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Rudolph Sternad(1906-1963)

  • Art Director
  • Production Designer
  • Art Department
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Rudolph Sternad was born on 6 October 1906 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He was an art director and production designer, known for Judgment at Nuremberg (1961), It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) and High Noon (1952). He died on 23 April 1963 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
BornOctober 6, 1906
DiedApril 23, 1963(56)
BornOctober 6, 1906
DiedApril 23, 1963(56)
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  • Nominated for 3 Oscars
    • 3 nominations total

Known for

Marlene Dietrich, Judy Garland, Burt Lancaster, Spencer Tracy, Montgomery Clift, Maximilian Schell, and Richard Widmark in Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Judgment at Nuremberg
8.3
  • Production Designer
  • 1961
Spencer Tracy, Peter Falk, Jim Backus, Milton Berle, Norman Fell, Mickey Rooney, Jimmy Durante, Buddy Hackett, Jonathan Winters, Edie Adams, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Ben Blue, Joe E. Brown, Sid Caesar, Alan Carney, Chick Chandler, Barrie Chase, Lloyd Corrigan, William Demarest, Andy Devine, Selma Diamond, Paul Ford, Stan Freberg, Ethel Merman, Dorothy Provine, Phil Silvers, and Terry-Thomas in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
7.4
  • Production Designer
  • 1963
Gary Cooper, Lloyd Bridges, Lee Van Cleef, Katy Jurado, Ian MacDonald, Robert J. Wilke, and Sheb Wooley in High Noon (1952)
High Noon
7.9
  • Production Designer
  • 1952
Humphrey Bogart, José Ferrer, Van Johnson, and Fred MacMurray in The Caine Mutiny (1954)
The Caine Mutiny
7.6
  • Production Designer
  • 1954

Credits

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Art Director

  • Lady in a Cage (1964)
    Lady in a Cage
    6.7
    • Art Director (as Rudolph Sternard)
    • 1964
  • Ellen Drew, George Montgomery, and Phillip Reed in Davy Crockett, Indian Scout (1950)
    Davy Crockett, Indian Scout
    5.4
    • Art Director
    • 1950
  • Glenn Ford and Terry Moore in The Return of October (1948)
    The Return of October
    6.2
    • Art Director
    • 1948
  • Louise Allbritton, Louis Hayward, and Dennis O'Keefe in Walk a Crooked Mile (1948)
    Walk a Crooked Mile
    6.3
    • Art Director
    • 1948
  • William Bishop, Steven Geray, and Gloria Henry in Port Said (1948)
    Port Said
    6.1
    • Art Director
    • 1948
  • Ginger Rogers and Cornel Wilde in It Had to Be You (1947)
    It Had to Be You
    6.5
    • Art Director
    • 1947
  • Down to Earth (1947)
    Down to Earth
    6.1
    • Art Director
    • 1947
  • Dead Reckoning (1946)
    Dead Reckoning
    7.0
    • Art Director
    • 1946
  • Pat O'Brien, Audrey Long, and Ruth Warrick in Perilous Holiday (1946)
    Perilous Holiday
    6.0
    • Art Director
    • 1946
  • Anita Louise and Cornel Wilde in The Bandit of Sherwood Forest (1946)
    The Bandit of Sherwood Forest
    5.8
    • Art Director
    • 1946
  • Over 21 (1945)
    Over 21
    6.3
    • Art Director
    • 1945
  • Adele Jergens, Evelyn Keyes, Cornel Wilde, and Phil Silvers in A Thousand and One Nights (1945)
    A Thousand and One Nights
    6.0
    • Art Director
    • 1945
  • Rita Hayworth, Janet Blair, and Lee Bowman in Tonight and Every Night (1945)
    Tonight and Every Night
    6.3
    • Art Director
    • 1945
  • Edward G. Robinson in Mr. Winkle Goes to War (1944)
    Mr. Winkle Goes to War
    6.6
    • Art Director
    • 1944
  • Marlene Dietrich, David James, and Fred MacMurray in The Lady Is Willing (1942)
    The Lady Is Willing
    6.3
    • Art Director
    • 1942

