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Hal Pereira is a Actor and Production Design American born on 29 april 1905 at Chicago (USA)

Hal Pereira

Hal Pereira
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Nationality USA
Birth 29 april 1905 at Chicago (USA)
Death 17 december 1983 (at 78 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Hal Pereira (April 29, 1905, Chicago, Illinois - December 17, 1983, Los Angeles, California) was an American art director, production designer, and occasional architect.

In the 1940s through the 1960s he worked on more than 200 films as an art director and production designer. He was nominated for 23 Oscars, having won only one for his work on The Rose Tattoo. He served, along with Earl Hedrick, as artistic director of the popular TV series Bonanza.

Pereira was educated at the University of Illinois and is brother of architect (and occasional film art director) William L. Pereira.

Best films

The Ten Commandments (1956)
(Art Direction)
Rear Window (1954)
(Art Direction)
The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
(Art Direction)
Shane (1953)
(Art Direction)
McLintock! (1963)
(Art Direction)
Hatari! (1962)
(Art Direction)

Usually with

Edith Head
Edith Head
(178 films)
Jerry Lewis
Jerry Lewis
(33 films)
Hal B. Wallis
Hal B. Wallis
(42 films)
Ray Moyer
Ray Moyer
(41 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Hal Pereira (224 films)

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Actor

The Oscar
The Oscar (1966)
, 1h59
Directed by Russell Rouse
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about television
Actors Stephen Boyd, Elke Sommer, Jill St John, Milton Berle, Eleanor Parker, Joseph Cotten
Rating52% 2.6051452.6051452.6051452.6051452.605145
As movie star Frankie Fane (Boyd) is about to hear if he won a best acting Oscar, his friend Hymie Kelly (Bennett) reminisces about Fane's struggle to the top, beginning as a spieler for his stripper girlfriend Laurel (St. John). After moving to New York, Frankie dumps Laurel for a budding fashion designer, Kay Bergdahl (Sommer), which leads to a chance meeting with talent scout Sophie Cantaro (Parker). Sophie arranges for him to be signed with agent "Kappy" Kapstetter (Berle) and brings Frankie to Hollywood, where he quickly becomes a rising star.

