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Bernard Robinson
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Born July 28, 1912Died March 2, 1970 (57 years)
Liverpool-born artist, who spent the 1930's working for Warner Brothers at Teddington Studio as a draughtsman. After gaining promotion to art director, he joined Alexander Korda at London Films, working out of Denham Studios. His career was interrupted by wartime service and did not resume fully until 1956, when he joined Hammer Films as a production designer. Robinson soon acquired a reputation for creating a lavish look, given the limited budgets and cramped facilities at Hammer's Bray studio. He built sets which could be rapidly re-built to suit different requirements. In this manner, the crypt from Dracula (1958) became the laboratory for The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958). Similarly, the same Cornish village set doubled for both The Plague of the Zombies (1966) and The Reptile (1966). Castle Dracula itself was used again as Baskerville Hall for The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959). Robinson's productive association with Hammer lasted until 1969. He died the following year.
Bernard Robinson Filmography
| 1969 | Run a Crooked Mile · as Art Direction |
| 1969 | Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed · as Supervising Art Director |
| 1968 | The Devil Rides Out · as Production Design |
| 1967 | Frankenstein Created Woman · as Production Design |
| 1967 | The Mummy's Shroud · as Production Manager |
| 1966 | The Witches · as Production Design |
| 1966 | Rasputin: The Mad Monk · as Production Design |
| 1966 | The Reptile · as Production Design |
| 1966 | Dracula: Prince of Darkness · as Production Design |
| 1966 | The Plague of the Zombies · as Production Design |
| 1965 | The Brigand of Kandahar · as Production Design |
| 1965 | The Secret of Blood Island · as Production Design |
| 1964 | The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb · as Production Design |
| 1964 | The Gorgon · as Production Design |
| 1964 | The Devil-Ship Pirates · as Production Design |
| 1964 | Nightmare · as Production Design |
| 1963 | The Old Dark House · as Production Design |
| 1963 | The Kiss of the Vampire · as Production Design |
| 1963 | The Crimson Blade · as Production Design |
| 1963 | Maniac · as Production Design |
| 1963 | Paranoiac · as Production Design |
| 1962 | The Damned · as Production Design |
| 1962 | The Phantom of the Opera · as Production Design |
| 1962 | Night Creatures · as Production Design |
| 1962 | The Pirates of Blood River · as Production Design |
| 1961 | Cash on Demand · as Production Design |
| 1961 | Watch It, Sailor! · as Production Design |
| 1961 | Scream of Fear · as Production Design |
| 1961 | The Curse of the Werewolf · as Production Design |
| 1961 | The Shadow of the Cat · as Production Design |
| 1961 | The Terror of the Tongs · as Production Design |
| 1960 | Passport to China · as Art Direction |
| 1960 | The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll · as Production Design |
| 1960 | Never Take Candy from a Stranger · as Art Direction |
| 1960 | The Brides of Dracula · as Production Design |
| 1959 | The Stranglers of Bombay · as Production Design |
| 1959 | The Man Who Could Cheat Death · as Production Design |
| 1959 | The Ugly Duckling · as Production Design |
| 1959 | The Mummy · as Production Design |
| 1959 | Yesterday's Enemy · as Production Design |
| 1959 | The Hound of the Baskervilles · as Production Design |
| 1958 | The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw · as Art Direction |
| 1958 | The Revenge of Frankenstein · as Production Design |
| 1958 | Carve Her Name with Pride · as Art Direction |
| 1958 | Horror of Dracula · as Art Direction |
| 1957 | The Abominable Snowman · as Production Design |
| 1957 | The Curse of Frankenstein · as Production Design |
| 1957 | Quatermass 2 · as Art Direction |
| 1957 | Kill Me Tomorrow · as Art Director |
| 1957 | A Day of Grace · as Art Director |
| 1956 | Reach for the Sky · as Art Direction |
| 1955 | Escapade · as Art Director |
| 1955 | PT Raiders · as Art Director |
| 1955 | The Love Match · as Art Director |
| 1954 | The Good Die Young · as Art Direction |
| 1954 | The Sea Shall Not Have Them · as Art Direction |
| 1953 | Break to Freedom · as Art Director |
| 1953 | Three Steps in the Dark · as Art Direction |
| 1953 | The Broken Horseshoe · as Art Direction |
| 1953 | Johnny on the Run · as Production Design |
| 1953 | The Slasher · as Art Director |
| 1952 | The Night Won't Talk · as Art Director |
| 1952 | Vampire Over London · as Art Direction |
| 1952 | The Hundred Hour Hunt · as Art Direction |
| 1950 | Tony Draws a Horse · as Art Director |
| 1950 | Double Confession · as Art Direction |
| 1949 | Paper Orchid · as Art Director |
| 1949 | Mystery at the Burlesque · as Art Direction |
| 1949 | Forbidden · as Art Direction |
| 1948 | The Silk Noose · as Art Direction |
| 1947 | While I Live · as Art Director |
| 1947 | Code of Scotland Yard · as Art Direction |
| 1940 | The Frightened Lady · as Art Direction |
| 1940 | Crimes at the Dark House · as Art Direction |