Lyle R. Wheeler
Personal Info
Known for
Art
Gender
Male
Birthday
1905-02-12
Day of Death
1990-01-10 (84 years old)
Place of Birth
Woburn, Massachusetts, USA
Lyle R. Wheeler
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Known For
Acting
(1940)
Crew
(1978)
Perfect Gentlemen
Production Design
(1977)
Flight to Holocaust
Art Direction
(1975)
Posse
Production Design, Set Decoration
(1972)
Stand Up and Be Counted
Production Design
(1971)
The Love Machine
Production Design
(1971)
Doctors' Wives
Production Design
(1970)
Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon
Production Design
(1969)
Marooned
Production Design
(1968)
Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows
Production Design
(1967)
The Big Mouth
Production Design
(1965)
In Harm's Way
Production Design
(1964)
The Best Man
Production Design
(1963)
The Cardinal
Production Design
(1962)
Advise & Consent
Production Design
(1960)
Can-Can
Art Direction
(1960)
Wild River
Art Direction
(1960)
Seven Thieves
Art Direction
(1960)
The Story of Ruth
Art Direction
(1960)
From the Terrace
Art Direction
(1960)
Let's Make Love
Art Direction
(1960)
Young Jesse James
Art Direction
(1959)
The Diary of Anne Frank
Art Direction
(1959)
Warlock
Art Direction
(1959)
Holiday for Lovers
Art Direction
(1959)
A Private's Affair
Art Direction
(1959)
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Art Direction
(1959)
Return of the Fly
Art Direction
(1959)
The Story on Page One
Art Direction
(1959)
The Alligator People
Art Direction
(1959)
Beloved Infidel
Art Direction
(1959)
Say One for Me
Art Direction
(1959)
Blue Denim
Art Direction
(1959)
The Best of Everything
Art Direction
(1959)
The Man Who Understood Women
Art Direction
(1959)
These Thousand Hills
Art Direction
(1958)
The Hunters
Art Direction
(1958)
From Hell to Texas
Art Direction
(1958)
The Barbarian and the Geisha
Art Direction
(1958)
The Bravados
Art Direction
(1958)
The Fly
Art Direction
(1958)
Mardi Gras
Art Direction
(1958)
The Long, Hot Summer
Art Direction
(1958)
South Pacific
Art Direction
(1958)
Fraulein
Art Direction
(1958)
The Fiend Who Walked the West
Art Direction
(1958)
The Gift of Love
Art Direction
(1958)
The Young Lions
Art Direction
(1958)
Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!
Art Direction
(1957)
Boy on a Dolphin
Art Direction
(1957)
The Three Faces of Eve
Art Direction
(1957)
April Love
Art Direction
(1957)
The Sun Also Rises
Art Direction
(1957)
The Enemy Below
Art Direction
(1957)
Peyton Place
Art Direction
(1957)
Desk Set
Art Direction
(1957)
An Affair to Remember
Art Direction
(1957)
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
Art Direction
(1957)
A Hatful of Rain
Art Direction
(1957)
The Wayward Bus
Art Direction
(1956)
The Girl Can't Help It
Art Direction
(1956)
Bigger Than Life
Art Direction
(1956)
Carousel
Art Direction
(1956)
The King and I
Art Direction
(1956)
On the Threshold of Space
Art Direction
(1956)
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
Art Direction
(1956)
Love Me Tender
Art Direction
(1956)
The Last Wagon
Art Direction
(1956)
The Proud Ones
Art Direction
(1956)
D-Day the Sixth of June
Art Direction
(1956)
Bus Stop
Art Direction
(1956)
Three Brave Men
Art Direction
(1956)
The Revolt of Mamie Stover
Art Direction
(1956)
Between Heaven and Hell
Art Direction
(1956)
The Bottom of the Bottle
Art Direction
(1956)
The Lieutenant Wore Skirts
Art Direction
(1956)
Hilda Crane
Art Direction
(1956)
The Best Things in Life Are Free
Art Direction
(1956)
23 Paces to Baker Street
Art Direction
(1955)
Good Morning, Miss Dove
Art Direction
(1955)
House of Bamboo
Art Direction
(1955)
A Man Called Peter
Art Direction
(1955)