Art

Blue
Blue (1968)
, 1h53
Directed by Yakima Canutt, Silvio Narizzano
Origin USA
Genres Romance, Western
Actors Terence Stamp, Joanna Pettet, Karl Malden, Stathis Giallelis, Ricardo Montalbán, James Westerfield
Roles Art Direction
Rating60% 3.043753.043753.043753.043753.04375
The year is 1880. Mexican bandit and revolutionary Ortega (Ricardo Montalban) has three sons, Xavier (Carlos East), Manuel (Stathis Giallelis) and Antonio (Robert Lipton), as well as one adopted son, Azul (Terence Stamp), which means "Blue." the color of the young man's eyes. While attacking Texas settlers, Antonio is fatally shot while Azul, feeling pity for one of the settler women, Joanne (Joanna Pettet), whom Manuel is about to rape, puts a deadly bullet into Manuel, as he is shot, himself, by one of the settlers.
The Odd Couple, 1h45
Directed by Gene Saks
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays, Buddy films
Actors Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, John Fiedler, Herb Edelman, Monica Evans, David Sheiner
Roles Art Direction
Rating75% 3.798953.798953.798953.798953.79895
Felix Ungar (Jack Lemmon) checks into a fleabag hotel near Times Square, Manhattan and attempts to kill himself by jumping out of the window, but he fails to open it and pulls a muscle in his back. Limping back on the street he tries to get drunk at a dance bar and ends up hurting his neck when he throws down a shot. He stands on a bridge, contemplating jumping into the river.
Project X
Project X (1968)
, 1h30
Directed by William Castle
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction
Themes Films based on science fiction novels
Actors Christopher George, Henry Jones, Monte Markham, Harold Gould, Philip Pine, Keye Luke
Roles Art Direction
Rating55% 2.758752.758752.758752.758752.75875
Hagen Arnold (Christopher George) is an American spy in the year 2118. The geopolitical climate of Earth has changed significantly over the years with Sino-Asia (China) being the only other superpower and enemy of the United States. Overpopulation is a looming issue. On a covert mission to Sino-Asia, Arnold sends a message to his handlers in the U. S. stating that "The West will be destroyed in fourteen days." He then takes an anti-torture drug that renders him an amnesiac.
The Caper of the Golden Bulls, 1h42
Directed by Russell Rouse
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Heist films
Actors Stephen Boyd, Yvette Mimieux, Giovanna Ralli, Vito Scotti, J.G. Devlin, Arnold Moss
Roles Art Direction
Rating60% 3.04723.04723.04723.04723.0472
During a bombing mission to Germany, wartime pilot Peter Churchman (Boyd) inadvertently destroys a French cathedral. To atone, after the war, Churchman and a crew of accomplices rob a number of banks, making sure the money goes to have the cathedral rebuilt.
Will Penny
Will Penny (1967)
, 1h48
Directed by Tom Gries
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Romance, Western
Actors Charlton Heston, Joan Hackett, Donald Pleasence, Lee Majors, Anthony Zerbe, Ben Johnson
Roles Art Direction
Rating70% 3.543443.543443.543443.543443.54344
Will Penny (Charlton Heston) is an aging cowhand who at the end of a long trail hires on to ride the boundary of a ranch over the winter. He immediately comes across a woman, Catherine Allen (Joan Hackett), and her son Horace (Jon Gries) using one of the remote cabins to over-winter, having been deserted by the guide that her husband paid in advance to lead her and her son over the mountains. Despite his boss' instructions Penny lets them stay in the cabin and gives them a week to move out.
The Busy Body, 1h41
Directed by William Castle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Dom DeLuise, Sid Caesar, Robert Ryan, Anne Baxter, Kay Medford, Jan Murray
Roles Art Direction
Rating55% 2.76652.76652.76652.76652.7665
George Norton is a low-level bumbler who works for Chicago crime boss Charley Barker. A well-dressed mama's boy, George is in good standing with Barker, even gaining a promotion, until an incident that costs the mob a million dollars.
Easy Come, Easy Go, 1h35
Directed by John Rich
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical theatre, Adventure, Musical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Underwater action films, Musical films
Actors Elvis Presley, Pat Priest, Elsa Lanchester, Frank McHugh, Pat Harrington, Jr., Sandy Kenyon
Roles Art Direction
Rating52% 2.6087252.6087252.6087252.6087252.608725
Lieutenant Ted Jackson (Elvis Presley) is a former U.S. Navy frogman who divides his time between twin careers as a deep sea diver and nightclub singer. Ted discovers what he believes could be a fortune in Spanish gold aboard a sunken ship and sets out to rescue it with the help of go-go dancing yoga expert Jo Symington (Dodie Marshall) and friend Judd Whitman (Pat Harrington, Jr.). Gil Carey (Skip Ward), however, is also after the treasure and uses his girlfriend Dina Bishop (Pat Priest) to foil Ted's plans.
Red Tomahawk, 1h22
Directed by R. G. Springsteen
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Howard Keel, Joan Caulfield, Broderick Crawford, Scott Brady, Wendell Corey, Richard Arlen
Roles Art Direction
Rating51% 2.5906852.5906852.5906852.5906852.590685
