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Paul Groesse(1906-1987)

  • Art Director
  • Art Department
  • Production Designer
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Paul Groesse was born on 28 February 1906 in Hungary. He was an art director and production designer, known for In the Heat of the Night (1967), Pride and Prejudice (1940) and Lili (1953). He died on 4 May 1987 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
BornFebruary 28, 1906
DiedMay 4, 1987(81)
BornFebruary 28, 1906
DiedMay 4, 1987(81)
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  • Won 3 Oscars
    • 3 wins & 8 nominations total

Known for

Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, and Warren Oates in In the Heat of the Night (1967)
In the Heat of the Night
7.9
  • Art Director
  • 1967
Laurence Olivier and Greer Garson in Pride and Prejudice (1940)
Pride and Prejudice
7.3
  • Art Department
  • 1940
Zsa Zsa Gabor, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Leslie Caron, and Mel Ferrer in Lili (1953)
Lili
7.2
  • Art Director
  • 1953
Buddy Hackett, Paul Ford, Hermione Gingold, Shirley Jones, Pert Kelton, and Robert Preston in The Music Man (1962)
The Music Man
7.7
  • Art Director
  • 1962

Credits

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Art Director

  • Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, and Warren Oates in In the Heat of the Night (1967)
    In the Heat of the Night
    7.9
    • Art Director
    • 1967
  • James Garner, Jean Simmons, and Suzanne Pleshette in Mister Buddwing (1966)
    Mister Buddwing
    6.0
    • Art Director
    • 1966
  • Assault on a Queen (1966)
    Assault on a Queen
    5.6
    • Art Director
    • 1966
  • Ann-Margret, Alain Delon, and Van Heflin in Once a Thief (1965)
    Once a Thief
    6.5
    • Art Director
    • 1965
  • Jill St. John, Robert Goulet, Nancy Kwan, and Robert Morse in Honeymoon Hotel (1964)
    Honeymoon Hotel
    5.1
    • Art Director
    • 1964
  • Richard Chamberlain in Twilight of Honor (1963)
    Twilight of Honor
    6.3
    • Art Director
    • 1963
  • Rod Serling in The Twilight Zone (1959)
    The Twilight Zone
    9.0
    TV Series
    • Art Director
    • 1963
  • Richard Beymer and Susan Strasberg in Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man (1962)
    Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man
    6.3
    • Art Director
    • 1962
  • Buddy Hackett, Paul Ford, Hermione Gingold, Shirley Jones, Pert Kelton, and Robert Preston in The Music Man (1962)
    The Music Man
    7.7
    • Art Director
    • 1962
  • Glenn Ford, Debbie Reynolds, and Herman in The Gazebo (1959)
    The Gazebo
    6.8
    • Art Director
    • 1959
  • Gary Cooper and Charlton Heston in The Wreck of the Mary Deare (1959)
    The Wreck of the Mary Deare
    6.7
    • Art Director
    • 1959
  • The World, the Flesh and the Devil (1959)
    The World, the Flesh and the Devil
    6.8
    • Art Director
    • 1959
  • Northwest Passage (1958)
    Northwest Passage
    6.9
    TV Series
    • Art Director
    • 1958
  • Dean Jones and Joan O'Brien in Handle with Care (1958)
    Handle with Care
    6.8
    • Art Director
    • 1958
  • The Brothers Karamazov (1958)
    The Brothers Karamazov
    6.7
    • Art Director
    • 1958

Art Department

  • June Allyson, Gloria DeHaven, Jimmy Durante, Van Johnson, Gracie Allen, Ben Blue, Xavier Cugat, Lena Horne, Amparo Iturbi, José Iturbi, Harry James, and Lee Wilde in Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
    Two Girls and a Sailor
    6.6
    • associate art director
    • 1944
  • Madame Curie (1943)
    Madame Curie
    7.2
    • associate art director
    • 1943
  • Roddy McDowall and Pal in Lassie Come Home (1943)
    Lassie Come Home
    7.1
    • associate art director
    • 1943
  • Mickey Rooney in The Human Comedy (1943)
    The Human Comedy
    7.0
    • associate art director
    • 1943
  • Van Heflin, Kathryn Grayson, Marsha Hunt, Peggy Moran, Dorothy Morris, Cecilia Parker, Frances Raeburn, and Frances Rafferty in Seven Sweethearts (1942)
    Seven Sweethearts
    6.5
    • assistant art director
    • 1942
  • Spencer Tracy, Hedy Lamarr, and John Garfield in Tortilla Flat (1942)
    Tortilla Flat
    6.2
    • associate art director
    • 1942
  • Robert Young, Darryl Hickman, and Marsha Hunt in Joe Smith, American (1942)
    Joe Smith, American
    6.3
    • associate art director
    • 1942
  • Myrna Loy, William Powell, Richard Hall, Sam Levene, and Asta in Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
    Shadow of the Thin Man
    7.2
    • associate art director
    • 1941
  • Don Ameche, Kay Francis, and Rosalind Russell in The Feminine Touch (1941)
    The Feminine Touch
    6.4
    • associate art director
    • 1941
  • Robert Taylor and Mary Howard in Billy the Kid (1941)
    Billy the Kid
    5.7
    • associate art director
    • 1941
  • Myrna Loy and William Powell in Love Crazy (1941)
    Love Crazy
    7.4
    • associate art director
    • 1941
  • Myrna Loy and Melvyn Douglas in Third Finger, Left Hand (1940)
    Third Finger, Left Hand
    6.9
    • associate art director
    • 1940
  • Laurence Olivier and Greer Garson in Pride and Prejudice (1940)
    Pride and Prejudice
    7.3
    • associate art director
    • 1940
  • Spencer Tracy and Hedy Lamarr in I Take This Woman (1940)
    I Take This Woman
    6.4
    • associate art director
    • 1940
  • Hedy Lamarr, Robert Taylor, and Joseph Schildkraut in Lady of the Tropics (1939)
    Lady of the Tropics
    6.1
    • associate art director
    • 1939

Production Designer

  • Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
    Bye Bye Birdie
    6.6
    • Production Designer
    • 1963

Personal details

  • Born
    • February 28, 1906
    • Hungary
  • Died
    • May 4, 1987
    • Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Worked under contract at MGM from 1937 (initially as associate or unit art director) to 1959.

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