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Robert Kinoshita(1914-2014)

  • Art Department
  • Art Director
  • Production Designer
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Robert Kinoshita was born on 24 February 1914 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an art director and production designer, known for The Phantom Planet (1961), Hell's Bloody Devils (1970) and Harbor Command (1957). He was married to Lillian F. Matsuyama. He died on 9 December 2014 in Torrance, California, USA.
BornFebruary 24, 1914
DiedDecember 9, 2014(100)
BornFebruary 24, 1914
DiedDecember 9, 2014(100)
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Known for

The Phantom Planet (1961)
The Phantom Planet
3.9
  • Production Designer
  • 1961
Hell's Bloody Devils (1970)
Hell's Bloody Devils
4.3
  • Producer(as Robert Kintoshita)
  • 1970
Wendell Corey in Harbor Command (1957)
Harbor Command
7.2
TV Series
  • Art Department
Highway Patrol (1955)
Highway Patrol
7.7
TV Series
  • Art Department

Credits

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Art Department

  • Starr of The Yankees (1965)
    Starr of The Yankees
    7.3
    TV Movie
    • set designer
    • 1965
  • Lock Up (1959)
    Lock Up
    7.4
    TV Series
    • set designer
    • 1959–1960
  • Bold Venture (1959)
    Bold Venture
    8.1
    TV Series
    • set designer
    • 1959
  • Highway Patrol (1955)
    Highway Patrol
    7.7
    TV Series
    • set designer
    • 1956–1959
  • Marshall Thompson in World of Giants (1959)
    World of Giants
    7.2
    TV Series
    • set designer
    • 1959
  • Bat Masterson (1958)
    Bat Masterson
    7.3
    TV Series
    • set designer
    • 1958–1959
  • Lloyd Bridges in Sea Hunt (1958)
    Sea Hunt
    7.7
    TV Series
    • set designer
    • 1958–1959
  • The Rough Riders (1958)
    The Rough Riders
    7.9
    TV Series
    • set designer
    • 1958–1959
  • Richard Carlson in Mackenzie's Raiders (1958)
    Mackenzie's Raiders
    7.4
    TV Series
    • set designer
    • 1958–1959
  • Pat Conway in Tombstone Territory (1957)
    Tombstone Territory
    8.0
    TV Series
    • set designer
    • 1957–1959
  • Men of Annapolis (1957)
    Men of Annapolis
    6.9
    TV Series
    • set designer
    • 1957–1958
  • Wendell Corey in Harbor Command (1957)
    Harbor Command
    7.2
    TV Series
    • set designer
    • 1957–1958
  • Here Comes Tobor (1957)
    Here Comes Tobor
    4.4
    TV Movie
    • robot art
    • 1957
  • Teenage Doll (1957)
    Teenage Doll
    5.5
    • set designer
    • 1957
  • West Point (1956)
    West Point
    7.3
    TV Series
    • set designer
    • 1956–1957

Art Director

  • Jon-Erik Hexum and Jennifer O'Neill in Cover Up (1984)
    Cover Up
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Art Director
    • 1984
  • Lovelines (1984)
    Lovelines
    5.1
    • Art Director (as Robert A. Kinoshita)
    • 1984
  • Jennifer Jason Leigh in Girls of the White Orchid (1983)
    Girls of the White Orchid
    5.1
    TV Movie
    • Art Director
    • 1983
  • Lee Horsley in Matt Houston (1982)
    Matt Houston
    6.5
    TV Series
    • Art Director
    • 1982
  • Going Ape! (1981)
    Going Ape!
    4.1
    • Art Director
    • 1981
  • The Gong Show Movie (1980)
    The Gong Show Movie
    4.5
    • Art Director (as Robert K. Kinoshita)
    • 1980
  • Belle Starr (1980)
    Belle Starr
    6.2
    TV Movie
    • Art Director (as Bob Kinoshita)
    • 1980
  • Young Maverick (1979)
    Young Maverick
    6.4
    TV Series
    • Art Director
    • 1979
  • Buddy Ebsen in Barnaby Jones (1973)
    Barnaby Jones
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Art Director
    • 1978–1979
  • Project U.F.O. (1978)
    Project U.F.O.
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Art Director (as Robert K. Kinoshita)
    • 1978
  • Billy Crystal and Joan Rivers in Rabbit Test (1978)
    Rabbit Test
    3.2
    • Art Director
    • 1978
  • Mayday at 40, 000 Feet! (1976)
    Mayday at 40, 000 Feet!
    5.6
    TV Movie
    • Art Director
    • 1976
  • The Streets of San Francisco (1972)
    The Streets of San Francisco
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Art Director (as Robert K. Kinoshita)
    • 1976
  • George Hamilton, Ray Milland, and Reggie Nalder in The Dead Don't Die (1975)
    The Dead Don't Die
    5.5
    TV Movie
    • Art Director
    • 1975
  • Raymond Burr and Barbara Sigel in Ironside (1967)
    Ironside
    6.9
    TV Series
    • Art Director
    • 1974

Production Designer

  • Going Ape! (1981)
    Going Ape!
    4.1
    • Production Designer (uncredited)
    • 1981
  • The Man with Bogart's Face (1980)
    The Man with Bogart's Face
    6.2
    • Production Designer
    • 1980
  • Dori Takeshita in Farewell to Manzanar (1976)
    Farewell to Manzanar
    7.7
    TV Movie
    • Production Designer
    • 1976
  • The Phantom Planet (1961)
    The Phantom Planet
    3.9
    • Production Designer
    • 1961
  • Susan Cabot in Carnival Rock (1957)
    Carnival Rock
    4.8
    • Production Designer
    • 1957
  • Bop Girl Goes Calypso (1957)
    Bop Girl Goes Calypso
    5.0
    • Production Designer
    • 1957

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Bob Kinoshita
  • Born
    • February 24, 1914
    • Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Died
    • December 9, 2014
    • Torrance, California, USA(congestive heart failure)
  • Spouse
    • Lillian F. Matsuyama1942 - July 21, 2002 (her death, 2 children)
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Article

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Worked in the art department at 20th Century Fox prior to being selected by Irwin Allen to become first-season art director for "Lost in Space".
  • Nickname
    • Bob

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