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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.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1905-02-12
- event Death Date 1990-01-10
- school Known for: Art
- star Popularity: 1.1
- info Birth Place Woburn, Massachusetts, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Lyle R. Wheeler
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Rebecca
1940-03-23
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Mother Didn't Tell Me
1950-03-03
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Gone with the Wind
1939-03-12
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The Diary of Anne Frank
1959-03-18
6.5
The Day the Earth Stood Still
1951-09-28
6.5
The Cardinal
1963-12-12
6.5
My Darling Clementine
1946-10-17
6.5
Thieves' Highway
1949-09-20
6.5
The Jackpot
1950-11-01
6.5
Broken Arrow
1950-08-01
6.5
A Bell for Adano
1945-06-21
6.5
Good Morning, Miss Dove
1955-11-23
6.5
There's No Business Like Show Business
1954-12-16
6.5
Love That Brute
1950-06-06
6.5
I'll Get By
1950-10-02
6.5
Mister 880
1950-09-29
6.5
The Best Man
1964-04-05
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Can-Can
1960-03-09
6.5
The Secret of Convict Lake
1951-07-29
6.5
Wild River
1960-05-26
6.5
House of Bamboo
1955-07-01
6.5
The Girl Can't Help It
1956-12-01
6.5
The Young in Heart
1938-07-06
6.5
Come to the Stable
1949-07-27
6.5
Warlock
1959-05-15
6.5
Nothing Sacred
1937-11-25
6.5
That Hamilton Woman
1941-04-03
6.5
A Man Called Peter
1955-03-31
6.5
Advise & Consent
1962-06-06
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In Harm's Way
1965-04-06
6.5
Titanic
1953-04-11
6.5
Thunderhead: Son of Flicka
1945-03-15
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The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
1955-10-01
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Gorilla at Large
1954-05-01
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Holiday for Lovers
1959-07-21
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Prince of Foxes
1949-11-11
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Belles on Their Toes
1952-05-02
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Boy on a Dolphin
1957-04-19
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The Hunters
1958-09-01
6.5
The Glory Brigade
1953-05-20
6.5
Les Miserables
1952-08-14
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The Girl Next Door
1953-05-13
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From Hell to Texas
1958-04-29
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Flight to Holocaust
1977-03-26
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River of No Return
1954-04-30
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Seven Thieves
1960-03-11
6.5
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
1952-11-03
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White Witch Doctor
1953-07-01
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The Street with No Name
1948-07-14
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Bigger Than Life
1956-11-20
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Made for Each Other
1939-02-10
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The Luck of the Irish
1948-09-15
6.5
Where Do We Go from Here?
1945-05-23
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You're in the Navy Now
1951-02-23
6.5
Marooned
1969-12-11
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The President's Lady
1953-05-21
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Dangerous Crossing
1953-07-22
6.5
Return of the Texan
1952-02-13
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The Siege at Red River
1954-05-01
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Taxi
1953-01-21
6.5
The Three Faces of Eve
1957-12-19
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The Model and the Marriage Broker
1951-11-01
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Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie
1952-06-27
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The Guy Who Came Back
1951-08-16
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The I Don't Care Girl
1953-01-14
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Untamed
1955-03-01
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As Young as You Feel
1951-06-15
6.5
Follow the Sun
1951-05-22
6.5
The House on Telegraph Hill
1951-05-12
6.5
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!
