Biography
Harry Oliver (April 4, 1888 β July 4, 1973) was an American humorist, artist, and Academy Award nominated art director of films from the 1920s and 1930s. Besides his outstanding work in Hollywood, he is now best remembered for his humorous writings about the American Southwest, and his publication (1946β1964) of the Desert Rat Scrap Book, an irregular broadsheet devoted to the Southwest. He was born in Hastings, Minnesota and died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California.
He is known for his Hollywood work as art director on the films 7th Heaven (1927) and Street Angel (1928), for which he was nominated for the very first Academy Awards, as well as set design or art direction on the films Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925), Sparrows (1926), Scarface (1932), Viva Villa! (1934), Mark of the Vampire (1935), and The Good Earth (1937).
Filmography
all 15
Movies 15
Of Human Hearts (1938)
The Good Earth (1937)
Viva Villa! (1934)
Movie Crazy (1932)
Scarface (1932)
Lightnin' (1930)
Liliom (1930)
City Girl (1930)
Sunny Side Up (1929)
The River (1929)
They Had to See Paris (1929)
Lucky Star (1929)
Street Angel (1928)
7th Heaven (1927)
Sparrows (1926)
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GenderMale
Birthday1888-04-04
Deathday1973-07-04 (85 years old)
Birth PlaceHastings, United States
CitizenshipsUnited States
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