Arthur Lonergan Biography

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Arthur Lonergan (1906-1989) Born: New York City, NY; Studied: Columbia University School of Architecture, Ecole des Beaux Arts (Paris); Member: American Watercolor Society, California Water Color Society. Arthur Lonergan grew up on the East Coast and was introduced to watercolor painting while studying architecture at Columbia University. He received additional art instruction in Paris, then settled in the Los Angeles area in 1935.

Lonergan made a living producing architectural renderings for clients all over the United States and taught classes in the history of architecture and interior design. He also worked for many years as an art director on motion pictures produced by Paramount, Universal and M.G.M. Studios. Throughout his life, he painted and exhibited watercolors on a national level.

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Art Director (69 titles)

 

1971 The Todd Killings

 

1970 Beyond the Valley of the Dolls

 

1970 MASH

 

1969 Che!

 

1968 How Sweet It Is!

 

1968 Yours, Mine and Ours

 

1967 The Caper of the Golden Bulls

 

1967 Good Times

 

1967 Captain Nice (TV series)

It Tastes OK, But Something's Missing (1967)

 

1966 The Oscar

 

1965 Red Line 7000

 

1965 Billie

 

1965 Tickle Me

 

1965 Young Fury

 

1964 Robinson Crusoe on Mars

 

1964 For Those Who Think Young

 

1963 Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?

 

1963 A New Kind of Love

 

1963 Papa's Delicate Condition

 

1962 Who's Got the Action?

 

1962 My Geisha

 

1961 The Errand Boy

 

1961 On the Double (art direction)

 

1960 The Tall Man (TV series)

Counterfeit Law (1960)

Larceny and the Ladies (1960)

A Bounty for Billy (1960)

The Shawl (1960)

Bad Company (1960)

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1959-1960 The Deputy (TV series)

Passage to New Orleans (1960)

The Fatal Urge (1960)

The Jason Harris Story (1960)

Meet Sergeant Tasker (1960)

The Deadly Breed (1960)

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1960 Thriller (TV series)

The Twisted Image (1960)

 

1959-1960 Markham (TV series)

The Cruelest Thief (1960)

Escorts a La Carte (1960)

The Duelists (1959)

 

1958-1960 M Squad (TV series)

The Bad Apple (1960)

The Tiger's Cage (1960)

Fire in the Sky (1960)

A Grenade for a Summer's Evening (1960)

Let There Be Light (1960)

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1960 Leave It to Beaver (TV series)

The Last Day of School (1960)

Wally's Play (1960)

Beaver and Ivanhoe (1960)

Wally, the Businessman (1960)

Beaver, the Model (1960)

 

1958-1959 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)

Specialty of the House (1959)

Appointment at Eleven (1959)

The Impossible Dream (1959)

The Waxwork (1959)

I'll Take Care of You (1959)

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1959 Mike Hammer (TV series)

Goodbye, Al (1959)

A Haze on the Lake (1959)

 

1958-1959 The Restless Gun (TV series)

The Pawn (1959)

Melany (1959)

The Painted Beauty (1959)

Peligroso (1958)

Multiply One Boy (1958)

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1959 Schlitz Playhouse (TV series)

Ivy League (1959)

 

1958 The Millionaire (TV series)

The Russ White Story (1958)

The Paul Naylor Story (1958)

The Jack Garrison Story (1958)

 

1958 Tales of Wells Fargo (TV series)

The Sniper (1958)

The Break (1958)

 

1956-1958 The Life of Riley (TV series)

Help for Honeybee (1958)

Dudley Comes to Town (1958)

The Letter (1958)

Happy Birthday, Little Chester (1957)

A House Divided (1957)

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1957 Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans (TV series)

Snake Tattoo (1957) (uncredited)

Hawkeye's Homecoming (1957)

 

1956 The Search for Bridey Murphy

 

1956 Gun Brothers

 

1956 Forbidden Planet

 

1956 Ransom!

 

1955 The Tender Trap

 

1955 It's Always Fair Weather

 

1955 The Adventures of Falcon (TV series)

The Wheel of Fortune (1955)

 

1954 Mr. & Mrs. North (TV series)

Climax (1954)

Mask of Hate (1954)

The Suspected (1954)

The Placid Affair (1954)

Murder for Sale (1954)

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1954 Topper (TV series)

Sweepstakes (1954)

Topper Goes West (1954)

Topper Goes to Las Vegas (1954)

The Proposal (1954)

Trip to Lisbon (1954)

 

1953 The Actress

 

1953 Half a Hero

 

1953 Ride, Vaquero!

 

1952 Apache War Smoke

 

1952 Holiday for Sinners

 

1952 The Sellout

 

1952 Young Man with Ideas

 

1951 The Man with a Cloak

 

1951 It's a Big Country

 

1951 Bannerline

 

1951 Rich, Young and Pretty

 

1951 Cause for Alarm!

 

1950 The Magnificent Yankee

 

1950 A Life of Her Own

 

1950 The Cariboo Trail

 

1949 Mrs. Mike

 

1949 Outpost in Morocco

 

1948 Pitfall

 

1948 Man-Eater of Kumaon

 

1948 Song of My Heart

 

1948 The Tender Years

 

1947 Intrigue

 

1946 Black Beauty

 

 Production Designer (3 titles)

 

1971 Plaza Suite

 

1956-1959 The Adventures of Hiram Holliday (TV series)

The Adventure of the Diamond Eater (1959)

Adventure of the Romantic Pigeon (1956)

Dancing Mouse (1956)

Wrong Rembrandt (1956)

Hawaiian Hamzah (1956)

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1957 The Pied Piper of Hamelin (TV movie)

 

Art Department (1 title)

 

1956 Forbidden Planet (designer: Morbius house and Krell lab - uncredited)