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Cedric Gibbons

Director, Actor

March 23, 1893 — July 26, 1960 (67 years)
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Austin Cedric Gibbons (March 23, 1893 – July 26, 1960) was an Irish art director and production designer for the film industry. He also made a significant contribution to motion picture theater architecture from the 1930s to 1950s. He is credited as the designer of the Oscar statuette in 1928.

Gibbons was born in Dublin, Ireland and studied at the Art Students League of New York and worked for his architect father. While at Edison Studios from 1915, he first designed a set for a film released in 1919, assisting Hugo Ballin. But, after this first foray, the studio closed, and he signed with Samuel Goldwyn in 1918. This evolved to working for Louis B. Mayer at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer from 1924 to 1956—a 32-year career.

Gibbons was one of the original 36 founding members of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and oversaw the design of the Academy Awards statuette in 1928, a trophy for which he himself would be nominated 39 times, winning 11.

He retired in 1956 with about 1,500 films credited to him: however, his contract with MGM dictated that he receive credit as art director for every MGM film released in the United States, even though other designers may have done the bulk of the work. Even so, his actual hands-on art direction may have been on about 150 films.

In 1930, Gibbons married actress Dolores del Río and co-designed their house in Santa Monica, an intricate Art Deco residence influenced by Rudolf Schindler. They divorced in 1941; three years later he married actress Hazel Brooks with whom he remained until his death at the age of 67.

Gibbons's grave is in the Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Gaslight
    Gaslight1944
  • Mrs. Miniver
    Mrs. Miniver1942
  • The Unknown
    The Unknown1927
  • Royal Wedding
    Royal Wedding1951
  • The Last Time I Saw Paris
    The Last Time I Saw Paris1954
  • Father's Little Dividend
    Father's Little Dividend1951
  • Till the Clouds Roll By
    Till the Clouds Roll By1946
  • Good News
    Good News1947
  • Cause for Alarm!
    Cause for Alarm!1951
  • Vengeance Valley
    Vengeance Valley1951
  • Eyes in the Night
    Eyes in the Night1942
  • Go for Broke!
    Go for Broke!1951
  • The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn1939
  • The Painted Hills
    The Painted Hills1951
  • Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
    Love Laughs at Andy Hardy1946
  • Fiesta
    Fiesta1947
  • Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
    Dr. Kildare's Strange Case1940
  • Mr. Imperium
    Mr. Imperium1951
  • The Secret of Dr. Kildare
    The Secret of Dr. Kildare1939

Known For

  • The Wizard of Oz
    The Wizard of Oz1939
  • Gaslight
    Gaslight1944
  • An American in Paris
    An American in Paris1951
  • Pride and Prejudice
    Pride and Prejudice1940
  • The Bad and the Beautiful
    The Bad and the Beautiful1952
  • Random Harvest
    Random Harvest1942
  • National Velvet
    National Velvet1944
  • Julius Caesar
    Julius Caesar1953
  • The Yearling
    The Yearling1946
  • Annie Get Your Gun
    Annie Get Your Gun1950
  • The Picture of Dorian Gray
    The Picture of Dorian Gray1945
  • Blackboard Jungle
    Blackboard Jungle1955
  • Tarzan and His Mate
    Tarzan and His Mate1934
  • Brigadoon
    Brigadoon1954
  • The Great Ziegfeld
    The Great Ziegfeld1936
  • Quo Vadis
    Quo Vadis1951
  • The Merry Widow
    The Merry Widow1934
  • Somebody Up There Likes Me
    Somebody Up There Likes Me1956
  • Little Women
    Little Women1949
  • Madame Curie
    Madame Curie1943

Filmography

1934
Tarzan and His Mate

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