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Lyle R. Wheeler

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Born February 12, 1905Died January 10, 1990 (84 years)
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Lyle Reynolds Wheeler (February 2, 1905 – January 10, 1990) was an American motion picture art director. He received five Academy Awards — for Gone with the Wind (1939), Anna and the King of Siam (1946), The Robe (1953), The King and I (1956) and The Diary of Anne Frank (1959).

Lyle Wheeler studied at the University of Southern California, then worked as a magazine artist and industrial designer. In 1936 he was hired by David O. Selznick to work as a set designer for Selznick's motion picture production company. Wheeler proved to be a creative genius when it came to designing quality sets at reasonable costs and was very much in demand in the industry. By the end of World War II, Wheeler had joined Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, where he remained as chief art director until the end of the 1950s.

In a career spanning 40 years, Wheeler created sets for more than 350 motion pictures, many of which are considered film classics. His credits include A Star is Born, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, State Fair, The Dolly Sisters, Forever Amber, The Fan, The Pride of St. Louis, The Seven Year Itch, and Carousel and in particular, Gone With the Wind, for which he drew some of the earliest examples of storyboards for film, illustrating not only the art design, but the framing, composition and even the color for nearly every shot in the film, greatly influencing the production. He also created matte paintings for all the ceilings for the sets as well as large set pieces like the facade of Tara. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Art Direction 29 times, winning five. In 1951, he was nominated for four different films, three in 1952 and twice for two films in one year.

His television credits include the long-running CBS series, Perry Mason.

Late in life, Wheeler suffered financial reverses and was forced to sell his home. He lost his five Academy Award statuettes when he was unable to pay a bill in excess of $30,000 at a storage facility. His 1959 Oscar for The Diary of Anne Frank was purchased and returned to Wheeler in 1989 by a fan.

Lyle Wheeler died January 10, 1990, at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital, of pneumonia. He was cremated, and his ashes stored in the vault at the Chapel of the Pines Crematory in Los Angeles.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Niagara
  • Pickup on South Street
  • The Gunfighter
  • A Star Is Born
  • Where the Sidewalk Ends
  • South Pacific
  • Kiss of Death
  • People Will Talk
  • Nothing Sacred
  • Warlock
  • Fallen Angel
  • The Snows of Kilimanjaro
  • Made for Each Other
  • Garden of Evil
  • The House on Telegraph Hill
  • Shock
  • Phone Call from a Stranger
  • Three Came Home
  • Man in the Attic
  • The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
  • A Blueprint for Murder
  • The Big Lift
  • The True Story of Jesse James
  • Beneath the 12-Mile Reef

Known For

  • Gone with the Wind
  • Rebecca
  • All About Eve
  • The King and I
  • Laura
  • The Diary of Anne Frank
  • The Robe
  • Leave Her to Heaven
  • The Prisoner of Zenda
  • Daddy Long Legs
  • Journey to the Center of the Earth
  • Titanic
  • The Snows of Kilimanjaro
  • The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
  • The House on Telegraph Hill
  • Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
  • Désirée
  • My Cousin Rachel
  • Come to the Stable
  • Anna and the King of Siam
  • The Cardinal
  • David and Bathsheba
  • Fourteen Hours
  • Teenage Rebel

