Robert F. Boyle(1909-2010)
- Art Director
- Production Designer
- Art Department
Robert F. Boyle was born on 10 October 1909 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an art director and production designer, known for North by Northwest (1959), Fiddler on the Roof (1971) and Marnie (1964). He was previously married to Bess Boyle. He died on 1 August 2010 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Art Director
- Bite the Bullet
- (as Robert Boyle)
- The Thomas Crown Affair
- (as Robert Boyle)
- In Cold Blood
- (as Robert Boyle)
- How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
- (as Robert Boyle)
- Do Not Disturb
- (as Robert Boyle)
- The Reward
- (as Robert Boyle)
- The Thrill of It All
- (as Robert Boyle)
- Cape Fear
- (as Robert Boyle)
- The Crimson Kimono
- (as Robert Boyle)
Production Designer
- Jumpin' Jack Flash
- (as Robert Boyle)
- Explorers
- (production designed by)
- No Small Affair
- (as Robert Boyle, production designed by)
- Staying Alive
- (production designed by)
- Lookin' to Get Out
- (as Robert Boyle)
- Private Benjamin
- (as Robert Boyle)
- Winter Kills
- (as Robert Boyle)
- The Shootist
- (as Robert Boyle)
Art Department
- White Savage
- (as Robert Boyle)
- Shadow of a Doubt
- (as Robert Boyle)
- When Johnny Comes Marching Home
- (as Robert Boyle)
- Give Out, Sisters
- (as Robert Boyle)
- Invisible Agent
- (as Robert Boyle)
- Private Buckaroo
- (as Robert Boyle)
- Saboteur
- (as Robert Boyle)
- The Wolf Man
- (as Robert Boyle)
Personal details
- August 1, 2010
- Los Angeles, California, USA(natural causes)
- Bess Boyle? - July 21, 2000 (her death, 2 children)
- In addition to being art director on Winter Kills (1979) and Explorers (1985), he also has small acting roles in them.
- Publicity listings
Did you know
- TriviaBoyle started at Paramount as a draftsman, illustrator and set designer under the auspices of Hans Dreier. He did second unit work on Paramount's The Plainsman (1936) and Union Pacific (1939), then went to Mexico to paint. Except for interludes at RKO (1946-47) and Columbia (1957-59), Boyle spent the bulk of his pre-1970 career at Universal (1941-43, 1947-56, 1961-64). He is best known for his fruitful collaboration with Alfred Hitchcock, beginning with Saboteur (1942), for which he created a studio model of the hand and torch of the Statue of Liberty, used for the climactic final scene. OHis other famous contributions include the crop-dusting plane strafing Cary Grant in North by Northwest (1959) (for which he combined small models with location footage) and his clever montage work of the seagulls swooping on Tippi Hedren in The Birds (1963).
- Quotes[his definition of the job of an art director or production designer] Being responsible for the space in which a film takes place.
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