1948-03-10
6.5
April Love
1957-11-27
6.5
The Walls of Jericho
1948-11-22
6.5
Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell
1951-08-01
6.5
Monkey Business
1952-09-03
6.5
Mister Scoutmaster
1953-09-02
6.5
Love Nest
1951-10-10
6.5
Tonight We Sing
1953-01-26
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Let's Make It Legal
1951-10-31
6.5
My Blue Heaven
1950-09-15
6.5
Carousel
1956-02-16
6.5
The Love Machine
1971-08-14
6.5
That Lady in Ermine
1948-08-24
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A Ticket to Tomahawk
1950-05-19
6.5
People Will Talk
1951-08-29
6.5
David and Bathsheba
1951-08-10
6.5
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
1952-10-08
6.5
With a Song in My Heart
1952-04-03
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Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
1953-12-02
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The Egyptian
1954-08-25
6.5
Seven Cities of Gold
1955-10-07
6.5
On the Threshold of Space
1956-03-29
6.5
The King and I
1956-06-29
6.5
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
1956-04-12
6.5
The Barbarian and the Geisha
1958-09-30
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The Sun Also Rises
1957-08-23
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The Iron Curtain
1948-06-16
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King of the Khyber Rifles
1953-12-23
6.5
Winged Victory
1944-12-22
6.5
Leave Her to Heaven
1945-12-25
6.5
Dragonwyck
1946-04-19
6.5
Centennial Summer
1946-07-10
6.5
The Foxes of Harrow
1947-09-24
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Forever Amber
1947-10-10
6.5
Nightmare Alley
1947-10-09
6.5
Gentleman's Agreement
1947-11-11
6.5
Call Northside 777
1948-02-13
6.5
Fury at Furnace Creek
1948-04-30
6.5
Sitting Pretty
1948-03-10
6.5
Give My Regards to Broadway
1948-06-08
6.5
Cry of the City
1948-09-29
6.5
Road House
1948-09-22
6.5
Apartment for Peggy
1948-09-30
6.5
That Wonderful Urge
1948-11-20
6.5
The Fan
1949-04-01
6.5
Sand
1949-08-03
6.5
It Happens Every Spring
1949-06-10
6.5
The Story of Ruth
1960-06-17
6.5
Pinky
1949-09-28
6.5
Slattery's Hurricane
1949-08-11
6.5
Father Was a Fullback
1949-09-30
6.5
Under My Skin
1950-03-17
6.5
Cheaper by the Dozen
1950-03-31
6.5
Twelve O'Clock High
1949-12-21
6.5
A Letter to Three Wives
1949-01-20
6.5
A Private's Affair
1959-08-14
6.5
Journey to the Center of the Earth
1959-12-15
6.5
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1953-07-14
6.5
The Desert Rats
1953-05-20
6.5
A Royal Scandal
1945-03-26
6.5
The Bravados
1958-06-25
6.5
Return of the Fly
1959-07-01
6.5
Golden Girl
1951-11-01
6.5
5 Fingers
1952-02-22
6.5
Panic in the Streets
1950-07-27
6.5
No Way Out
1950-08-16
6.5
Stella
1950-07-20
6.5
The Big Noise
1944-09-22
6.5
Halls of Montezuma
1951-01-04
6.5
Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon
1970-05-11
6.5
The Story on Page One
1959-12-01
6.5
Pickup on South Street
1953-05-27
6.5
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
1949-05-27
6.5
Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows
1968-04-10
6.5
The Prisoner of Zenda
1937-09-03
6.5
Vicki
1953-10-05
6.5
Cluny Brown
1946-06-02
6.5
All About Eve
1950-11-09
6.5
Fixed Bayonets!
1951-11-21
6.5
The Fly
1958-07-16
6.5
Mardi Gras
1958-11-18
6.5
Deep Waters
1948-07-22
6.5
Within These Walls
1945-07-13
6.5
Night Without Sleep
1952-09-26
6.5
The Caribbean Mystery
1945-06-01
6.5
Diplomatic Courier
1952-06-13
6.5
The Alligator People
1959-07-16
6.5
Unfaithfully Yours
1948-12-10
6.5
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
1951-10-16
6.5
Garden of Evil
1954-07-09
6.5
Love Me Tender
1956-11-15
6.5
Dragon Seed
1944-07-20
6.5
Laura
1944-10-11
6.5
You're My Everything
1949-07-22
6.5
Niagara
1953-01-26
6.5
Where the Sidewalk Ends
1950-07-07
6.5
The Gunfighter
1950-06-23
6.5
Irish Eyes Are Smiling
1944-10-19
6.5
The Enemy Below
1957-12-25
6.5
Broken Lance
1954-09-25
6.5
Colonel Effingham's Raid
1946-01-24
6.5
The Garden of Allah
1936-10-14
6.5
Three Coins in the Fountain
1954-05-01
6.5
Anna and the King of Siam
1946-08-11
6.5
The Long, Hot Summer
1958-05-17
6.5
The Last Wagon
1956-09-21
6.5
Bird of Paradise
1951-03-14
6.5
Posse
1975-06-04
6.5
Stand Up and Be Counted
1972-05-01
6.5
Yellow Sky
1948-12-24
6.5
Beloved Infidel
1959-11-17
6.5
Peyton Place
1957-12-13
6.5
The Virgin Queen
1955-07-22
6.5
Demetrius and the Gladiators
1954-06-16
6.5
Way of a Gaucho
1952-10-16
6.5
Down to the Sea in Ships
1949-02-15
6.5
The Frogmen
1951-01-25
6.5
We're Not Married!
1952-07-11
6.5
Desk Set
1957-08-02
6.5
My Pal Gus
1952-12-01
6.5
I Was a Male War Bride
1949-08-26
6.5
Mr. Belvedere Goes to College
1949-04-15
6.5
When Willie Comes Marching Home
1950-02-17
6.5
How to Marry a Millionaire
1953-10-29
6.5
Deadline - U.S.A.