Après la défaite du général Custer et de son régiment face aux Sioux, à Little Big Horn, la région n'est plus en sécurité... Lors d'une patrouille, le capitaine Tom York est le premier à arriver sur les lieux du massacre et à constater l'ampleur de la situation. Il s'empresse aussitôt d'alerter la petite ville voisine du danger qui la menace, les indiens pouvant désormais attaquer à tout moment.
The Spirit Is Willing, 1h40
Directed by William Castle
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Sid Caesar, Vera Miles, John McGiver, Cass Daley, Mary Wickes, Jesse White
Roles Art Direction
Rating56% 2.8027952.8027952.8027952.8027952.802795
Une famille d’américains moyens vient de s'installer dans une maison proche de la mer quand elle découvre que les lieux sont hantes par trois fantômes.
Easy Come, Easy Go, 1h35
Directed by John Rich
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Adventure, Musical, Romance
Actors Elvis Presley, Pat Harrington, Jr., Pat Priest, Frank McHugh, Sandy Kenyon, Read Morgan
Roles Art Direction
Rating52% 2.6087252.6087252.6087252.6087252.608725
Alors qu'il effectue une plongée, Ted Jackson, soldat de la Marine américaine, découvre un trésor au fond de l'eau. Savourant sa joie sur le moment, Ted oublie cependant un petit détail : Les descendants du propriétaire du bateau coulé pourraient se manifester, ce qui ne tarde pas à arriver. La jeune et séduisante Jo Symington se présente et réclame sa part, ce que Ted refuse. Commence alors un conflit entre les deux aventuriers...
Barefoot in the Park, 1h46
Directed by Gene Saks
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, Charles Boyer, Mildred Natwick, Herb Edelman, Mabel Albertson
Roles Art Direction
Rating70% 3.5008453.5008453.5008453.5008453.500845
Corie (Jane Fonda), a free spirited young woman, and Paul Bratter (Robert Redford), a more conservative, less free-spirited man, are a recently married couple, who move into a fifth floor apartment in Greenwich Village (one of the ongoing jokes is the fact that everyone has to climb so many stairs to get to the apartment). Corie decorates the small, leaky apartment, turning it into a picturesque little home for the two. One of the many odd people living in the apartment building, the quirky Victor Velasco (Charles Boyer), befriends Corie, often even flirting with her. He lives in the attic of the building, once even climbing through the Bratters' apartment window to get to his. Victor helps Corie with the apartment, teaching her how to work the seemingly broken heating and plumbing.
The President's Analyst, 1h43
Directed by Theodore J. Flicker
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Comedy, Spy
Themes Spy films, Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Political films
Actors James Coburn, Godfrey Cambridge, Severn Darden, Pat Harrington, Jr., Eduard Franz, Will Geer
Roles Art Direction
Rating67% 3.393413.393413.393413.393413.39341
Dr. Sidney Schaefer (James Coburn), a psychiatrist, is chosen by the U.S. Government to act as the President’s top-secret personal psychoanalyst, through Don Masters (Godfrey Cambridge), a Central Enquiries Agency (CEA) assassin who vetted Dr. Schaefer while undergoing psychoanalysis. The decision to choose Schaefer is against the advice of Henry Lux (Walter Burke), the director of the all-male, under-five-foot-six-inch Federal Bureau of Regulation (FBR). (Lux, like Hoover, was once a famous line of vacuum cleaner.) Dr. Schaefer is given a home in affluent Georgetown and assigned a comfortable office connected to the White House by a tunnel. From this location he is to be on call at all hours to fit the President's hectic schedule. However, the President's Analyst has one problem: There is no one to whom he can talk about the President's ultra-top-secret and personal problems. As he steadily becomes overwhelmed by stress, Schaefer begins to feel that he is being watched everywhere — which is actually true — until he becomes clinically paranoid; he even suspects his sweet girlfriend Nan (Joan Delaney) of spying on him — also true — as an agent of the CEA.
Warning Shot, 1h40
Directed by Buzz Kulik
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors David Janssen, Ed Begley, Keenan Wynn, Joan Collins, Sam Wanamaker, Lillian Gish
Roles Art Direction
Rating66% 3.3445153.3445153.3445153.3445153.344515
Los Angeles police sergeant Tom Valens is on a stakeout near an upscale apartment complex when he is forced to defend himself from a mysterious figure who aims a gun at him on a foggy night. The trouble is, the dead man turns out to be a prominent physician and pillar of the community, Dr. James Ruston, and there is no gun to be found.
The Oscar
The Oscar (1966)
, 1h59
Directed by Russell Rouse
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about television
Actors Stephen Boyd, Elke Sommer, Jill St John, Milton Berle, Eleanor Parker, Joseph Cotten
Roles Production Design
Rating52% 2.6051452.6051452.6051452.6051452.605145
As movie star Frankie Fane (Boyd) is about to hear if he won a best acting Oscar, his friend Hymie Kelly (Bennett) reminisces about Fane's struggle to the top, beginning as a spieler for his stripper girlfriend Laurel (St. John). After moving to New York, Frankie dumps Laurel for a budding fashion designer, Kay Bergdahl (Sommer), which leads to a chance meeting with talent scout Sophie Cantaro (Parker). Sophie arranges for him to be signed with agent "Kappy" Kapstetter (Berle) and brings Frankie to Hollywood, where he quickly becomes a rising star.