Lyle R. Wheeler
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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.
Filmes (301)
Perfect Gentlemen
1978 · Production Design
Flight to Holocaust
1977 · Art Direction
Posse
1975 · Production Design, Set Decoration
Stand Up and Be Counted
1972 · Production Design
The Love Machine
1971 · Production Design
Doctors' Wives
1971 · Production Design
Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon
1970 · Production Design
Marooned
1969 · Production Design
Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows
1968 · Production Design
The Big Mouth
1967 · Production Design
In Harm's Way
1965 · Production Design
The Best Man
1964 · Production Design
The Cardinal
1963 · Production Design
Advise & Consent
1962 · Production Design
Let's Make Love
1960 · Art Direction
Young Jesse James
1960 · Art Direction
From the Terrace
1960 · Art Direction
The Story of Ruth
1960 · Art Direction
Wild River
1960 · Art Direction
Seven Thieves
1960 · Art Direction
Can-Can
1960 · Art Direction
Journey to the Center of the Earth
1959 · Art Direction
The Story on Page One
1959 · Art Direction
Beloved Infidel
1959 · Art Direction
The Best of Everything
1959 · Art Direction
The Man Who Understood Women
1959 · Art Direction
A Private's Affair
1959 · Art Direction
Blue Denim
1959 · Art Direction
Return of the Fly
1959 · Art Direction
Holiday for Lovers
1959 · Art Direction
The Alligator People
1959 · Art Direction
Say One for Me
1959 · Art Direction
Warlock
1959 · Art Direction
These Thousand Hills
1959 · Art Direction
The Sound and the Fury
1959 · Art Direction
The Diary of Anne Frank
1959 · Art Direction
Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!
1958 · Art Direction
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
1958 · Art Direction
Mardi Gras
1958 · Art Direction
The Barbarian and the Geisha
1958 · Art Direction
The Hunters
1958 · Art Direction
The Fiend Who Walked the West
1958 · Art Direction
A Certain Smile
1958 · Art Direction
The Fly
1958 · Art Direction
The Bravados
1958 · Art Direction
Fraulein
1958 · Art Direction
The Long, Hot Summer
1958 · Art Direction
From Hell to Texas
1958 · Art Direction
The Young Lions
1958 · Art Direction
South Pacific
1958 · Art Direction
The Gift of Love
1958 · Art Direction
The Enemy Below
1957 · Art Direction
The Three Faces of Eve
1957 · Art Direction
Peyton Place
1957 · Art Direction
April Love
1957 · Art Direction
No Down Payment
1957 · Art Direction
The Sun Also Rises
1957 · Art Direction
Desk Set
1957 · Art Direction
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
1957 · Art Direction
A Hatful of Rain
1957 · Art Direction
An Affair to Remember
1957 · Art Direction
The Wayward Bus
1957 · Art Direction
Boy on a Dolphin
1957 · Art Direction
The True Story of Jesse James
1957 · Art Direction
Oh, Men! Oh, Women!
1957 · Art Direction
The Girl Can't Help It
1956 · Art Direction
Three Brave Men
1956 · Art Direction
Bigger Than Life
1956 · Art Direction
Love Me Tender
1956 · Art Direction
Teenage Rebel
1956 · Art Direction
Between Heaven and Hell
1956 · Art Direction
The Best Things in Life Are Free
1956 · Art Direction
The Last Wagon
1956 · Art Direction
Bus Stop
1956 · Art Direction
The King and I
1956 · Art Direction
D-Day the Sixth of June
1956 · Art Direction
23 Paces to Baker Street
1956 · Art Direction
The Proud Ones
1956 · Art Direction
The Revolt of Mamie Stover
1956 · Art Direction
Hilda Crane
1956 · Art Direction
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
1956 · Art Direction
On the Threshold of Space
1956 · Art Direction
Carousel
1956 · Art Direction
The Bottom of the Bottle
1956 · Art Direction
The Lieutenant Wore Skirts
1956 · Art Direction
The Miracle on 34th Street
1955 · Art Direction
Good Morning, Miss Dove
1955 · Art Direction
Seven Cities of Gold
1955 · Art Direction
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
1955 · Art Direction
The Tall Men
1955 · Art Direction
The Left Hand of God
1955 · Art Direction
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
1955 · Art Direction
The Virgin Queen
1955 · Art Direction
House of Bamboo
1955 · Art Direction
The Seven Year Itch
1955 · Art Direction
