Lyle Wheeler movies, photos, movie reviews, filmography, and biography

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1936 - 1978

Born

February 2, 1905 in Woburn, MA

Died

January 10, 1990 in Woodland Hills, CA

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by Hal Erickson biography

American art director Lyle Wheeler was educated at the University of Southern California, then flourished as a magazine artist and industrial designer. Launching a film career in the '30s with producer David O. Selznick, Wheeler made himself invaluable by conjuring up set designs and decorations which gave the economical Selznick product an expensive-looking veneer. Excellent examples of the Wheeler touch include the spectacular "pullback" ballroom shot in The Prisoner of Zenda (1937), and the brilliantly assembled overhead view of the wounded in Gone with the Wind (which obscured the fact that the "Atlanta depot" was just a few feet away from the Selznick parking lot!). Wheeler collected an Oscar for Gone with the Wind, then earned additional statuettes for his work on 20th Century-Fox's Anna and the King of Siam (1946), The Robe (1953) and The Diary of Anne Frank (1959). Wheeler was head of the 20th Century-Fox art department from 1944 through 1960, overseeing such handsome jobs as The Lodger (1944), Gentlemen's Agreement (1947), All About Eve (1950), The Sun Also Rises (1957) and Wild River (1960). In the '60s, Lyle Wheeler worked with another penny-pinching producer, Otto Preminger, on Advise and Consent (1962), The Cardinal (1963), In Harm's Way (1965) and Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon (1970).