Production Designer

  • Lady in a Cage (1964)
    Lady in a Cage
    6.7
    • Production Designer
    • 1964
  • Spencer Tracy, Peter Falk, Jim Backus, Milton Berle, Norman Fell, Mickey Rooney, Jimmy Durante, Buddy Hackett, Jonathan Winters, Edie Adams, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Ben Blue, Joe E. Brown, Sid Caesar, Alan Carney, Chick Chandler, Barrie Chase, Lloyd Corrigan, William Demarest, Andy Devine, Selma Diamond, Paul Ford, Stan Freberg, Ethel Merman, Dorothy Provine, Phil Silvers, and Terry-Thomas in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
    It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
    7.4
    • Production Designer
    • 1963
  • Judy Garland, Burt Lancaster, and Bruce Ritchey in A Child Is Waiting (1963)
    A Child Is Waiting
    7.2
    • Production Designer
    • 1963
  • Sidney Poitier and Bobby Darin in Pressure Point (1962)
    Pressure Point
    7.1
    • Production Designer
    • 1962
  • Marlene Dietrich, Judy Garland, Burt Lancaster, Spencer Tracy, Montgomery Clift, Maximilian Schell, and Richard Widmark in Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
    Judgment at Nuremberg
    8.3
    • Production Designer
    • 1961
  • Gene Kelly, Spencer Tracy, Donna Anderson, Fredric March, and Dick York in Inherit the Wind (1960)
    Inherit the Wind
    8.1
    • Production Designer
    • 1960
  • On the Beach (1959)
    On the Beach
    7.1
    • Production Designer
    • 1959
  • Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier in The Defiant Ones (1958)
    The Defiant Ones
    7.5
    • Production Designer
    • 1958
  • Cary Grant, Sophia Loren, and Frank Sinatra in The Pride and the Passion (1957)
    The Pride and the Passion
    5.7
    • Production Designer
    • 1957
  • Not as a Stranger (1955)
    Not as a Stranger
    6.7
    • Production Designer
    • 1955
  • Humphrey Bogart, José Ferrer, Van Johnson, and Fred MacMurray in The Caine Mutiny (1954)
    The Caine Mutiny
    7.6
    • Production Designer
    • 1954
  • Marlon Brando in The Wild One (1953)
    The Wild One
    6.7
    • Production Designer
    • 1953
  • The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. (1953)
    The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.
    6.7
    • Production Designer
    • 1953
  • Kirk Douglas and Milly Vitale in The Juggler (1953)
    The Juggler
    6.4
    • Production Designer
    • 1953
  • Lee Marvin, Mary Castle, Bonar Colleano, George Cooper, Nick Dennis, Arthur Franz, James Griffith, Richard Kiley, and Dickie Moore in Eight Iron Men (1952)
    Eight Iron Men
    6.5
    • Production Designer
    • 1952

Art Department

  • Bruce Bennett, Evelyn Keyes, Tom Neal, Robert Stanford, Frank Sully, and Lewis Wilson in There's Something About a Soldier (1943)
    There's Something About a Soldier
    6.0
    • associate art director
    • 1943
  • Brian Aherne and Merle Oberon in First Comes Courage (1943)
    First Comes Courage
    6.6
    • associate art director
    • 1943
  • Jean Arthur in The More the Merrier (1943)
    The More the Merrier
    7.6
    • associate art director
    • 1943
  • Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth in You Were Never Lovelier (1942)
    You Were Never Lovelier
    7.2
    • associate art director
    • 1942
  • Marguerite Chapman, Larry Parks, and William Wright in A Man's World (1942)
    A Man's World
    5.7
    • associate art director
    • 1942
  • Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, and Ronald Colman in The Talk of the Town (1942)
    The Talk of the Town
    7.5
    • associate art director
    • 1942
  • Brian Donlevy, Pat O'Brien, and Janet Blair in Two Yanks in Trinidad (1942)
    Two Yanks in Trinidad
    5.8
    • associate art director
    • 1942
  • Marlene Dietrich, David James, and Fred MacMurray in The Lady Is Willing (1942)
    The Lady Is Willing
    6.3
    • setting's associate
    • 1942
  • Poor Little Rich Girl (1936)
    Poor Little Rich Girl
    7.0
    • associate art director
    • 1936

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Rudolph Sternard
  • Born
    • October 6, 1906
    • The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
  • Died
    • April 23, 1963
    • Los Angeles, California, USA

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    Worked on more than twenty films with producer-director Stanley Kramer.

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