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John Shrum(1926-1988)

  • Production Designer
  • Art Department
  • Art Director
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John Shrum was born on 7 October 1926 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was a production designer and art director, known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962), What's This Song? (1964) and Startime (1959). He died on 10 September 1988 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
BornOctober 7, 1926
DiedSeptember 10, 1988(61)
BornOctober 7, 1926
DiedSeptember 10, 1988(61)
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  • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
    • 1 nomination total

Known for

Johnny Carson in The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
8.5
TV Series
  • Art Director
What's This Song? (1964)
What's This Song?
5.7
TV Series
  • Art Department
Startime (1959)
Startime
6.6
TV Series
  • Art Director
Days of Our Lives (1965)
Days of Our Lives
5.3
TV Series
  • Production Designer

Credits

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Production Designer

  • Days of Our Lives (1965)
    Days of Our Lives
    5.3
    TV Series
    • Production Designer
    • 1965–1968
  • It Takes Two
    5.9
    TV Series
    • Production Designer
    • 1968–1970

Art Department

  • What's This Song? (1964)
    What's This Song?
    5.7
    TV Series
    • set designer
    • 1964–1965
  • You Don't Say (1963)
    You Don't Say
    6.8
    TV Series
    • set designer
    • 1963–1965

Art Director

  • Johnny Carson in The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
    8.5
    TV Series
    • Art Director
    • 1969–1988
  • Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 17th Anniversary Special (1979)
    Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 17th Anniversary Special
    7.3
    TV Special
    • Art Director
    • 1979
  • The Anthony Newley Show
    TV Special
    • Art Director
    • 1971
  • The Smokey Robinson Show
    8.3
    TV Special
    • Art Director
    • 1970
  • Jack Benny in Jack Benny's New Look (1969)
    Jack Benny's New Look
    7.5
    TV Special
    • Art Director
    • 1969
  • The Temptations Show
    TV Special
    • Art Director
    • 1969
  • Jack Benny's Birthday Special (1969)
    Jack Benny's Birthday Special
    7.9
    TV Special
    • Art Director
    • 1969
  • Jack Benny's Bag
    8.0
    TV Special
    • Art Director
    • 1968
  • Jack Benny in Carnival Nights (1968)
    Carnival Nights
    7.4
    TV Special
    • Art Director
    • 1968
  • The Kraft Summer Music Hall (1966)
    The Kraft Summer Music Hall
    TV Series
    • Art Director
    • 1966
  • Days of Our Lives (1965)
    Days of Our Lives
    5.3
    TV Series
    • Art Director
    • 1965
  • Monty Hall in Let's Make a Deal (1963)
    Let's Make a Deal
    6.9
    TV Series
    • Art Director
    • 1963–2003
  • Startime (1959)
    Startime
    6.6
    TV Series
    • Art Director
    • 1959
  • Kovacs on Music
    TV Movie
    • Art Director
    • 1959
  • Jack Bailey in Queen for a Day (1956)
    Queen for a Day
    4.5
    TV Series
    • Art Director
    • 1954–1958

Personal details

  • Born
    • October 7, 1926
    • Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Died
    • September 10, 1988
    • Los Angeles, California, USA

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Johnny Carson's wife, Joanna, instigated a new set for Johnny Carson's nightly interview program. Fred DeCordava called a meeting with Shrum, asking him for a presentation of set concepts. Up in his Art Department office, Shrum called an art pow-wow creative meeting with Ed Flesh, Hub Braden and Mary Weaver Dodson. Shrum designed five models (approximately two weeks for concept delivery). Carson took the concept set models home so that Joanna could choose the winning set design.

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