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Robert Fletcher(1922-2021)

  • Costume Designer
  • Art Director
  • Costume and Wardrobe Department
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Robert Fletcher
Robert "Bob" Fletcher was a prolific costume designer for both stage and screen with more than six decades of experience in the field. He is best known for his work on the first four Star Trek films, and is considered the father of the classic Klingon and Vulcan, as we know them today. He passed peacefully in Kansas City on April 5th, 2021 at the age of 98.
BornAugust 23, 1922
DiedApril 5, 2021(98)
BornAugust 23, 1922
DiedApril 5, 2021(98)
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  • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
    • 2 wins & 4 nominations total

Known for

Walter Koenig, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, James Doohan, DeForest Kelley, George Takei, and Nichelle Nichols in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
7.3
  • Costume Designer
  • 1986
Kirstie Alley, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, and Ricardo Montalban in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
7.7
  • Costume Designer
  • 1982
Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, James Doohan, DeForest Kelley, Merritt Butrick, and Robin Curtis in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
6.7
  • Costume Designer
  • 1984
Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, and Persis Khambatta in Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
6.4
  • Costume Designer(as Bob Fletcher)
  • 1979

Credits

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Costume Designer

  • Walter Koenig, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, James Doohan, DeForest Kelley, George Takei, and Nichelle Nichols in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
    Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
    7.3
    • Costume Designer
    • 1986
  • North & South: Book 2, Love & War (1986)
    North & South: Book 2, Love & War
    8.0
    TV Mini Series
    • Costume Designer
    • 1986
  • Two by Dove (1995)
    Great Performances: Dance in America
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Costume Designer
    • 1985
  • Dorothy Fielding in Fright Night (1985)
    Fright Night
    7.1
    • Costume Designer
    • 1985
  • Lance Guest in The Last Starfighter (1984)
    The Last Starfighter
    6.7
    • Costume Designer
    • 1984
  • Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, James Doohan, DeForest Kelley, Merritt Butrick, and Robin Curtis in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
    Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
    6.7
    • costumes designed by
    • 1984
  • Peter Barton in The Powers of Matthew Star (1982)
    The Powers of Matthew Star
    6.0
    TV Series
    • Costume Designer (as Bob Fletcher)
    • 1983
  • Kirstie Alley, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, and Ricardo Montalban in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
    Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
    7.7
    • Costume Designer
    • 1982
  • Dennis Quaid, Barbara Bach, Shelley Long, John Matuszak, and Ringo Starr in Caveman (1981)
    Caveman
    5.8
    • Costume Designer
    • 1981
  • Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, and Persis Khambatta in Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
    Star Trek: The Motion Picture
    6.4
    • Costume Designer (as Bob Fletcher)
    • 1979
  • Best of the Dean Martin Show (1979)
    Best of the Dean Martin Show
    7.8
    TV Special
    • Costume Designer
    • 1979
  • The Taming of the Shrew (1976)
    The Taming of the Shrew
    8.8
    TV Movie
    • Costume Designer
    • 1976
  • Dean Martin in Dean's Place (1976)
    Dean's Place
    5.9
    TV Special
    • Costume Designer
    • 1976
  • Dean's Place (1975)
    Dean's Place
    6.4
    TV Special
    • Costume Designer
    • 1975
  • The Lady's Not for Burning (1974)
    The Lady's Not for Burning
    8.4
    TV Movie
    • Costume Designer
    • 1974

Art Director

  • Dean Martin in The Dean Martin Christmas Special (1980)
    The Dean Martin Christmas Special
    9.0
    TV Special
    • Art Director
    • 1980
  • Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Joe Namath (1979)
    Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Joe Namath
    6.0
    TV Special
    • Art Director
    • 1979
  • Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Suzanne Somers (1978)
    Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Suzanne Somers
    6.9
    TV Special
    • Art Director
    • 1978
  • Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Betty White (1978)
    Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Betty White
    7.6
    TV Special
    • Art Director
    • 1978
  • The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: George Burns (1978)
    The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: George Burns
    8.1
    TV Special
    • Art Director
    • 1978
  • Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Jimmy Stewart (1978)
    Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Jimmy Stewart
    8.3
    TV Special
    • Art Director
    • 1978
  • The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Jack Klugman (1978)
    The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Jack Klugman
    7.7
    TV Special
    • Art Director
    • 1978
  • Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Dan Haggerty
    6.9
    TV Special
    • Art Director
    • 1977
  • Dean Martin and Peter Marshall in Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Peter Marshall (1977)
    Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Peter Marshall
    7.2
    TV Special
    • Art Director
    • 1977
  • Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Ted Knight
    7.2
    TV Special
    • Art Director
    • 1977
  • Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Angie Dickinson (1977)
    Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Angie Dickinson
    7.7
    TV Special
    • Art Director
    • 1977
  • Dean Martin and Redd Foxx in Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Redd Foxx (1976)
    Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Redd Foxx
    7.5
    TV Special
    • Art Director
    • 1976
  • NBC 50th Anniversary (1976)
    NBC 50th Anniversary
    7.8
    TV Special
    • Art Director
    • 1976
  • Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Joe Garagiola
    6.9
    TV Special
    • Art Director
    • 1976
  • Dennis Weaver in Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Dennis Weaver (1976)
    Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Dennis Weaver
    7.4
    TV Special
    • Art Director
    • 1976

Costume and Wardrobe Department

  • George Takei, James Cawley, and John M. Kelley in Star Trek Phase II (2004)
    Star Trek Phase II
    6.7
    TV Series
    • costume designer: movie era uniforms
    • 2007
  • Space (1985)
    Space
    7.3
    TV Mini Series
    • spacesuits reproduced by
    • 1985
  • a.k.a. Pablo (1984)
    a.k.a. Pablo
    6.3
    TV Series
    • costumer
    • 1984
  • Jason Robards and Stella Stevens in The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)
    The Ballad of Cable Hogue
    7.2
    • costumes: Miss Stevens
    • 1970
  • The Bell Telephone Hour (1959)
    The Bell Telephone Hour
    7.7
    TV Series
    • costumes
    • costumer
    • 1964–1966
  • Once Upon a Christmas Time
    6.8
    TV Movie
    • costumer (as Bob Fletcher)
    • 1959
  • Startime (1959)
    Startime
    6.6
    TV Series
    • costumer
    • 1959
  • Buddy Hackett in Stanley (1956)
    Stanley
    4.5
    TV Series
    • costumer
    • costumes
    • 1956
  • Producers' Showcase (1954)
    Producers' Showcase
    7.2
    TV Series
    • costume supervisor
    • 1956

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Bob Fletcher
  • Born
    • August 23, 1922
    • Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
  • Died
    • April 5, 2021
    • Kansas City, Missouri, USA(undisclosed)
  • Parents
    • Leon Ames
  • Relatives
      Shelley Ames(Half Sibling)
  • Other works
    Designed the costumes for the original Broadway production of "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying".
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Print Biography
    • 1 Interview

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Three-time Tony Award nominee. 1963: Costume Designer, "Little Me". 1964: Co-Producer "High Spirits". (He was also the scenic designer and costume designer for the musical.) 1969: Costume Designer: "Hadrian VII".

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