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Richard H. Riedel(1904-1960)

  • Art Director
  • Art Department
  • Producer
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Richard H. Riedel was born on 5 April 1904. He was an art director and producer, known for Pillow Talk (1959), ...reitet für Deutschland (1941) and The Witness Vanishes (1939). He died on 18 March 1960 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
BornApril 5, 1904
DiedMarch 18, 1960(55)
BornApril 5, 1904
DiedMarch 18, 1960(55)
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  • Nominated for 1 Oscar
    • 1 nomination total

Known for

Doris Day, Rock Hudson, Tony Randall, and Thelma Ritter in Pillow Talk (1959)
Pillow Talk
7.4
  • Art Director
  • 1959
Alois Melichar, Willy Birgel, Herbert A.E. Böhme, Paul Dahlke, Gertrud Eysoldt, Arthur Maria Rabenalt, Fritz Reck-Malleczewen, Richard H. Riedel, Willi Rose, Rudolf Schündler, Hans Schönmetzler, Gerhild Weber, Walter Werner, and Hans Zesch-Ballot in ...reitet für Deutschland (1941)
...reitet für Deutschland
3.6
  • Producer(as Richard Riedel)
  • 1941
Wendy Barrie, Phyllis Barry, Barlowe Borland, Forrester Harvey, J.M. Kerrigan, Walter Kingsford, Bruce Lester, Edmund Lowe, Anne Nagel, and Michael Vallon in The Witness Vanishes (1939)
The Witness Vanishes
5.7
  • Art Department
  • 1939
Anne Gwynne, Warren Hymer, Horace McMahon, Robert Paige, and Nat Pendleton in Jail House Blues (1942)
Jail House Blues
5.8
  • Art Department
  • 1942

Credits

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Art Director

  • Anthony Quinn, Sandra Dee, Lana Turner, and John Saxon in Portrait in Black (1960)
    Portrait in Black
    6.3
    • Art Director
    • 1960
  • Audie Murphy and Felicia Farr in Hell Bent for Leather (1960)
    Hell Bent for Leather
    6.6
    • Art Director
    • 1960
  • Mickey Rooney and Mamie Van Doren in The Private Lives of Adam and Eve (1960)
    The Private Lives of Adam and Eve
    4.2
    • Art Director
    • 1960
  • Doris Day, Rock Hudson, Tony Randall, and Thelma Ritter in Pillow Talk (1959)
    Pillow Talk
    7.4
    • Art Director
    • 1959
  • Imitation of Life (1959)
    Imitation of Life
    7.8
    • Art Director
    • 1959
  • June Allyson and Jeff Chandler in A Stranger in My Arms (1959)
    A Stranger in My Arms
    6.2
    • Art Director
    • 1959
  • The Heart Is a Rebel (1958)
    The Heart Is a Rebel
    6.6
    • Art Director (as Dick Riedel)
    • 1958
  • Richard Egan and Julie London in Voice in the Mirror (1958)
    Voice in the Mirror
    6.6
    • Art Director
    • 1958
  • Debbie Reynolds, Curd Jürgens, and John Saxon in This Happy Feeling (1958)
    This Happy Feeling
    5.8
    • Art Director
    • 1958
  • The Woody Woodpecker Show (1957)
    The Woody Woodpecker Show
    7.0
    TV Series
    • art direction
    • 1957–1958
  • Lana Turner and Jeff Chandler in The Lady Takes a Flyer (1957)
    The Lady Takes a Flyer
    5.6
    • Art Director
    • 1957
  • David Niven and June Allyson in My Man Godfrey (1957)
    My Man Godfrey
    6.3
    • Art Director
    • 1957
  • Jock Mahoney, Shirley Patterson, and William Reynolds in The Land Unknown (1957)
    The Land Unknown
    5.7
    • Art Director
    • 1957
  • Leslie Nielsen, Walter Brennan, and Debbie Reynolds in Tammy and the Bachelor (1957)
    Tammy and the Bachelor
    6.9
    • Art Director
    • 1957
  • The Great Man (1956)
    The Great Man
    6.9
    • Art Director
    • 1956