Soldier of Fortune
1955 · Art Direction
Daddy Long Legs
1955 · Art Direction
Violent Saturday
1955 · Art Direction
A Man Called Peter
1955 · Art Direction
Untamed
1955 · Art Direction
The Racers
1955 · Art Direction
There's No Business Like Show Business
1954 · Art Direction
Three Young Texans
1954 · Art Direction
Black Widow
1954 · Art Direction
Woman's World
1954 · Art Direction
Broken Lance
1954 · Art Direction
The Egyptian
1954 · Art Direction
Garden of Evil
1954 · Art Direction
Demetrius and the Gladiators
1954 · Art Direction
Gorilla at Large
1954 · Art Direction
The Siege at Red River
1954 · Art Direction
Three Coins in the Fountain
1954 · Art Direction
River of No Return
1954 · Art Direction
Man in the Attic
1953 · Art Direction
King of the Khyber Rifles
1953 · Art Direction
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
1953 · Art Direction
How to Marry a Millionaire
1953 · Art Direction
Vicki
1953 · Art Direction
The Robe
1953 · Art Direction
Mister Scoutmaster
1953 · Art Direction
Inferno
1953 · Art Direction
A Blueprint for Murder
1953 · Art Direction
Dangerous Crossing
1953 · Art Direction
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1953 · Art Direction
White Witch Doctor
1953 · Art Direction
Powder River
1953 · Art Direction
Pickup on South Street
1953 · Art Direction
The President's Lady
1953 · Art Direction
The Glory Brigade
1953 · Art Direction
The Girl Next Door
1953 · Art Direction
Titanic
1953 · Art Direction
The Desert Rats
1953 · Art Direction
Call Me Madam
1953 · Art Direction
Niagara
1953 · Art Direction
Treasure of the Golden Condor
1953 · Art Direction
Tonight We Sing
1953 · Art Direction
Taxi
1953 · Art Direction
The I Don't Care Girl
1953 · Art Direction
My Cousin Rachel
1952 · Art Direction
Stars and Stripes Forever
1952 · Art Direction
My Pal Gus
1952 · Art Direction
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
1952 · Art Direction
Way of a Gaucho
1952 · Art Direction
My Wife's Best Friend
1952 · Art Direction
Something for the Birds
1952 · Art Direction
Night Without Sleep
1952 · Art Direction
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
1952 · Art Direction
Monkey Business
1952 · Art Direction
What Price Glory
1952 · Art Direction
Les Miserables
1952 · Art Direction
Dreamboat
1952 · Art Direction
Don't Bother to Knock
1952 · Art Direction
We're Not Married!
1952 · Art Direction
Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie
1952 · Art Direction
Diplomatic Courier
1952 · Art Direction
Deadline - U.S.A.
1952 · Art Direction
Belles on Their Toes
1952 · Art Direction
With a Song in My Heart
1952 · Art Direction
5 Fingers
1952 · Art Direction
Return of the Texan
1952 · Art Direction
Viva Zapata!
1952 · Art Direction
Elopement
1951 · Art Direction
Fixed Bayonets!
1951 · Art Direction
The Model and the Marriage Broker
1951 · Art Direction
Golden Girl
1951 · Art Direction
Let's Make It Legal
1951 · Art Direction
Anne of the Indies
1951 · Art Direction
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
1951 · Art Direction
Love Nest
1951 · Art Direction
The Day the Earth Stood Still
1951 · Art Direction
People Will Talk
1951 · Art Direction
The Guy Who Came Back
1951 · Art Direction
David and Bathsheba
1951 · Art Direction
Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell
1951 · Art Direction
The Secret of Convict Lake
1951 · Art Direction
As Young as You Feel
1951 · Art Direction
Follow the Sun
1951 · Art Direction
The House on Telegraph Hill
1951 · Art Direction
On the Riviera
1951 · Art Direction
Fourteen Hours
1951 · Art Direction
Rawhide
1951 · Art Direction
Bird of Paradise
1951 · Art Direction
You're in the Navy Now
1951 · Art Direction
The 13th Letter
1951 · Art Direction
I'd Climb the Highest Mountain
1951 · Art Direction
The Frogmen
1951 · Art Direction
Halls of Montezuma
1951 · Art Direction
All About Eve
1950 · Art Direction
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
1950 · Art Direction
The Jackpot
1950 · Art Direction
Two Flags West
1950 · Art Direction
I'll Get By
1950 · Art Direction
Mister 880
1950 · Art Direction
My Blue Heaven
1950 · Art Direction
No Way Out
1950 · Art Direction
Panic in the Streets
1950 · Art Direction
Broken Arrow
