Monday, January 11, 2016

John B. Mansbridge obit

John B. Mansbridge, Oscar-Nominated Art Director, Dies at 98



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He worked for more than two decades at Disney, and his prolific body of work includes 'The Love Bug,' 'Tron,' 'Bedknobs and Broomsticks' and 'Frankenweenie.'

John B. Mansbridge, the two-time Oscar-nominated art director known for his work on such films as Tron, Bedknobs and Broomsticks and many other Disney films, has died. He was 98.

Mansbridge, who did everything from Citizen Kane (1941) to Frankenweenie (1984) and received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Art Directors Guild in 2006, died Monday, his family announced. He was a resident of La Quinta, Calif.

Mansbridge spent more than two decades at Disney as a designer and supervising art director for live-action features and received his Oscar noms for the studio’s Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) and The Island at the Top of the World (1974).

In addition to Tron (1982), his lengthy list of Disney credits as an art director/production designer includes The Love Bug (1968) and its sequels, The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969), The World’s Greatest Athlete (1973), Freaky Friday (1976), The Shaggy D.A. (1976) and the Tim Burton short Frankenweenie (1984).

Mansbridge also won an Emmy Award in 1988 for outstanding art direction for his work on the CBS series Beauty and the Beast.

A native of Geddes, S.D., Mansbridge served as an uncredited draftsman on Citizen Kane for director Orson Welles and worked in the RKO art department under six-time Oscar nominee Van Nest Polglase.

He was brought to Disney in the 1950s by Polglase’s frequent collaborator, production designer Carroll Clark, a seven-time Oscar nominee known for such films as Notorious, Mary Poppins and The Absent-Minded Professor. He would prove to be Mansbridge’s mentor.

Mansbridge also worked on the 1950s TV show Adventures of Superman and the 1980s revival of The Twilight Zone.

Survivors include his son Mark Mansbridge; also an art director and production designer.

Art Director

The Twilight Zone (1985)

The Twilight Zone

7.7

TV Series

Art Director (as John Mansbridge)

1985–1986

8 episodes

 

Fisher Stevens, John Stockwell, Raphael Sbarge, and Danielle von Zerneck in My Science Project (1985)

My Science Project

5.9

Art Director

1985

 

Frankenweenie (1984)

Frankenweenie

7.2

Short

Art Director

1984

 

Jessica Lange and Sam Shepard in Country (1984)

Country

6.6

Art Director

1984

 

Gone Are the Dayes (1984)

Gone Are the Dayes

6.0

TV Movie

Art Director

1984

 

Splash (1983)

Splash

6.3

Art Director (uncredited)

1983

 

Jonathan Pryce, Shawn Carson, and Vidal Peterson in Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)

Something Wicked This Way Comes

6.7

Art Director

1983

 

Trenchcoat (1983)

Trenchcoat

5.3

Art Director

1983

 

Matt Dillon in Tex (1982)

Tex

6.4

Art Director

1982

 

Tron (1982)

Tron

6.7

Art Director (as John Mansbridge)

1982

 

The Magical World of Disney (1954)

The Magical World of Disney

8.4

TV Series

Art Director

1963–1982

45 episodes

 

Bill Cosby and Elliott Gould in The Devil and Max Devlin (1981)

The Devil and Max Devlin

5.0

Art Director

1981

 

The Ghosts of Buxley Hall (1980)

The Ghosts of Buxley Hall

5.6

TV Movie

Art Director

1980

 

Elliott Gould in The Last Flight of Noah's Ark (1980)

The Last Flight of Noah's Ark

5.7

Art Director

1980

 

Cloris Leachman and Charles Martin Smith in Herbie Goes Bananas (1980)

Herbie Goes Bananas

4.9

Art Director

1980

 

Rad Daly and Dana Hill in The Kids Who Knew Too Much (1980)

The Kids Who Knew Too Much

6.6

TV Movie

Art Director

1980

 

Michael J. Fox, Patricia Alice Albrecht, Curt Ayers, Dirk Blocker, Debra Clinger, David Damas, Eddie Deezen, Brian Frishman, Stephen Furst, Michael Gitomer, Trevor Henley, Marvin Katzoff, Joel Kenney, Keny Long, Sal Lopez, David Naughton, Robyn Petty, Maggie Roswell, Christopher Sands, Andy Tennant, Betsy Lynn Thompson, Carol Gwynn Thompson, and Brad Wilkin in Midnight Madness (1980)

