Roger K. Furse

Roger Kemble Furse ( born September 11, 1903 in Ightham, England; † August 19, 1972 ) was a British costume and set designers, both the Academy Award for Best Costume Design as well as the best for the scene image received at the Academy Awards in 1949.

Biography

The son of the later Lieutenant-General Sir William Furse studied after the visit of Eton College at the Slade School of Fine Art in London.

Began in the mid 1940s as a costume and set designer for film productions and acted after his debut in the film version of Henry V (1944 ) by Laurence Olivier in the creation of about a dozen films.

In 1949, he received both for Best Costume Design and Best Production Design for ( in this case along with Carmen Dillon ) in the black and white film Hamlet ( 1948) by Laurence Olivier to Oscar in these categories.

Other films with his participation were Ivanhoe - The Black Knight (1952 ) by Richard Thorpe, Richard III. (1955 ) by L. Olivier, and The Prince and the Showgirl ( 1957) by L. Olivier.

For the scene image in the Broadway production of Duel of Angels In 1961 he was nominated for the Tony Award for best stage design.

His work with Laurence Olivier continued into the theater such as in Olivier's production of John Ford's drama The Broken Heart in the Festival Theatre Chichester on July 9, 1963, Olivier, Robert Lang, John Neville, Joan Greenwood, Keith Michell, Peter Woodthorpe, Rosemary Harris, Fay Compton and Alan Howard.

His wife Margaret Furse was also the 1970 Oscar for best costume design and was also nominated several times for this. The Furse of painted portrait of her image is part of the permanent exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in London.

His younger sister was the film and theater actress Judith Furse.