Lyle R. Wheeler Filmography

1988
1986
Our World (TV Series) · as Self - 'gone With The Wind' Art Director

1978
Perfect Gentlemen · as Production Design
1977
Flight to Holocaust · as Art Direction
1975
Posse · as Production Design
1972
Stand Up and Be Counted · as Production Design
1971
Bless the Beasts & Children · as Art Director
1971
The Love Machine · as Production Design
1971
Doctors' Wives · as Production Design
1970
Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon · as Production Design
1969
Marooned · as Production Design
1968
Where Angels Go Trouble Follows! · as Production Design
1967
The Big Mouth · as Production Design
1966
ABC Stage 67 (TV Series) · as Production Designer
1965
In Harm's Way · as Production Design
1964
The Best Man · as Production Design
1963
The Cardinal · as Production Design
1962
Advise & Consent · as Production Design
1960
Let's Make Love · as Art Direction
1960
Young Jesse James · as Art Direction
1960
The Story of Ruth · as Art Direction
1960
From the Terrace · as Art Direction
1960
Wake Me When It's Over · as Art Director
1960
Wild River · as Art Direction
1960
Seven Thieves · as Art Direction
1960
Can-Can · as Art Direction
1959
Beloved Infidel · as Art Direction
1959
1959
The Story on Page One · as Art Direction
1959
The Rookie · as Art Director
1959
Hound-Dog Man · as Art Director
1959
The Man Who Understood Women · as Art Direction
1959
The Blue Angel · as Art Director
1959
The Best of Everything · as Art Direction
1959
A Private's Affair · as Art Direction
1959
Adventures in Paradise (TV Series) · as Art Director
1959
Five Fingers (TV Series) · as Art Director
1959
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (TV Series) · as Art Director
1959
Five Gates to Hell · as Art Director
1959
Holiday for Lovers · as Art Direction
1959
The Oregon Trail · as Art Director
1959
Blue Denim · as Art Direction
1959
Say One for Me · as Art Direction
1959
Woman Obsessed · as Art Director
1959
Return of the Fly · as Art Direction
1959
The Alligator People · as Art Direction
1959
These Thousand Hills · as Art Direction
1959
Compulsion · as Art Director
1959
The Diary of Anne Frank · as Art Direction
1959
Warlock · as Art Direction
1959
The Sound and the Fury · as Art Director
1959
The Sad Horse · as Production Designer
1959
The Third Man (TV Series) · as Art Director
1959
Rawhide (TV Series) · as Art Direction
1958
1958
Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! · as Art Direction
1958
1958
Mardi Gras · as Art Direction
1958
In Love and War · as Art Director
1958
The Barbarian and the Geisha · as Art Direction
1958
A Certain Smile · as Art Direction
1958
The Hunters · as Art Direction
1958
The Bravados · as Art Direction
1958
The Fiend Who Walked the West · as Art Direction
1958
Ten North Frederick · as Art Director
1958
The Fly · as Art Direction
1958
From Hell to Texas · as Art Direction
1958
Fräulein · as Art Direction
1958
The Long, Hot Summer · as Art Direction
1958
Sing Boy Sing · as Art Director
1958
South Pacific · as Art Direction
1958
The Young Lions · as Art Direction
1958
The Gift of Love · as Art Direction
1957
The Enemy Below · as Art Direction
1957
Peyton Place · as Art Direction
1957
Kiss Them for Me · as Art Director
1957
1957
Stopover Tokyo · as Art Director
1957
April Love · as Art Direction
1957
No Down Payment · as Art Director
1957
How To Marry A Millionaire (TV Series) · as Art Director
1957
Perry Mason (TV Series) · as Art Direction
1957
The Three Faces of Eve · as Art Direction
1957
A Hatful of Rain · as Art Direction
1957
Bernardine · as Art Director
1957
Desk Set · as Art Direction
1957
The Sun Also Rises · as Art Direction
1957
1957
An Affair to Remember · as Art Direction
1957
The Wayward Bus · as Art Direction
1957
The Way to the Gold · as Art Director