Midnight Madness

6.3

Art Director

1980

 

The Black Hole (1979)

The Black Hole

5.9

Art Director

1979

 

The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again (1979)

The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again

6.0

Art Director

1979

 

Cloris Leachman, Susan Clark, Barbara Harris, Patsy Kelly, and Karen Valentine in The North Avenue Irregulars (1979)

The North Avenue Irregulars

6.7

Art Director

1979

 

Hot Lead and Cold Feet (1978)

Hot Lead and Cold Feet

6.0

Art Director

1978

 

The Cat from Outer Space (1978)

The Cat from Outer Space

6.0

Art Director

1978

 

Jim Davis and Larry Wilcox in Trail of Danger (1978)

Trail of Danger

6.8

TV Movie

Art Director

1978

 

Bette Davis, Christopher Lee, Kim Richards, and Ike Eisenmann in Return from Witch Mountain (1978)

Return from Witch Mountain

5.7

Art Director

1978

 

Charlie Callas and Sean Marshall in Pete's Dragon (1977)

Pete's Dragon

6.3

Art Director

1977

 

Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (1977)

Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo

5.6

Art Director

1977

 

The Ghost of Cypress Swamp (1977)

The Ghost of Cypress Swamp

7.2

TV Movie

Art Director

1977

 

The New Mickey Mouse Club (1977)

The New Mickey Mouse Club

7.1

TV Series

Art Director

1977

1 episode

 

Jodie Foster, John Astin, Barbara Harris, and Vicki Schreck in Freaky Friday (1976)

Freaky Friday

6.3

Art Director

1976

 

Dean Jones in The Shaggy D.A. (1976)

The Shaggy D.A.

5.8

Art Director

1976

 

Edward Asner, Tim Conway, Gary Grimes, Don Knotts, Ronnie Schell, Dick Van Patten, and Louise Williams in Gus (1976)

Gus

5.7

Art Director

1976

 

Peter Ustinov, Johnny Doran, Robert Foxworth, Joan Hackett, and Vic Morrow in Treasure of Matecumbe (1976)

Treasure of Matecumbe

6.1

Art Director

1976

 

The Flight of the Grey Wolf (1976)

The Flight of the Grey Wolf

7.4

TV Movie

Art Director

1976

 

David Niven, Kim Richards, Herschel Bernardi, Barbara Feldon, Don Knotts, Darren McGavin, and Brad Savage in No Deposit, No Return (1976)

No Deposit, No Return

6.3

Art Director

1976

 

The Whiz Kid and the Carnival Caper (1976)

The Whiz Kid and the Carnival Caper

7.0

TV Movie

Art Director

1976

 

Christian Juttner in The Boy Who Talked to Badgers (1975)

The Boy Who Talked to Badgers

5.4

TV Movie

Art Director

1975

 

Slim Pickens, Bill Bixby, Susan Clark, Tim Conway, Don Knight, Don Knotts, John McGiver, Harry Morgan, Clay O'Brien, and David Wayne in The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975)

The Apple Dumpling Gang

6.4

Art Director

1975

 

Eddie Albert, Ray Milland, Kim Richards, and Ike Eisenmann in Escape to Witch Mountain (1975)

Escape to Witch Mountain

6.3

Art Director

1975

 

Kurt Russell, Eve Arden, Cesar Romero, Joe Flynn, and Phil Silvers in The Strongest Man in the World (1975)

The Strongest Man in the World

5.9

Art Director

1975

 

Agneta Eckemyr, David Gwillim, David Hartman, Mako, Jacques Marin, and Donald Sinden in The Island at the Top of the World (1974)

The Island at the Top of the World

6.2

Art Director

1974

 

Return of the Big Cat (1974)

Return of the Big Cat

7.5

TV Movie

Art Director

1974

 

The Castaway Cowboy (1974)

The Castaway Cowboy

5.7

Art Director

1974

 

Patrick Wayne in The Bears and I (1974)

The Bears and I

6.1

Art Director

1974

 

Herbie Rides Again (1974)

Herbie Rides Again

5.7

Art Director

1974

 

Hog Wild (1974)

Hog Wild

7.7

TV Movie

Art Director

1974

 

The Whiz Kid and the Mystery at Riverton (1974)

The Whiz Kid and the Mystery at Riverton

6.9

TV Movie

Art Director

1974

 

Superdad (1973)

Superdad

5.1

Art Director

1973

 

Superman (1973)

