Dale Hennesy
Hugh Dale Hennesy ( born August 24, 1926 in Washington, DC; † 20 July 1981 in Encino, California ) was an American art director and production designer who won an Oscar for, among others, Best Production Design and twice the Saturn Award.
Life
Hennesy began his career as an art director and production designer in 1963 in the film A double for the sample ( Under the Yum Yum Tree ) and worked until his death at the facilities of nearly thirty films.
At the Academy Awards in 1967 Hennesy won with Jack Martin Smith, Walter M. Scott and Stuart A. Reiss the Oscar for Best Production Design in the color film Fantastic Voyage (1966 ), a science fiction film directed by Richard Fleischer with Stephen Boyd, Raquel Welch and Edmond O'Brien in the lead roles.
In 1976 he won with Robert De Vestel the Golden Scroll, his first Saturn Award from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films for Best Production Design in Young Frankenstein ( 1974) by Mel Brooks with Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle and Marty Feldman.
For the sci-fi film Escape to the 23rd century ( 1976) by Michael Anderson with Michael York, Richard Jordan, Jenny Agutter, he was nominated along with De Vestel in 1977 for the Academy Award for Best Production Design and also won for this movie its second Saturn Award for best art direction. He was also in 1977 together with Mario Chiari for King Kong ( 1976) by John Guillermin nominated with the main actors Jeff Bridges, Jessica Lange and Charles Grodin for the BAFTA Film Award for Best Production Design.
At the Academy Awards in 1983 Hennesy was nominated posthumously along with Marvin March for another Academy Award for Best Production Design, and indeed for the musical film Annie ( 1982) by John Huston with Aileen Quinn, Albert Finney and Carol Burnett.
Dale Hennesy was the father of actress Carolyn Hennesy and father of actor Donald Agnelli. His sister, the actress Barbara Rush, is the mother of actress Claudia Gowan.