1957
Boy on a Dolphin · as Art Direction
1957
Oh, Men! Oh, Women! · as Art Direction
1957
1956
The Girl Can't Help It · as Art Direction
1956
Three Brave Men · as Art Direction
1956
Love Me Tender · as Art Direction
1956
Teenage Rebel · as Art Direction
1956
Between Heaven and Hell · as Art Direction
1956
1956
Broken Arrow (TV Series) · as Art Director
1956
23 Paces to Baker Street · as Art Direction
1956
The Last Wagon · as Art Direction
1956
Bus Stop · as Art Direction
1956
Bigger Than Life · as Art Direction
1956
The King and I · as Art Direction
1956
The Bottom of the Bottle · as Art Direction
1956
The Revolt of Mamie Stover · as Art Direction
1956
D-Day the Sixth of June · as Art Direction
1956
The Proud Ones · as Art Direction
1956
1956
Hilda Crane · as Art Direction
1956
On the Threshold of Space · as Art Direction
1956
Carousel · as Art Direction
1956
The Lieutenant Wore Skirts · as Art Direction
1955
The Rains of Ranchipur · as Art Director
1955
The Tall Men · as Art Direction
1955
Good Morning, Miss Dove · as Art Direction
1955
The View from Pompey's Head · as Art Director
1955
Seven Cities of Gold · as Art Direction
1955
The 20th Century-Fox Hour (TV Series) · as Art Director
1955
1955
My Friend Flicka (TV Series) · as Art Director
1955
1955
The Left Hand of God · as Art Direction
1955
House of Bamboo · as Art Direction
1955
The Virgin Queen · as Art Direction
1955
How to Be Very, Very Popular · as Art Director
1955
The Seven Year Itch · as Art Direction
1955
Soldier of Fortune · as Art Direction
1955
The Racers · as Art Direction
1955
Daddy Long Legs · as Art Direction
1955
Violent Saturday · as Art Direction
1955
A Man Called Peter · as Art Direction
1955
The 27th Annual Academy Awards · as Set Decorator
1955
Untamed · as Art Direction
1955
Prince of Players · as Art Director
1954
The Egyptian · as Art Direction
1954
1954
Désirée · as Art Director
1954
Black Widow · as Art Direction
1954
Woman's World · as Art Direction
1954
Broken Lance · as Art Direction
1954
Demetrius and the Gladiators · as Art Direction
1954
Garden of Evil · as Art Direction
1954
River of No Return · as Art Direction
1954
Three Coins in the Fountain · as Art Direction
1954
Gorilla at Large · as Art Direction
1954
1954
Prince Valiant · as Art Director
1954
Hell and High Water · as Art Director
1954
Three Young Texans · as Art Direction
1953
Man in the Attic · as Art Direction
1953
King of the Khyber Rifles · as Art Direction
1953
Taxi · as Art Direction
1953
The Robe · as Art Direction
1953
1953
How to Marry a Millionaire · as Art Direction
1953
White Witch Doctor · as Art Direction
1953
Vicki · as Art Direction
1953
Mister Scoutmaster · as Art Direction
1953
Inferno · as Art Direction
1953
Dangerous Crossing · as Art Direction
1953
1953
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes · as Art Direction
1953
Titanic · as Art Direction
1953
1953
The Kid from Left Field · as Art Director
1953
The Farmer Takes a Wife · as Art Director
1953
Powder River · as Art Direction
1953
The President's Lady · as Art Direction
1953
The Glory Brigade · as Art Direction
1953
The Desert Rats · as Art Direction
1953
The Girl Next Door · as Art Direction
1953
Destination Gobi · as Art Director
1953
The Silver Whip · as Art Director
1953
Treasure of the Golden Condor · as Art Direction
1953
Call Me Madam · as Art Direction
1953
1953
You Are There (TV Series) · as Art Director
1953
Niagara · as Art Direction
1953
Tonight We Sing · as Art Direction
1953
The I Don't Care Girl · as Art Direction
1952
1952
Bloodhounds of Broadway · as Art Director
1952
My Cousin Rachel · as Art Director
1952
1952
Stars and Stripes Forever · as Art Direction
1952
Pony Soldier · as Art Director
1952
We're Not Married! · as Art Direction
1952
My Pal Gus · as Art Direction
1952
