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Peter Murton(1924-2009)

  • Art Department
  • Production Designer
  • Art Director
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Peter Murton in Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun' (2000)
Peter Murton was born on 24 September 1924 in Paddington, London, England, UK. He was a production designer and art director, known for Thunderball (1965), Stargate (1994) and Superman III (1983). He died in December 2009 in England, UK.
BornSeptember 24, 1924
DiedDecember 2009
BornSeptember 24, 1924
DiedDecember 2009
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Known for

Sean Connery, Claudine Auger, Martine Beswick, Luciana Paluzzi, and Molly Peters in Thunderball (1965)
Thunderball
6.9
  • Art Director
  • 1965
Stargate (1994)
Stargate
7.0
  • Art Director
  • 1994
Richard Pryor and Christopher Reeve in Superman III (1983)
Superman III
5.0
  • Production Designer
  • 1983
Sean Connery, Honor Blackman, and Shirley Eaton in Goldfinger (1964)
Goldfinger
7.7
  • Art Director
  • 1964

Credits

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Art Department

  • In the Cool of the Day (1963)
    In the Cool of the Day
    5.1
    • production design associate
    • 1963
  • Kevin Corcoran, Sessue Hayakawa, Tommy Kirk, James MacArthur, Dorothy McGuire, John Mills, and Janet Munro in Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
    Swiss Family Robinson
    7.1
    • assistant art director
    • 1960
  • Man in the Moon (1960)
    Man in the Moon
    6.0
    • set dresser
    • 1960
  • Tarzan's Greatest Adventure (1959)
    Tarzan's Greatest Adventure
    6.4
    • assistant art director
    • 1959
  • William Hartnell in Carry on Sergeant (1958)
    Carry on Sergeant
    6.3
    • set dresser
    • 1958
  • The Wind Cannot Read (1958)
    The Wind Cannot Read
    6.1
    • set dresser
    • 1958
  • Irene Browne, Pauline Delaney, Barry Fitzgerald, John Gregson, Jack MacGowran, Noel Purcell, and June Thorburn in Rooney (1958)
    Rooney
    6.5
    • set dresser
    • 1958
  • Windom's Way (1957)
    Windom's Way
    6.0
    • set dresser
    • 1957
  • Rod Steiger in Across the Bridge (1957)
    Across the Bridge
    7.2
    • set dresser
    • 1957
  • Loser Takes All (1956)
    Loser Takes All
    5.0
    • assistant art director (uncredited)
    • 1956
  • Svengali (1954)
    Svengali
    5.5
    • draughtsman (uncredited)
    • 1954
  • Clark Gable, Gene Tierney, and Richard Haydn in Never Let Me Go (1953)
    Never Let Me Go
    6.2
    • draughtsman (uncredited)
    • 1953
  • Glenn Ford and Anne Vernon in Terror on a Train (1953)
    Terror on a Train
    6.1
    • draughtsman (uncredited)
    • 1953
  • The Hour of 13 (1952)
    The Hour of 13
    6.4
    • draughtsman (uncredited)
    • 1952
  • Gene Tierney, Richard Widmark, Francis L. Sullivan, and Googie Withers in Night and the City (1950)
    Night and the City
    7.8
    • draughtsman (uncredited)
    • 1950

Production Designer

  • Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006)
    Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
    7.5
    • additional production design
    • 2006
  • Genghis Khan: The Story of a Lifetime (1992)
    Genghis Khan: The Story of a Lifetime
    6.5
    • Production Designer
    • 1992
  • The Timekeeper (1992)
    The Timekeeper
    7.2
    Short
    • Production Designer
    • 1992
  • Jill Schoelen in Popcorn (1991)
    Popcorn
    5.9
    • Production Designer
    • 1991
  • Rutger Hauer in Blind Fury (1989)
    Blind Fury
    6.3
    • Production Designer
    • 1989
  • Just Ask for Diamond (1988)
    Just Ask for Diamond
    6.1
    • Production Designer
    • 1988
  • King Kong Lives (1986)
    King Kong Lives
    4.0
    • Production Designer
    • 1986
  • Dan Aykroyd and Chevy Chase in Spies Like Us (1985)
    Spies Like Us
    6.4
    • Production Designer
    • 1985
  • Nigel Hawthorne, Bernard Hill, and Warren Mitchell in The Chain (1984)
    The Chain
    6.9
    • Production Designer
    • 1984
  • Tanya Roberts in Sheena (1984)
    Sheena
    4.9
    • Production Designer
    • 1984
  • Richard Pryor and Christopher Reeve in Superman III (1983)
    Superman III
    5.0
    • Production Designer
    • 1983
  • Gene Hackman, Terence Stamp, Christopher Reeve, Jackie Cooper, Sarah Douglas, Margot Kidder, Jack O'Halloran, and Valerie Perrine in Superman II (1980)
    Superman II
    6.8
    • Production Designer
    • 1980
  • Frank Langella and Kate Nelligan in Dracula (1979)
    Dracula
    6.5
    • Production Designer
    • 1979
  • Bette Davis, Jane Birkin, Lois Chiles, Mia Farrow, Olivia Hussey, George Kennedy, Angela Lansbury, Peter Ustinov, Jon Finch, and I.S. Johar in Death on the Nile (1978)
    Death on the Nile
    7.3
    • Production Designer
    • 1978
  • Jenny Agutter, Michael Caine, Robert Duvall, and Donald Sutherland in The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
    The Eagle Has Landed
    6.9
    • Production Designer
    • 1976

Art Director

  • Stargate (1994)
    Stargate
    7.0
    • Art Director
    • 1994
  • Ike: The War Years (1979)
    Ike: The War Years
    7.0
    TV Mini Series
    • art director: U.K.
    • 1979
  • The Black Windmill (1974)
    The Black Windmill
    6.3
    • Art Director
    • 1974
  • Night Watch (1973)
    Night Watch
    6.3
    • Art Director
    • 1973
  • Rod Steiger, Claire Bloom, and Judy Geeson in Three Into Two Won't Go (1969)
    Three Into Two Won't Go
    6.0
    • Art Director
    • 1969
  • Katharine Hepburn and Peter O'Toole in The Lion in Winter (1968)
    The Lion in Winter
    7.8
    • Art Director
    • 1968
  • Julia Foster and Tommy Steele in Half a Sixpence (1967)
    Half a Sixpence
    6.4
    • Art Director
    • 1967
  • Funeral in Berlin (1966)
    Funeral in Berlin
    6.8
    • Art Director
    • 1966
  • Sean Connery, Claudine Auger, Martine Beswick, Luciana Paluzzi, and Molly Peters in Thunderball (1965)
    Thunderball
    6.9
    • Art Director
    • 1965
  • The Ipcress File (1965)
    The Ipcress File
    7.1
    • Art Director
    • 1965
  • Sean Connery, Honor Blackman, and Shirley Eaton in Goldfinger (1964)
    Goldfinger
    7.7
    • Art Director
    • 1964
  • Woman of Straw (1964)
    Woman of Straw
    6.8
    • Art Director
    • 1964
  • Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
    Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
    8.3
    • Art Director
    • 1964
  • Billy Budd (1962)
    Billy Budd
    7.8
    • Art Director
    • 1962
  • I Like Money (1961)
    I Like Money
    6.1
    • Art Director
    • 1961

Personal details

  • Born
    • September 24, 1924
    • Paddington, London, England, UK
  • Died
    • December 2009
    • England, UK

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Son of fellow art director Walter W. Murton.

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