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
Art Direction
(1955)
Untamed
Art Direction
(1955)
Seven Cities of Gold
Art Direction
(1955)
The Virgin Queen
Art Direction
(1955)
The Seven Year Itch
Art Direction
(1955)
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Art Direction
(1955)
Daddy Long Legs
Art Direction
(1955)
The Racers
Art Direction
(1955)
The Left Hand of God
Art Direction
(1955)
Soldier of Fortune
Art Direction
(1955)
The Tall Men
Art Direction
(1955)
Violent Saturday
Art Direction
(1954)
There's No Business Like Show Business
Art Direction
(1954)
Gorilla at Large
Art Direction
(1954)
River of No Return
Art Direction
(1954)
The Siege at Red River
Art Direction
(1954)
The Egyptian
Art Direction
(1954)
Garden of Evil
Art Direction
(1954)
Broken Lance
Art Direction
(1954)
Three Coins in the Fountain
Art Direction
(1954)
Demetrius and the Gladiators
Art Direction
(1954)
Black Widow
Art Direction
(1954)
Three Young Texans
Art Direction
(1954)
Woman's World
Art Direction
(1953)
Titanic
Art Direction
(1953)
The Glory Brigade
Art Direction
(1953)
The Girl Next Door
Art Direction
(1953)
White Witch Doctor
Art Direction
(1953)
The President's Lady
Art Direction
(1953)
Dangerous Crossing
Art Direction
(1953)
Taxi
Art Direction
(1953)
The I Don't Care Girl
Art Direction
(1953)
Mister Scoutmaster
Art Direction
(1953)
Tonight We Sing
Art Direction
(1953)
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
Art Direction
(1953)
King of the Khyber Rifles
Art Direction
(1953)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Art Direction
(1953)
The Desert Rats
Art Direction
(1953)
Pickup on South Street
Art Direction
(1953)
Vicki
Art Direction
(1953)
Niagara
Art Direction
(1953)
How to Marry a Millionaire
Art Direction
(1953)
The Robe
Art Direction
(1953)
Inferno
Art Direction
(1953)
Man in the Attic
Art Direction
(1953)
Powder River
Art Direction
(1953)
Call Me Madam
Art Direction
(1953)
A Blueprint for Murder
Art Direction
(1953)
Treasure of the Golden Condor
Art Direction
(1952)
Belles on Their Toes
Art Direction
(1952)
Les Miserables
Art Direction
(1952)
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
Art Direction
(1952)
Return of the Texan
Art Direction
(1952)
Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie
Art Direction
(1952)
Monkey Business
Art Direction
(1952)
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Art Direction
(1952)
With a Song in My Heart
Art Direction
(1952)
5 Fingers
Art Direction
(1952)
Diplomatic Courier
Art Direction
(1952)
Night Without Sleep
Art Direction
(1952)
Way of a Gaucho
Art Direction
(1952)
We're Not Married!
Art Direction
(1952)
My Pal Gus
Art Direction
(1952)
Deadline - U.S.A.
Art Direction
(1952)
Something for the Birds
Art Direction
(1952)
My Wife's Best Friend
Art Direction
(1952)
Stars and Stripes Forever
Art Direction
(1952)
Don't Bother to Knock
Art Direction
(1952)
Viva Zapata!
Art Direction
(1952)
What Price Glory
Art Direction
(1951)
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Art Direction
(1951)
The Secret of Convict Lake
Art Direction
(1951)
You're in the Navy Now
Art Direction
(1951)
The Model and the Marriage Broker
Art Direction
(1951)
The Guy Who Came Back
Art Direction
(1951)
As Young as You Feel
Art Direction
(1951)
The House on Telegraph Hill
Art Direction
(1951)
Follow the Sun
Art Direction
(1951)
Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell
Art Direction
(1951)
Love Nest
Art Direction
(1951)
Let's Make It Legal
Art Direction
(1951)
People Will Talk
Art Direction
(1951)
David and Bathsheba
Art Direction
(1951)
Golden Girl
Art Direction
(1951)
Halls of Montezuma
Art Direction
(1951)
Fixed Bayonets!
