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Robert F. Boyle(1909-2010)

  • Art Director
  • Production Designer
  • Art Department
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Robert F. Boyle at an event for The 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008)
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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.
BornOctober 10, 1909
DiedAugust 1, 2010(100)
BornOctober 10, 1909
DiedAugust 1, 2010(100)
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  • Nominated for 4 Oscars

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Robert F. Boyle at an event for The 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008)

Known for

Cary Grant, Alfred Hitchcock, Eva Marie Saint, and Philip Ober in North by Northwest (1959)
North by Northwest
8.3
  • Production Designer(as Robert Boyle)
  • 1959
Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
Fiddler on the Roof
8.0
  • Production Designer(as Robert Boyle)
  • 1971
Sean Connery and Tippi Hedren in Marnie (1964)
Marnie
7.1
  • Production Designer
  • 1964
Alfred Hitchcock and Tippi Hedren in The Birds (1963)
The Birds
7.6
  • Production Designer(as Robert Boyle)
  • 1963

Credits

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Art Director

  • Candice Bergen, James Coburn, and Gene Hackman in Bite the Bullet (1975)
    Bite the Bullet
    • (as Robert Boyle)
  • The Red Pony (1973)
    The Red Pony
  • Incident on a Dark Street (1973)
    Incident on a Dark Street
    • (as Robert Boyle)
  • The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
    The Thomas Crown Affair
    • (as Robert Boyle)
  • Dick Van Dyke and Barbara Feldon in Fitzwilly (1967)
    Fitzwilly
  • Robert Blake and Scott Wilson in In Cold Blood (1967)
    In Cold Blood
    • (as Robert Boyle)
  • Maureen Arthur, Michele Lee, and Robert Morse in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967)
    How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
    • (as Robert Boyle)
  • The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming (1966)
    The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming
  • Doris Day, Rod Taylor, and Sergio Fantoni in Do Not Disturb (1965)
    Do Not Disturb
    • (as Robert Boyle)
  • Yvette Mimieux in The Reward (1965)
    The Reward
    • (as Robert Boyle)
  • Doris Day and James Garner in The Thrill of It All (1963)
    The Thrill of It All
    • (as Robert Boyle)
  • Robert Mitchum, Gregory Peck, Polly Bergen, and Lori Martin in Cape Fear (1962)
    Cape Fear
    • (as Robert Boyle)
  • Alcoa Theatre (1957)
    Alcoa Theatre
  • Shelley Fabares, Donna Reed, Carl Betz, and Paul Petersen in The Donna Reed Show (1958)
    The Donna Reed Show
  • The Crimson Kimono (1959)
    The Crimson Kimono
    • (as Robert Boyle)

Production Designer

  • Shelley Long in Troop Beverly Hills (1989)
    Troop Beverly Hills
  • Dan Aykroyd and Tom Hanks in Dragnet (1987)
    Dragnet
  • Whoopi Goldberg in Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986)
    Jumpin' Jack Flash
    • (as Robert Boyle)
  • Explorers (1985)
    Explorers
    • (production designed by)
  • Demi Moore and Jon Cryer in No Small Affair (1984)
    No Small Affair
    • (as Robert Boyle, production designed by)
  • Sylvester Stallone and Dolly Parton in Rhinestone (1984)
    Rhinestone
  • John Travolta in Staying Alive (1983)
    Staying Alive
    • (production designed by)
  • Table for Five (1983)
    Table for Five
  • Lookin' to Get Out (1982)
    Lookin' to Get Out
    • (as Robert Boyle)
  • Dolly Parton, Burt Reynolds, and Dom DeLuise in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982)
    The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
  • Goldie Hawn in Private Benjamin (1980)
    Private Benjamin
    • (as Robert Boyle)
  • Winter Kills (1979)
    Winter Kills
    • (as Robert Boyle)
  • Richard Dreyfuss in The Big Fix (1978)
    The Big Fix
  • Lauren Bacall, James Stewart, John Wayne, Ron Howard, Richard Boone, Sheree North, and Hugh O'Brian in The Shootist (1976)
    The Shootist
    • (as Robert Boyle)
  • Leadbelly (1976)
    Leadbelly

Art Department

  • Turhan Bey, Thomas Gomez, Jon Hall, Maria Montez, and Sidney Toler in White Savage (1943)
    White Savage
    • (as Robert Boyle)
  • Joseph Cotten, Macdonald Carey, and Teresa Wright in Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
    Shadow of a Doubt
    • (as Robert Boyle)
  • Jane Frazee, Gloria Jean, Allan Jones, Donald O'Connor, Peggy Ryan, and Phil Spitalny and His All-Girl Orchestra in When Johnny Comes Marching Home (1942)
    When Johnny Comes Marching Home
    • (as Robert Boyle)
  • Laverne Andrews, Maxene Andrews, Patty Andrews, Charles Butterworth, Dan Dailey, William Frawley, Grace McDonald, Donald O'Connor, and Peggy Ryan in Give Out, Sisters (1942)
    Give Out, Sisters
    • (as Robert Boyle)
  • Peter Lorre, Jon Hall, Cedric Hardwicke, and Ilona Massey in Invisible Agent (1942)
    Invisible Agent
    • (as Robert Boyle)
  • Eddie Acuff, Laverne Andrews, Maxene Andrews, Patty Andrews, Dick Foran, Jennifer Holt, Harry James, Joe E. Lewis, The Jivin' Jacks and Jills, and The Andrews Sisters in Private Buckaroo (1942)
    Private Buckaroo
    • (as Robert Boyle)
  • Robert Cummings and Priscilla Lane in Saboteur (1942)
    Saboteur
    • (as Robert Boyle)
  • Lon Chaney Jr. and Evelyn Ankers in The Wolf Man (1941)
    The Wolf Man
    • (as Robert Boyle)

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Fiddler's Journey to the Big Screen
Trailer 2:12
Fiddler's Journey to the Big Screen
FIDDLER'S JOURNEY TO THE BIG SCREEN - official US trailer
Trailer 2:12
FIDDLER'S JOURNEY TO THE BIG SCREEN - official US trailer

Personal details

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    • October 10, 1909
    • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • 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
    • 1 Biographical Movie
    • 3 Articles

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  • Trivia
    Boyle 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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