The Pride of St. Louis · as Art Director
1952
My Wife's Best Friend · as Art Direction
1952
O. Henry's Full House · as Art Director
1952
Way of a Gaucho · as Art Direction
1952
Lure of the Wilderness · as Art Director
1952
Something for the Birds · as Art Direction
1952
Night Without Sleep · as Art Direction
1952
Monkey Business · as Art Direction
1952
What Price Glory · as Art Direction
1952
Les Miserables · as Art Direction
1952
Dreamboat · as Art Direction
1952
Don't Bother to Knock · as Art Direction
1952
1952
Return of the Texan · as Art Direction
1952
Diplomatic Courier · as Art Direction
1952
Lydia Bailey · as Art Director
1952
The Outcasts of Poker Flat · as Art Direction
1952
Belles on Their Toes · as Art Direction
1952
Kangaroo · as Art Director
1952
Deadline - U.S.A. · as Art Direction
1952
With a Song in My Heart · as Art Direction
1952
5 Fingers · as Art Direction
1952
1952
Viva Zapata! · as Art Direction
1952
Red Skies of Montana · as Art Director
1951
Elopement · as Art Direction
1951
Fixed Bayonets! · as Art Direction
1951
1951
Golden Girl · as Art Direction
1951
Let's Make It Legal · as Art Direction
1951
Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell · as Art Direction
1951
Anne of the Indies · as Art Direction
1951
1951
Meet Me After the Show · as Art Director
1951
Love Nest · as Art Direction
1951
Take Care of My Little Girl · as Art Director
1951
The Day the Earth Stood Still · as Art Direction
1951
The Secret of Convict Lake · as Art Direction
1951
The Frogmen · as Art Direction
1951
As Young as You Feel · as Art Direction
1951
People Will Talk · as Art Direction
1951
The Guy Who Came Back · as Art Direction
1951
David and Bathsheba · as Art Direction
1951
1951
Follow the Sun · as Art Direction
1951
Fourteen Hours · as Art Direction
1951
You're in the Navy Now · as Art Direction
1951
Half Angel · as Art Director
1951
On the Riviera · as Art Direction
1951
Call Me Mister · as Art Director
1951
1951
Rawhide · as Art Direction
1951
Halls of Montezuma · as Art Direction
1951
Bird of Paradise · as Art Direction
1951
I'd Climb the Highest Mountain · as Art Direction
1951
The 13th Letter · as Art Direction
1950
For Heaven's Sake · as Art Director
1950
My Blue Heaven · as Art Direction
1950
1950
The Jackpot · as Art Direction
1950
Mister 880 · as Art Direction
1950
The Jack Benny Program (TV Series) · as Art Director
1950
All About Eve · as Art Direction
1950
Two Flags West · as Art Direction
1950
I'll Get By · as Art Direction
1950
The Gunfighter · as Art Direction
1950
No Way Out · as Art Direction
1950
Panic in the Streets · as Art Direction
1950
1950
Broken Arrow · as Art Direction
1950
Stella · as Art Direction
1950
The Big Lift · as Art Direction
1950
Love That Brute · as Art Direction
1950
Under My Skin · as Art Direction
1950
Wabash Avenue · as Art Direction
1950
A Ticket to Tomahawk · as Art Direction
1950
Cheaper by the Dozen · as Art Direction
1950
Mother Didn't Tell Me · as Art Direction
1950
Three Came Home · as Art Direction
1950
1950
Whirlpool · as Art Direction
1949
Twelve O'Clock High · as Art Direction
1949
Everybody Does It · as Art Director
1949
Dancing in the Dark · as Art Direction
1949
Oh, You Beautiful Doll · as Art Director
1949
Prince of Foxes · as Art Direction
1949
Thieves' Highway · as Art Direction
1949
Father Was a Fullback · as Art Direction
1949
Pinky · as Art Direction
1949
Come to the Stable · as Art Direction
1949
I Was a Male War Bride · as Art Direction
1949
Slattery's Hurricane · as Art Direction
1949
Sand · as Art Direction
1949
The Fan · as Art Direction
1949
You're My Everything · as Art Direction
1949
House of Strangers · as Art Direction
1949
Chicken Every Sunday · as Art Director
1949
It Happens Every Spring · as Art Direction
1949
Mother Is a Freshman · as Art Director
