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E. Preston Ames (1906–1983)

Art Director | Production Designer | Art Department

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Spent the bulk of his career at MGM, from 1936 to 1970.

Born:

Edgar Preston Ames
in San Mateo, California, USA

Died:

(age 77) in Los Angeles, California, USA
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1983 Bare Essence (TV series)
– Hour One (1983) (as Preston Ames)
– Hour Two (1983) (as Preston Ames)
 
1982 Bare Essence (TV movie)
 
1978 The Cat from Outer Space (as Preston Ames)
 
1978 A Family Upside Down (TV movie)
 
1977 Logan's Run (TV series)
– Logan's Run (1977) (as Preston Ames)
 
1976 Woman of the Year (TV movie)
 
1975 The Lives of Jenny Dolan (TV movie)
 
1975 Babe (TV movie) (as Preston Ames)
 
1975 Rooster Cogburn (as Preston Ames)
 
1975 The Prisoner of Second Avenue (as Preston Ames)
 
1974 Earthquake
 
1973 The Don Is Dead (as Preston Ames)
 
1971-1972 Bonanza (TV series)
– One Ace Too Many (1972) (as Preston Ames)
– He Was Only Seven (1972)
– Search in Limbo (1972) (as Preston Ames)
– The Customs of the Country (1972)
– Frenzy (1972)
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1971 Pretty Maids All in a Row
 
1970 Brewster McCloud (as Preston Ames)
 
1970 The Strawberry Statement (as Preston Ames)
 
1970 Airport
 
1968 Live a Little, Love a Little (as Preston Ames)
 
1968 The Impossible Years (as Preston Ames)
 
1966 Penelope (as Preston Ames)
 
1966 Made in Paris (as Preston Ames)
 
1965-1966 Combat! (TV series)
– Retribution (1966) (as Preston Ames)
– The Raider (1965) (as Preston Ames)
 
1964 Quick Before It Melts
 
1964 The Unsinkable Molly Brown (as Preston Ames)
 
1964 A Global Affair
 
1963 It Happened at the World's Fair (as Preston Ames)
 
1962 Billy Rose's Jumbo (as Preston Ames)
 
1962 All Fall Down (as Preston Ames)
 
1961 The Honeymoon Machine (as Preston Ames)
 
1961 Wild in the Country (as Preston Ames)
 
1960 Where the Boys Are (as Preston Ames)
 
1960 Bells Are Ringing (as Preston Ames)
 
1960 Home from the Hill (as Preston Ames)
 
1959 Green Mansions (as Preston Ames)
 
1958 Gigi (as Preston Ames)
 
1957 Designing Woman
 
1956 Lust for Life (as Preston Ames)
 
1956 These Wilder Years (as Preston Ames)
 
1955 Kismet (as Preston Ames)
 
1955 The Cobweb
 
1954 Brigadoon (as Preston Ames)
 
1953 Torch Song
 
1953 The Band Wagon (as Preston Ames)
 
1953 The Story of Three Loves (as Preston Ames)
 
1952 The Wild North
 
1951 An American in Paris (as Preston Ames)
 
1950 Two Weeks with Love (as Preston Ames)
 
1950 Crisis (as Preston Ames)
 
1950 The Outriders (as Preston Ames)
 
1949 The Doctor and the Girl (as Preston Ames)
 
1949 That Midnight Kiss (as Preston Ames)
 
1948 Big City (as Preston Ames)
 
1948 Three Daring Daughters (as Preston Ames)
 
1947 Lady in the Lake (as Preston Ames)
 
1946 The Show-Off (as Preston Ames)
 
1946 No Leave, No Love (as Preston Ames)
 
1945 She Went to the Races (as Preston Ames)
 
1945 The Hidden Eye
 
1944 Blonde Fever (as Preston Ames)
 
1944 Kismet (uncredited)
 
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1983 Casablanca (TV series)
– Divorce Casablanca Style (1983)
– The Cashier and the Belly Dancer (1983)
– Jenny (1983)
– Who Am I Killing (1983)
 
1981 The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper (as Preston Ames)
 
1980 Oh, God! Book II
 
1980 The Last Flight of Noah's Ark (as Preston Ames)
 
1979 Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (as Preston Ames)
 
1977 Damnation Alley (as Preston Ames)
 
1973 Lost Horizon (as Preston Ames)
 
Show ShowArt Department (1 title)
1939 The Wizard of Oz (draftsman - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (1 title)
1979 Behind the Scenes: Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (TV movie)
Himself (as Preston Ames)
 

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Spent the bulk of his career at MGM, from 1936 to 1970. See more »

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