Art Department

  • Night Monster (1942)
    Night Monster
    6.1
    • associate art director (as Richard Riedel)
    • 1942
  • Leo Carrillo, Andy Devine, Elyse Knox, and Don Terry in Top Sergeant (1942)
    Top Sergeant
    5.1
    • associate art director
    • 1942
  • Dorothy Dandridge, Stuart Erwin, Peggy Moran, Ona Munson, and Don Terry in Drums of the Congo (1942)
    Drums of the Congo
    5.3
    • assistant art director
    • 1942
  • Patric Knowles and Maria Montez in Mystery of Marie Roget (1942)
    Mystery of Marie Roget
    5.9
    • associate art director
    • 1942
  • Iris Adrian, Donald Douglas, Harriet Nelson, and Ken Murray in Juke Box Jenny (1942)
    Juke Box Jenny
    5.5
    • associate art director
    • 1942
  • Broderick Crawford, Pat O'Brien, Janet Blair, and George Raft in Broadway (1942)
    Broadway
    6.4
    • associate art director
    • 1942
  • Jerome Cowan, Irene Hervey, Samuel S. Hinds, Kent Taylor, and Minor Watson in Frisco Lil (1942)
    Frisco Lil
    6.0
    • associate art director
    • 1942
  • Anne Gwynne, Warren Hymer, Horace McMahon, Robert Paige, and Nat Pendleton in Jail House Blues (1942)
    Jail House Blues
    5.8
    • associate art director
    • 1942
  • June Clyde, William Gargan, Ralf Harolde, John Litel, and Anne Nagel in Sealed Lips (1942)
    Sealed Lips
    6.0
    • associate art director
    • 1942
  • Baby Sandy, Kenneth Brown, Mary Lou Cook, Leon Errol, Anne Gwynne, Billy Lenhart, Joe McMichael, Judd McMichael, Ted McMichael, and Robert Paige in Melody Lane (1941)
    Melody Lane
    5.3
    • associate art director
    • 1941
  • Iris Adrian, Elvia Allman, Skinnay Ennis, Frances Langford, Susan Miller, Ken Murray, Blanche Stewart, and Don Wilson in Swing It Soldier (1941)
    Swing It Soldier
    5.9
    • associate art director
    • 1941
  • W.C. Fields and Gloria Jean in Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941)
    Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
    7.0
    • associate art director
    • 1941
  • Lon Chaney Jr., Helen Parrish, Eddie Quillan, and Rudy Vallee in Too Many Blondes (1941)
    Too Many Blondes
    6.2
    • associate art director
    • 1941
  • Brian Aherne, Nils Asther, Kay Francis, Sig Ruman, S.Z. Sakall, and Henry Stephenson in The Man Who Lost Himself (1941)
    The Man Who Lost Himself
    6.1
    • associate art director
    • 1941
  • Charles Boyer and Margaret Sullavan in Back Street (1941)
    Back Street
    6.7
    • associate art director
    • 1941

Producer

  • Vor Gott und den Menschen (1955)
    Vor Gott und den Menschen
    8.9
    • producer (as Richard Riedel)
    • 1955
  • Willy Birgel, Inge Egger, and Erik Schumann in Melody Beyond Love (1954)
    Melody Beyond Love
    6.2
    • producer (as Richard Riedel)
    • 1954
  • Du gehörst zu mir (1943)
    Du gehörst zu mir
    5.6
    • line producer
    • 1943
  • Diesel (1942)
    Diesel
    6.5
    • producer
    • 1942
  • Alois Melichar, Willy Birgel, Herbert A.E. Böhme, Paul Dahlke, Gertrud Eysoldt, Arthur Maria Rabenalt, Fritz Reck-Malleczewen, Richard H. Riedel, Willi Rose, Rudolf Schündler, Hans Schönmetzler, Gerhild Weber, Walter Werner, and Hans Zesch-Ballot in ...reitet für Deutschland (1941)
    ...reitet für Deutschland
    3.6
    • line producer (as Richard Riedel)
    • 1941

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Dick Riedel
  • Born
    • April 5, 1904
  • Died
    • March 18, 1960
    • Rome, Lazio, Italy

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Art director, under long-term contract to Universal (1937-60). Died as a result of a car crash, while filming on location near Rome, Italy.

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