Art Department

1942

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Art Director

Police Story
7.5
TV Series
- Art Director
- 1973–1979
The Legend of the Golden Gun
5.2
TV Movie
- Art Director
- 1979
From Here to Eternity
7.1
TV Mini Series
- Art Director
- 1979
The Courage and the Passion
6.6
TV Movie
- Art Director
- 1978
Last of the Good Guys
6.7
TV Movie
- Art Director
- 1978
A Killing Affair
5.4
TV Movie
- Art Director
- 1977
Cover Girls
6.3
TV Movie
- Art Director
- 1977
Tabitha
5.8
TV Series
- Art Director
- 1977
Kiss Me, Kill Me
6.0
TV Movie
- Art Director
- 1976
Cop on the Beat
6.3
TV Movie
- Art Director
- 1975
A Matter of Wife... and Death
6.1
TV Movie
- Art Director
- 1975
The Last Angry Man
5.5
TV Movie
- Art Director
- 1974
The Partridge Family
6.6
TV Series
- Art Director
- 1970–1973
Movin' On
5.6
TV Movie
- Art Director (as Robert E. Peterson)
- 1972
Man on a String
7.0
TV Movie
- Art Director
- 1972

Art Department

A Night to Remember
6.7
- associate art director
- 1942
Stand by All Networks
5.6
- associate art director
- 1942
The Boogie Man Will Get You
5.8
- associate art director
- 1942
Counter-Espionage
6.6
- associate art director
- 1942
Meet the Stewarts
6.1
- associate art director
- 1942
Alias Boston Blackie
6.4
- associate art director
- 1942
Canal Zone
6.1
- associate art director
- 1942
Confessions of Boston Blackie
6.4
- associate art director
- 1941
Adventure in Washington
6.9
- assistant art director (uncredited)
- 1941
Arizona
6.8
- associate art director
- 1940

Production Designer

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Alternative names
- Bob Peterson
Born
- August 15, 1909
- Idaho Springs, Colorado, USA
Died
- January 10, 1979
- Los Angeles, California, USA

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Trivia
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.