1952-03-14
6.5
The Robe
1953-09-16
6.5
South Pacific
1958-03-18
6.5
An Affair to Remember
1957-07-11
6.5
Doctors' Wives
1971-02-03
6.5
Blue Denim
1959-07-30
6.5
Say One for Me
1959-06-19
6.5
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
1957-07-29
6.5
Something for the Birds
1952-09-30
6.5
The Proud Ones
1956-05-15
6.5
From the Terrace
1960-07-15
6.5
The Seven Year Itch
1955-06-03
6.5
D-Day the Sixth of June
1956-05-29
6.5
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
1955-08-18
6.5
Fraulein
1958-06-08
6.5
Wabash Avenue
1950-03-31
6.5
The Fiend Who Walked The West
1958-08-01
6.5
The Best of Everything
1959-10-09
6.5
Do You Love Me
1946-05-17
6.5
Bus Stop
1956-08-31
6.5
Two Flags West
1950-10-12
6.5
Inferno
1953-08-12
6.5
Daddy Long Legs
1955-05-05
6.5
I'd Climb the Highest Mountain
1951-02-17
6.5
Anne of the Indies
1951-10-18
6.5
Three Brave Men
1956-12-01
6.5
Fourteen Hours
1951-04-01
6.5
Posse
1975-06-04
6.5
Let's Make Love
1960-09-08
6.5
The Gift of Love
1958-02-11
6.5
My Wife's Best Friend
1952-10-09
6.5
Man in the Attic
1953-12-23
6.5
Powder River
1953-06-17
6.5
On the Riviera
1951-04-20
6.5
The Lieutenant Wore Skirts
1956-01-11
6.5
The Bottom of the Bottle
1956-02-01
6.5
The Revolt of Mamie Stover
1956-05-11
6.5
Hilda Crane
1956-05-08
6.5
23 Paces to Baker Street
1956-05-18
6.5
The Best Things in Life Are Free
1956-09-28
6.5
Between Heaven and Hell
1956-10-11
6.5
Young Jesse James
1960-08-02
6.5
The Young Lions
1958-04-02
6.5
State Fair
1945-08-29
6.5
Kiss of Death
1947-08-27
6.5
Wing and a Prayer
1944-01-01
6.5
Nob Hill
1945-06-13
6.5
You Were Meant for Me
1948-01-28
6.5
Elopement
1951-11-23
6.5
Stars and Stripes Forever
1952-12-22
6.5
A Star Is Born
1937-04-27
6.5
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
1945-02-28
6.5
Daisy Kenyon
1947-12-25
6.5
Call Me Madam
1953-03-25
6.5
Black Widow
1954-10-28
6.5
The Racers
1955-02-04
6.5
Don Juan Quilligan
1945-06-01
6.5
Circumstantial Evidence
1945-04-20
6.5
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
1950-11-08
6.5
Bataan
1943-06-03
6.5
A Hatful of Rain
1957-07-17
6.5
Hangover Square
1945-02-07
6.5
The 13th Letter
1951-02-21
6.5
Dancing in the Dark
1949-12-02
6.5
A Blueprint for Murder
1953-07-24
6.5
Behind Green Lights
1946-02-15
6.5
Intermezzo: A Love Story
1939-10-06
6.5
Don't Bother to Knock
1952-07-18
6.5
Three Came Home
1950-02-20
6.5
Rawhide
1951-03-25
6.5
Viva Zapata!
1952-02-07
6.5
Soldier of Fortune
1955-05-24
6.5
The Left Hand of God
1955-09-02
6.5
Diamond Horseshoe
1945-05-02
6.5
Doll Face
1945-12-31
6.5
Fallen Angel
1945-11-15
6.5
Whirlpool
1950-01-13
6.5
Junior Miss
1945-06-16
6.5
The Bullfighters
1945-05-01
6.5
The Dolly Sisters
1945-11-14
6.5
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
1938-02-11
6.5
Shock
1946-02-01
6.5
The Tall Men
1955-09-22
6.5
Perfect Gentlemen
1978-03-14
6.5
Three Young Texans
1954-11-25
6.5
Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!
1958-12-23
6.5
The Big Mouth
1967-07-12
6.5
The Man Who Understood Women
1959-10-02
6.5
Treasure of the Golden Condor
1953-02-04
6.5
House of Strangers
1949-07-01
6.5
The Wayward Bus
1957-05-27
6.5
Molly and Me
1945-05-25
6.5
The Big Lift
1950-04-26
6.5
What Price Glory
1952-08-22
6.5
Violent Saturday
1955-04-01
6.5
Woman's World
1954-09-30
6.5
Rawhide
1959-01-09