Robert Usher
Robert Beneke Usher ( born February 27, 1901 in Missouri; † July 23, 1990 in Tehama County, California ) was an American production designer in film.
Life
Robert Usher studied art in Paris. Like many other artists of his generation who received no orders during the Great Depression, he went to Hollywood, where he was awarded a contract as a production designer at Paramount Pictures in 1933. In the Mae West film you did him wrong (She Done Him Wrong, 1933) he first came as a set designer for use. In subsequent years, he often took over together with Hans Dreier, the artistic director of Paramount's productions, such as in Peter Ibbetson (1935 ), The Jungle Princess ( The Jungle Princess, 1936), Angel (Angel, 1937) and the scars Hand ( This Gun for Hire, 1942). 1941 Usher got together with three his first Oscar nomination in the category Best Art Direction for Arise, My Love. 1942 and 1945 was followed by further nominations, but he always went home empty-handed. In 1950 he retired from the film business. He died in 1990 at the age of 89 years in Tehama County, California.