Art Direction
(1951)
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
Art Direction
(1951)
Bird of Paradise
Art Direction
(1951)
The Frogmen
Art Direction
(1951)
I'd Climb the Highest Mountain
Art Direction
(1951)
Anne of the Indies
Art Direction
(1951)
Fourteen Hours
Art Direction
(1951)
On the Riviera
Art Direction
(1951)
Elopement
Art Direction
(1951)
The 13th Letter
Art Direction
(1951)
Rawhide
Art Direction
(1950)
Mother Didn't Tell Me
Art Direction
(1950)
Broken Arrow
Art Direction
(1950)
The Jackpot
Art Direction
(1950)
Love That Brute
Art Direction
(1950)
I'll Get By
Art Direction
(1950)
Mister 880
Art Direction
(1950)
My Blue Heaven
Art Direction
(1950)
A Ticket to Tomahawk
Art Direction
(1950)
Cheaper by the Dozen
Art Direction
(1950)
Under My Skin
Art Direction
(1950)
Panic in the Streets
Art Direction
(1950)
No Way Out
Art Direction
(1950)
Stella
Art Direction
(1950)
All About Eve
Art Direction
(1950)
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Art Direction
(1950)
The Gunfighter
Art Direction
(1950)
When Willie Comes Marching Home
Art Direction
(1950)
Wabash Avenue
Art Direction
(1950)
Two Flags West
Art Direction
(1950)
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
Art Direction
(1950)
Three Came Home
Art Direction
(1950)
Whirlpool
Art Direction
(1950)
The Big Lift
Art Direction
(1949)
Thieves' Highway
Art Direction
(1949)
Come to the Stable
Art Direction
(1949)
Prince of Foxes
Art Direction
(1949)
It Happens Every Spring
Art Direction
(1949)
The Fan
Art Direction
(1949)
Sand
Art Direction
(1949)
Slattery's Hurricane
Art Direction
(1949)
Pinky
Art Direction
(1949)
Twelve O'Clock High
Art Direction
(1949)
Father Was a Fullback
Art Direction
(1949)
A Letter to Three Wives
Art Direction
(1949)
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
Art Direction
(1949)
You're My Everything
Art Direction
(1949)
Down to the Sea in Ships
Art Direction
(1949)
I Was a Male War Bride
Art Direction
(1949)
Mr. Belvedere Goes to College
Art Direction
(1949)
Dancing in the Dark
Art Direction
(1949)
House of Strangers
Art Direction
(1948)
The Street with No Name
Art Direction
(1948)
The Luck of the Irish
Art Direction
(1948)
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!
Art Direction
(1948)
The Walls of Jericho
Art Direction
(1948)
That Lady in Ermine
Art Direction
(1948)
The Iron Curtain
Art Direction
(1948)
Call Northside 777
Art Direction
(1948)
Fury at Furnace Creek
Art Direction
(1948)
Sitting Pretty
Art Direction
(1948)
Road House
Art Direction
(1948)
Give My Regards to Broadway
Art Direction
(1948)
Cry of the City
Art Direction
(1948)
Apartment for Peggy
Art Direction
(1948)
That Wonderful Urge
Art Direction
(1948)
Deep Waters
Art Direction
(1948)
Unfaithfully Yours
Art Direction
(1948)
Yellow Sky
Art Direction
(1948)
You Were Meant for Me
Art Direction
(1947)
The Foxes of Harrow
Art Direction
(1947)
Gentleman's Agreement
Art Direction
(1947)
Nightmare Alley
Art Direction
(1947)
Forever Amber
Art Direction
(1947)
Kiss of Death
Art Direction
(1947)
Daisy Kenyon
Art Direction
(1946)
My Darling Clementine
Art Direction
(1946)
Dragonwyck
Art Direction
(1946)
Centennial Summer
Art Direction
(1946)
Cluny Brown
Art Direction
(1946)
Colonel Effingham's Raid
Art Direction
(1946)
Anna and the King of Siam
Art Direction
(1946)
Do You Love Me
Art Direction
(1946)
Behind Green Lights
Art Direction
(1946)
Shock
Art Direction
(1945)
A Bell for Adano
Art Direction
(1945)
Thunderhead: Son of Flicka
Art Direction
(1945)
Where Do We Go from Here?
Art Direction
(1945)
Leave Her to Heaven
Art Direction
(1945)
A Royal Scandal
Art Direction
(1945)
Within These Walls
Art Direction
(1945)
The Caribbean Mystery
Art Direction
(1945)
State Fair
Art Direction
(1945)
Nob Hill
Art Direction
(1945)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Art Direction
(1945)
Don Juan Quilligan
Art Direction
(1945)
Circumstantial Evidence
Art Direction
(1945)
Hangover Square
Art Direction
(1945)
Doll Face
Art Direction
(1945)
Diamond Horseshoe
Art Direction
(1945)
Fallen Angel
Art Direction
(1945)
Junior Miss
Art Direction
(1945)
The Bullfighters
Art Direction
(1945)
The Dolly Sisters
Art Direction
(1945)
Molly and Me
Art Direction
(1944)
Winged Victory
Art Direction
(1944)
The Big Noise
Art Direction
(1944)
Dragon Seed
Art Direction
(1944)
Laura
Art Direction
(1944)
Irish Eyes Are Smiling
Art Direction
(1944)
Wing and a Prayer
Art Direction
(1943)
Bataan
Art Direction
(1941)
That Hamilton Woman
Art Direction
(1940)
Rebecca
Art Direction
(1939)
Gone with the Wind
Art Direction
(1939)
Made for Each Other
Art Direction
(1939)
Intermezzo: A Love Story
Art Direction
(1938)
The Young in Heart
Art Direction
(1938)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Art Direction
(1937)
Nothing Sacred
Art Direction
(1937)
The Prisoner of Zenda
Art Direction
(1937)
A Star Is Born
Art Designer
(1936)
The Garden of Allah
Set Decoration