Title	Year	Editors' Rating		User Rating
Perfect Gentlemen Production Designer	1978
Flight to Holocaust Art Director	1977
Posse Production Designer, Set Designer	1975
Stand up and Be Counted Production Designer	1972
The Love Machine Production Designer	1971
Doctors' Wives Production Designer	1970
Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon Production Designer	1970
Marooned Production Designer	1969
Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows Production Designer	1968
The Big Mouth Producer, Production Designer	1967
In Harm's Way Production Designer	1965
The Best Man Art Director	1964
The Cardinal Production Designer	1963
Advise and Consent Production Designer	1962
Can-Can Art Director	1960
From the Terrace Art Director	1960
Let's Make Love Art Director	1960
Seven Thieves Art Director	1960
The Story of Ruth Art Director	1960
Wake Me When It's Over Art Director	1960
Wild River Art Director	1960
A Private's Affair Art Director	1959
Beloved Infidel Art Director	1959
Compulsion Production Designer	1959
Five Gates to Hell Art Director	1959
Here Come the Jets Art Director	1959
Holiday for Lovers Art Director	1959
Hound-Dog Man Art Director	1959
Journey to the Center of the Earth Art Director	1959
Say One for Me Art Director	1959
The Alligator People Art Director	1959
The Diary of Anne Frank Art Director	1959
The Man Who Understood Women Production Designer	1959
The Miracle of the Hills Art Director	1959
The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker Art Director	1959
The Return of the Fly Art Director	1959
The Rookie Art Director	1959
The Sound and the Fury Art Director	1959
The Story on Page One Art Director	1959
These Thousand Hills Art Director	1959
Warlock Art Director	1959
Woman Obsessed Art Director	1959
Young Jesse James Art Director	1959
A Certain Smile Production Designer	1958
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed Art Director	1958
Fraulein Art Director	1958
From Hell to Texas Art Director	1958
In Love and War Art Director	1958
Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! Art Director	1958
Sing, Boy, Sing Art Director	1958
South Pacific Art Director	1958
Ten North Frederick Art Director	1958
The Barbarian and the Geisha Art Director	1958
The Bravados Art Director	1958
The Fiend Who Walked the West Art Director	1958
The Fly Art Director	1958
The Gift of Love Art Director	1958
The Hunters Art Director	1958
The Long, Hot Summer Art Director	1958
The Young Lions Art Director	1958
A Hatful of Rain Art Director	1957
An Affair to Remember Art Director	1957
Desk Set Art Director	1957
Kiss Them for Me Art Director	1957
No Down Payment Art Director	1957
Oh, Men! Oh, Women! Art Director	1957
Peyton Place Art Director	1957
Stopover Tokyo Art Director	1957
The Enemy Below Art Director	1957
The Sun Also Rises Art Director	1957
The Three Faces of Eve Art Director	1957
The True Story of Jesse James Art Director	1957
The Way to the Gold Art Director	1957
The Wayward Bus Art Director	1957
Three Brave Men Art Director	1957
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? Art Director	1957
23 Paces to Baker Street Art Director	1956
Bigger Than Life Art Director	1956
Bus Stop Art Director	1956
D-Day, the Sixth of June Art Director	1956
Hilda Crane Art Director	1956
Love Me Tender Art Director	1956
On the Threshold of Space Art Director	1956
Teenage Rebel Art Director	1956
The Girl Can't Help It Art Director	1956
The King and I Art Director	1956
The Last Wagon Art Director	1956
The Lieutenant Wore Skirts Art Director	1956
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit Art Director	1956
The Proud Ones Art Director	1956
The Revolt of Mamie Stover Art Director	1956
A Man Called Peter Art Director	1955
Daddy Long Legs Production Designer	1955
Good Morning, Miss Dove Art Director	1955
House of Bamboo Art Director	1955
How to Be Very, Very, Popular Art Director	1955
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing Production Designer	1955
Prince of Players Art Director	1955
Seven Cities of Gold Art Director	1955
Soldier of Fortune Art Director	1955
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing Art Director	1955
The Hour of Stars: Miracle on 34th Street Art Director	1955
The Left Hand of God Production Designer	1955
The Racers Art Director	1955
The Rains of Ranchipur Art Director	1955
The Seven Year Itch Art Director	1955
The Tall Men Art Director	1955
The View from Pompey's Head Art Director	1955
The Virgin Queen Art Director	1955
Untamed Art Director	1955
Violent Saturday Art Director	1955
A Woman's World Art Director	1954
Black Widow Production Designer	1954
Broken Lance Art Director	1954
Demetrius and the Gladiators Art Director	1954
Desiree Art Director	1954
Garden of Evil Art Director	1954
Gorilla at Large Production Designer	1954
Hell and High Water Art Director	1954
Prince Valiant Art Director	1954
River of No Return Art Director	1954
The Egyptian Art Director	1954
There's No Business Like Show Business Art Director	1954
Three Coins in the Fountain Art Director	1954
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef Art Director	1953
Call Me Madam Production Designer	1953
Dangerous Crossing Art Director	1953
Destination Gobi Art Director	1953
Down Among the Sheltering Palms Art Director	1953
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Art Director	1953
How to Marry a Millionaire Art Director	1953
Inferno Art Director	1953
King of the Khyber Rifles Art Director	1953
Mr. Scoutmaster Art Director	1953
Pickup on South Street Art Director	1953
Powder River Art Director	1953
Taxi Art Director	1953
The Desert Rats Art Director	1953
The Glory Brigade Art Director	1953
The Kid from Left Field Art Director	1953
The Man in the Attic Art Director	1953
The President's Lady Art Director	1953
The Robe Art Director	1953
The Silver Whip Art Director	1953
Titanic Art Director	1953
Tonight We Sing Art Director	1953
Treasure of the Golden Condor Art Director	1953
Vicki Art Director	1953
White Witch Doctor Art Director	1953
5 Fingers Art Director	1952
Bloodhounds of Broadway Art Director	1952
Deadline U.S.A. Art Director	1952
Diplomatic Courier Art Director	1952
Don't Bother to Knock Art Director	1952
Dreamboat Art Director	1952
Kangaroo Art Director	1952
Les Miserables Art Director	1952
Lure of the Wilderness Art Director	1952
Lydia Bailey Art Director	1952
Monkey Business Art Director	1952
My Cousin Rachel Production Designer	1952