1949
1949
Mr. Belvedere Goes to College · as Art Direction
1949
Down to the Sea in Ships · as Art Direction
1949
A Letter to Three Wives · as Art Direction
1948
That Wonderful Urge · as Art Direction
1948
Yellow Sky · as Art Direction
1948
Unfaithfully Yours · as Art Direction
1948
Deep Waters · as Art Direction
1948
The Walls of Jericho · as Art Direction
1948
The Snake Pit · as Art Director
1948
When My Baby Smiles at Me · as Art Director
1948
Road House · as Art Direction
1948
Cry of the City · as Art Direction
1948
Give My Regards to Broadway · as Art Direction
1948
Apartment for Peggy · as Art Direction
1948
That Lady in Ermine · as Art Direction
1948
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! · as Art Direction
1948
The Luck of the Irish · as Art Direction
1948
The Street with No Name · as Art Direction
1948
Fury at Furnace Creek · as Art Direction
1948
The Iron Curtain · as Art Direction
1948
Green Grass of Wyoming · as Art Director
1948
Sitting Pretty · as Art Direction
1948
Call Northside 777 · as Art Direction
1948
You Were Meant for Me · as Art Direction
1947
Daisy Kenyon · as Art Direction
1947
Gentleman's Agreement · as Art Direction
1947
Nightmare Alley · as Art Direction
1947
Forever Amber · as Art Direction
1947
The Foxes of Harrow · as Art Direction
1947
Kiss of Death · as Art Direction
1946
My Darling Clementine · as Art Direction
1946
Wake Up and Dream · as Art Director
1946
Do You Love Me · as Art Direction
1946
Anna and the King of Siam · as Art Direction
1946
Three Little Girls in Blue · as Art Director
1946
Centennial Summer · as Art Direction
1946
Smoky · as Art Director
1946
Cluny Brown · as Art Direction
1946
Dragonwyck · as Art Direction
1946
Sentimental Journey · as Art Director
1946
Behind Green Lights · as Art Direction
1946
Shock · as Art Direction
1946
Colonel Effingham's Raid · as Art Direction
1945
Doll Face · as Art Direction
1945
Leave Her to Heaven · as Art Direction
1945
Fallen Angel · as Art Direction
1945
The Spider · as Art Director
1945
Nob Hill · as Art Direction
1945
The Dolly Sisters · as Art Direction
1945
The House on 92nd Street · as Art Director
1945
A Royal Scandal · as Art Direction
1945
Hangover Square · as Art Direction
1945
State Fair · as Art Direction
1945
Thunderhead: Son of Flicka · as Art Direction
1945
Within These Walls · as Art Direction
1945
A Bell for Adano · as Art Direction
1945
Captain Eddie · as Art Director
1945
Junior Miss · as Art Direction
1945
The Caribbean Mystery · as Art Direction
1945
Don Juan Quilligan · as Art Direction
1945
Molly and Me · as Art Direction
1945
Where Do We Go from Here? · as Art Direction
1945
Diamond Horseshoe · as Art Direction
1945
The Bullfighters · as Art Direction
1945
Circumstantial Evidence · as Art Direction
1945
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn · as Art Direction
1944
Winged Victory · as Art Direction
1944
Sunday Dinner for a Soldier · as Art Director
1944
Laura · as Art Direction
1944
Something for the Boys · as Art Director
1944
Irish Eyes Are Smiling · as Art Direction
1944
The Big Noise · as Art Direction
1944
Sweet and Low-Down · as Art Director
1944
Dragon Seed · as Art Direction
1944
Wing and a Prayer · as Art Direction
1943
Bataan · as Art Direction
1941
That Hamilton Woman · as Art Direction
1940
Rebecca · as Art Direction
1939
Gone with the Wind · as Art Direction
1939
Intermezzo · as Art Direction
1939
Made for Each Other · as Art Direction
1938
The Young in Heart · as Art Direction
1938
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer · as Art Direction
1937
Nothing Sacred · as Art Direction
1937
The Prisoner of Zenda · as Art Direction
1937
A Star Is Born · as Art Director
1936
The Garden of Allah · as Set Decoration

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