Superman

6.5

Art Director

1973

 

One Little Indian (1973)

One Little Indian

6.0

Art Director

1973

 

Charley and the Angel (1973)

Charley and the Angel

6.0

Art Director

1973

 

The World's Greatest Athlete (1973)

The World's Greatest Athlete

5.6

Art Director

1973

 

Mystery in Dracula's Castle (1973)

Mystery in Dracula's Castle

6.1

TV Movie

Art Director

1973

 

Snowball Express (1972)

Snowball Express

6.3

Art Director

1972

 

Run, Cougar, Run (1972)

Run, Cougar, Run

5.9

Art Director

1972

 

Now You See Him, Now You Don't (1972)

Now You See Him, Now You Don't

6.2

Art Director

1972

 

Napoleon and Samantha (1972)

Napoleon and Samantha

6.0

Art Director

1972

 

Michael O'Hara the Fourth

7.4

TV Movie

Art Director

1972

 

The Biscuit Eater (1972)

The Biscuit Eater

5.7

Art Director

1972

 

Justin Morgan Had a Horse (1972)

Justin Morgan Had a Horse

6.6

Art Director

1972

 

The Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove (1971)

The Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove

6.6

TV Movie

Art Director

1971

 

Angela Lansbury, Dal McKennon, Bob Holt, Cindy O'Callaghan, Roy Snart, David Tomlinson, Ian Weighill, and Lennie Weinrib in Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

7.0

Art Director

1971

 

Sandy Duncan, Joe Flynn, James Gregory, Dean Jones, Lee Montgomery, and Tony Roberts in The Million Dollar Duck (1971)

The Million Dollar Duck

5.8

Art Director

1971

 

Brian Keith, Michele Carey, and Rick Lenz in Scandalous John (1971)

Scandalous John

5.8

Art Director

1971

 

Kurt Russell, Heather North, and Raffles in The Barefoot Executive (1971)

The Barefoot Executive

5.9

Art Director

1971

 

Ron Howard, Jack Elam, Steve Forrest, Clint Howard, and Vera Miles in The Wild Country (1970)

The Wild Country

6.2

Art Director

1970

 

Jodie Foster in Menace on the Mountain (1970)

Menace on the Mountain

6.6

TV Movie

Art Director

1970

 

Ron Howard in Smoke (1970)

Smoke

6.6

TV Movie

Art Director

1970

 

Kurt Russell, Cesar Romero, Alexander Clarke, Joe Flynn, Alan Hewitt, Debbie Paine, William Schallert, and Frank Welker in The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969)

The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes

5.9

Art Director

1969

 

Secrets of the Pirates' Inn (1969)

Secrets of the Pirates' Inn

7.2

TV Movie

Art Director

1969

 

Hang Your Hat on the Wind (1969)

Hang Your Hat on the Wind

6.7

Art Director

1969

 

Rascal (1969)

Rascal

6.4

Art Director

1969

 

Smith! (1969)

Smith!

5.7

Art Director

1969

 

The Love Bug (1969)

The Love Bug

6.5

Art Director

1969

 

The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit (1968)

The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit

6.3

Art Director

1968

 

Never a Dull Moment (1968)

Never a Dull Moment

6.1

Art Director

1968

 

Peter Ustinov, Dean Jones, and Suzanne Pleshette in Blackbeard's Ghost (1968)

Blackbeard's Ghost

6.8

Art Director

1968

 

Lesley Ann Warren, Greer Garson, Hermione Baddeley, Joyce Bulifant, Gladys Cooper, John Davidson, Fred MacMurray, Geraldine Page, and Tommy Steele in The Happiest Millionaire (1967)

The Happiest Millionaire

6.5

Art Director

1967

 

The 39th Annual Academy Awards (1967)

The 39th Annual Academy Awards

7.1

TV Special

Art Director

1967

 

Roddy McDowall and Mike Mazurki in The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (1967)

The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin

6.4

Art Director

1967

 

Monkeys, Go Home! (1967)

Monkeys, Go Home!