My Pal Gus Art Director	1952
My Wife's Best Friend Art Director	1952
Niagara Art Director	1952
Night without Sleep Art Director	1952
O. Henry's Full House Art Director	1952
Phone Call from a Stranger Art Director	1952
Pony Soldier Art Director	1952
Red Skies of Montana Art Director	1952
Return of the Texan Art Director	1952
Something for the Birds Art Director	1952
Stars and Stripes Forever Art Director	1952
The I Don't Care Girl Art Director	1952
The Pride of St. Louis Art Director	1952
The Snows of Kilimanjaro Art Director	1952
Viva Zapata! Art Director	1952
Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie Art Director	1952
Way of a Gaucho Art Director	1952
We're Not Married Art Director	1952
What Price Glory? Art Director	1952
With a Song in My Heart Art Director	1952
Anne of the Indies Art Director	1951
David and Bathsheba Art Director	1951
Elopement Art Director	1951
Fixed Bayonets Art Director	1951
Follow the Sun Art Director	1951
Fourteen Hours Art Director	1951
Half Angel Art Director	1951
I Can Get It for You Wholesale Art Director	1951
I'd Climb the Highest Mountain Art Director	1951
Let's Make It Legal Art Director	1951
Love Nest Art Director	1951
Meet Me After the Show Art Director	1951
Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell Art Director	1951
On the Riviera Art Director	1951
People Will Talk Art Director	1951
Rawhide Art Director	1951
Take Care of My Little Girl Art Director	1951
The 13th Letter Art Director	1951
The Day the Earth Stood Still Art Director	1951
The Desert Fox Art Director	1951
The Frogmen Art Director	1951
The Guy Who Came Back Art Director	1951
The House on Telegraph Hill Art Director	1951
The Model and the Marriage Broker Art Director	1951
The Secret of Convict Lake Art Director	1951
You're in the Navy Now Art Director	1951
A Ticket to Tomahawk Art Director	1950
All About Eve Art Director	1950
An American Guerrilla in the Philippines Art Director	1950
Broken Arrow Art Director	1950
For Heaven's Sake Art Director	1950
Halls of Montezuma Art Director	1950
I'll Get By Art Director	1950
Love That Brute Art Director	1950
Mister 880 Art Director	1950
Mother Didn't Tell Me Art Director	1950
My Blue Heaven Production Designer	1950
No Way Out Art Director	1950
Panic in the Streets Art Director	1950
Stella Art Director	1950
The Big Lift Art Director	1950
The Gunfighter Art Director	1950
The Jackpot Art Director	1950
Three Came Home Art Director	1950
Two Flags West Art Director	1950
Under My Skin Art Director	1950
Wabash Avenue Art Director	1950
When Willie Comes Marching Home Art Director	1950
Where the Sidewalk Ends Art Director	1950
A Letter to Three Wives Art Director	1949
Dancing in the Dark Art Director	1949
Down to the Sea in Ships Art Director	1949
Everybody Does It Art Director	1949
Father Was a Fullback Art Director	1949
House of Strangers Art Director	1949
I Was a Male War Bride Art Director	1949
It Happens Every Spring Art Director	1949
Mother Is a Freshman Art Director	1949
Mr. Belvedere Goes to College Art Director	1949
Oh, You Beautiful Doll Art Director	1949
Pinky Art Director	1949
Prince of Foxes Art Director	1949
Sand Art Director	1949
Slattery's Hurricane Art Director	1949
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend Art Director	1949
The Fan Art Director	1949
Thieves' Highway Art Director	1949
Twelve O'Clock High Art Director	1949
Whirlpool Art Director	1949
You're My Everything Art Director	1949
Apartment for Peggy Art Director	1948
Call Northside 777 Art Director	1948
Chicken Every Sunday Art Director	1948
Cry of the City Art Director	1948
Deep Waters Art Director	1948
Fury at Furnace Creek Art Director	1948
Give My Regards to Broadway Art Director	1948
Road House Art Director	1948
Scudda-Hoo! Scudda-Hay! Art Director	1948
Sitting Pretty Art Director	1948
That Lady in Ermine Art Director	1948
That Wonderful Urge Art Director	1948
The Iron Curtain Art Director	1948
The Luck of the Irish Art Director	1948
The Snake Pit Art Director	1948
The Street with No Name Art Director	1948
The Walls of Jericho Art Director	1948
Unfaithfully Yours Art Director	1948
When My Baby Smiles at Me Art Director	1948
Yellow Sky Art Director	1948
You Were Meant for Me Art Director	1948
Daisy Kenyon Art Director	1947
Forever Amber Art Director	1947
Gentleman's Agreement Art Director	1947
Kiss of Death Art Director	1947
Nightmare Alley Art Director	1947
The Foxes of Harrow Art Director	1947
13 Rue Madeleine Art Director	1946
Anna and the King of Siam Production Designer	1946
Centennial Summer Art Director	1946
Cluny Brown Art Director	1946
Do You Love Me? Art Director	1946
Doll Face Art Director	1946
Dragonwyck Art Director	1946
Leave Her to Heaven Production Designer	1946
Margie Art Director	1946
My Darling Clementine Art Director	1946
Sentimental Journey Art Director	1946
Shock! Art Director	1946
Smoky Art Director	1946
Three Little Girls in Blue Art Director	1946
Wake up and Dream Art Director	1946
A Royal Scandal Art Director	1945
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Art Director	1945
Colonel Effingham's Raid Art Director	1945
Diamond Horseshoe Art Director	1945
Don Juan Quilligan Art Director	1945
Fallen Angel Art Director	1945
Hangover Square Art Director	1945
Junior Miss Art Director	1945
Molly and Me Art Director	1945
Nob Hill Art Director	1945
State Fair Art Director	1945
The Bullfighters Art Director	1945
The Dolly Sisters Art Director	1945
The House on 92nd Street Art Director	1945
The Spider Art Director	1945
Where Do We Go from Here? Art Director	1945
Within These Walls Art Director	1945
A Guy Named Joe Art Director	1944
A Wing and a Prayer Art Director	1944
Dragon Seed Art Director	1944
Irish Eyes Are Smiling Art Director	1944
Laura Art Director	1944
Something for the Boys Art Director	1944
Sunday Dinner for a Soldier Art Director	1944
Sweet and Lowdown Art Director	1944
Take It or Leave It Art Director	1944
The Big Noise Art Director	1944
Winged Victory Art Director	1944
Keeper of the Flame Art Director	1942
Rebecca Art Director	1940
Gone With the Wind Art Director	1939
Intermezzo Art Director	1939
Made for Each Other Art Director	1939
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Production Designer	1938
The Young in Heart Art Director	1938
A Star Is Born Art Director	1937
Nothing Sacred Art Director	1937
The Prisoner of Zenda Art Director	1937
The Garden of Allah Art Director	1936

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