Bernard Robinson
Liverpool-born artist, who spent the 1930's working for Warner Brothers at Teddington Studio as a draughtsman. After gaining promotion to art director, he joined Alexander Korda at London Films, working out of Denham Studios. His career was interrupted by wartime service and did not resume fully until 1956, when he joined Hammer Films as a production designer. Robinson soon acquired a reputation for creating a lavish look, given the limited budgets and cramped facilities at Hammer's Bray studio. He built sets which could be rapidly re-built to suit different requirements. In this manner, the crypt from Dracula (1958) became the laboratory for The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958). Similarly, the same Cornish village set doubled for both The Plague of the Zombies (1966) and The Reptile (1966). Castle Dracula itself was used again as Baskerville Hall for The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959). Robinson's productive association with Hammer lasted until 1969. He died the following year.
Known for
ArtBirthday
July 28, 1912Deathday
March 2, 1970Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
64Place of birth
Liverpool, UK
Crew credits
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
Production Design
The Curse of Frankenstein
Set Designer, Production Design
The Revenge of Frankenstein
Production Design
Frankenstein Created Woman
Production Design
The Brides of Dracula
Production Design
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
Supervising Art Director
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Production Design
The Witches
Production Design
The Gorgon
Production Design
Rasputin: The Mad Monk
Production Design
The Shadow of the Cat
Production Design
The Man Who Could Cheat Death
Production Design
The Devil-Ship Pirates
Production Design
The Curse of the Werewolf
Production Design
The Terror of the Tongs
Production Design
The Plague of the Zombies
Production Design
The Reptile
Production Design
The Old Dark House
Production Design
Paranoiac
Production Design
Quatermass and the Pit
Supervising Art Director
Maniac
Production Design