1950 · Art Direction
Stella
1950 · Art Direction
Where the Sidewalk Ends
1950 · Art Direction
Love That Brute
1950 · Art Direction
The Gunfighter
1950 · Art Direction
A Ticket to Tomahawk
1950 · Art Direction
The Big Lift
1950 · Art Direction
Cheaper by the Dozen
1950 · Art Direction
Wabash Avenue
1950 · Art Direction
Under My Skin
1950 · Art Direction
Mother Didn't Tell Me
1950 · Art Direction
Three Came Home
1950 · Art Direction
When Willie Comes Marching Home
1950 · Art Direction
Whirlpool
1950 · Art Direction
Twelve O'Clock High
1949 · Art Direction
Dancing in the Dark
1949 · Art Direction
Prince of Foxes
1949 · Art Direction
Father Was a Fullback
1949 · Art Direction
Pinky
1949 · Art Direction
Thieves' Highway
1949 · Art Direction
I Was a Male War Bride
1949 · Art Direction
Slattery's Hurricane
1949 · Art Direction
Sand
1949 · Art Direction
Come to the Stable
1949 · Art Direction
You're My Everything
1949 · Art Direction
House of Strangers
1949 · Art Direction
It Happens Every Spring
1949 · Art Direction
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
1949 · Art Direction
Mr. Belvedere Goes to College
1949 · Art Direction
The Fan
1949 · Art Direction
Down to the Sea in Ships
1949 · Art Direction
A Letter to Three Wives
1949 · Art Direction
Yellow Sky
1948 · Art Direction
The Walls of Jericho
1948 · Art Direction
That Wonderful Urge
1948 · Art Direction
Unfaithfully Yours
1948 · Art Direction
Apartment for Peggy
1948 · Art Direction
Cry of the City
1948 · Art Direction
Road House
1948 · Art Direction
The Luck of the Irish
1948 · Art Direction
That Lady in Ermine
1948 · Art Direction
Deep Waters
1948 · Art Direction
The Street with No Name
1948 · Art Direction
The Iron Curtain
1948 · Art Direction
Give My Regards to Broadway
1948 · Art Direction
Fury at Furnace Creek
1948 · Art Direction
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!
1948 · Art Direction
Sitting Pretty
1948 · Art Direction
Call Northside 777
1948 · Art Direction
You Were Meant for Me
1948 · Art Direction
Daisy Kenyon
1947 · Art Direction
Gentleman's Agreement
1947 · Art Direction
Forever Amber
1947 · Art Direction
Nightmare Alley
1947 · Art Direction
The Foxes of Harrow
1947 · Art Direction
Kiss of Death
1947 · Art Direction
My Darling Clementine
1946 · Art Direction
Anna and the King of Siam
1946 · Art Direction
Centennial Summer
1946 · Art Direction
Cluny Brown
1946 · Art Direction
Do You Love Me
1946 · Art Direction
Dragonwyck
1946 · Art Direction
Behind Green Lights
1946 · Art Direction
Shock
1946 · Art Direction
Colonel Effingham's Raid
1946 · Art Direction
Doll Face
1945 · Art Direction
Leave Her to Heaven
1945 · Art Direction
Fallen Angel
1945 · Art Direction
The Dolly Sisters
1945 · Art Direction
State Fair
1945 · Art Direction
Within These Walls
1945 · Art Direction
A Bell for Adano
1945 · Art Direction
Junior Miss
1945 · Art Direction
Nob Hill
1945 · Art Direction
The Caribbean Mystery
1945 · Art Direction
Don Juan Quilligan
1945 · Art Direction
Molly and Me
1945 · Art Direction
Where Do We Go from Here?
1945 · Art Direction
Diamond Horseshoe
1945 · Art Direction
The Bullfighters
1945 · Art Direction
Circumstantial Evidence
1945 · Art Direction
A Royal Scandal
1945 · Art Direction
Thunderhead: Son of Flicka
1945 · Art Direction
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
1945 · Art Direction
Hangover Square
1945 · Art Direction
Winged Victory
1944 · Art Direction
Irish Eyes Are Smiling
1944 · Art Direction
Laura
1944 · Art Direction
The Big Noise
1944 · Art Direction
Dragon Seed
1944 · Art Direction
Wing and a Prayer
1944 · Art Direction
Bataan
1943 · Art Direction
Cairo
1942 · Art Department Assistant
That Hamilton Woman
1941 · Art Direction
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940 · Self
Rebecca
1940 · Art Direction
Gone with the Wind
1939 · Art Direction
Intermezzo: A Love Story
1939 · Art Direction
Made for Each Other
1939 · Art Direction
The Young in Heart
1938 · Art Direction
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
1938 · Art Direction
Nothing Sacred
1937 · Art Direction
The Prisoner of Zenda
1937 · Art Direction
A Star Is Born
1937 · Art Designer
The Garden of Allah
1936 · Set Decoration