5.7

Art Director

1967

 

Those Calloways (1965)

Those Calloways

6.6

Art Director

1965

 

The Incredible Journey (1963)

The Incredible Journey

7.0

Art Director

1963

 

Diana Darrin, Jody McCrea, and Kent Taylor in The Broken Land (1962)

The Broken Land

5.1

Art Director (as John Mansbridge)

1962

 

Joan Freeman, Marilyn Maxwell, and Rhodes Reason in Bus Stop (1961)

Bus Stop

7.2

TV Series

Art Director

1961–1962

10 episodes

 

The Purple Hills (1961)

The Purple Hills

5.1

Art Director

1961

 

The Two Little Bears (1961)

The Two Little Bears

6.2

Art Director

1961

 

20,000 Eyes (1961)

20,000 Eyes

5.4

Art Director (as John Mansbridge)

1961

 

Battle at Bloody Beach (1961)

Battle at Bloody Beach

5.4

Art Director (as John Mansbridge)

1961

 

David McLean, Roger Mobley, Gail Russell, and Spike in The Silent Call (1961)

The Silent Call

5.8

Art Director

1961

 

Hugh Marlowe and Lisa Montell in The Long Rope (1961)

The Long Rope

6.0

Art Director (as John Mansbridge)

1961

 

Sniper's Ridge (1961)

Sniper's Ridge

5.6

Art Director

1961

 

Linda Hutchings, Luana Patten, Jimmie Rodgers, and Chill Wills in The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come (1961)

The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come

6.0

Art Director (as John Mansbridge)

1961

 

Tess of the Storm Country (1960)

Tess of the Storm Country

5.5

Art Director

1960

 

Joan Bennett, Raymond Burr, Brett Halsey, Martha Hyer, and Ken Scott in Desire in the Dust (1960)

Desire in the Dust

6.0

Art Director

1960

 

Merry Anders, Robert Dix, Emile Meyer, Willard Parker, and Ray Stricklyn in Young Jesse James (1960)

Young Jesse James

5.0

Art Director (as John Mansbridge)

1960

 

Barbara Eden, Gavin MacLeod, and Nico Minardos in Twelve Hours to Kill (1960)

Twelve Hours to Kill

5.7

Art Director

1960

 

The 3rd Voice (1960)

The 3rd Voice

6.7

Art Director

1960

 

Peter Marshall, Julie Newmar, and Tommy Noonan in The Rookie (1959)

The Rookie

3.5

Art Director (as John Mansbridge)

1959

 

Guy Madison, Ilona Massey, Virginia Mayo, and George Raft in Jet Over the Atlantic (1959)

Jet Over the Atlantic

5.6

Art Director (as John Mansbridge)

1959

 

Five Gates to Hell (1959)

Five Gates to Hell

5.8

Art Director

1959

 

Fred MacMurray and Nina Shipman in The Oregon Trail (1959)

The Oregon Trail

5.2

Art Director (as John Mansbridge)

1959

 

The Miracle of the Hills (1959)

The Miracle of the Hills

7.0

Art Director

1959

 

Return of the Fly (1959)

Return of the Fly

5.7

Art Director (as John Mansbridge)

1959

 

Bruce Bennett and Beverly Garland in The Alligator People (1959)

The Alligator People

5.6

Art Director (as John Mansbridge)

1959

 

Steve Brodie, Jean Carson, Mark Dana, and John Doucette in Here Come the Jets (1959)

Here Come the Jets

6.8

Art Director

1959

 

The Little Savage (1959)

The Little Savage

5.8

Art Director (as John Mansbridge)

1959

 

Verboten! (1959)

Verboten!

6.7

Art Director (as John Mansbridge)

1959

 

Nora Hayden, Lyn Thomas, and Bill Williams in Alaska Passage (1959)

Alaska Passage

5.5

Art Director (as John Mansbridge)

1959

 

Villa!! (1958)

Villa!!

4.8

Art Director (as John Mansbridge)

1958

 

Charles Bronson, John Doucette, Gloria Henry, Jennifer Holden, and Kent Taylor in Gang War (1958)

Gang War

6.1

Art Director

1958

 

Brian Keith, Rita Gam, and Rick Jason in Sierra Baron (1958)

Sierra Baron

6.0

Art Director (as John Mansbridge)

1958

 

Buck Class, Barry Coe, Audrey Dalton, Robert Dix, Dick Foran, and Rex Reason in Thundering Jets (1958)

Thundering Jets

6.5

Art Director

1958

 

Scott Brady and Margia Dean in Ambush at Cimarron Pass (1958)

Ambush at Cimarron Pass

5.3

Art Director (as John Mansbridge)

1958

 

Showdown at Boot Hill (1958)

Showdown at Boot Hill

6.3

Art Director

1958

 

Barbara Stanwyck and Barry Sullivan in Forty Guns (1957)

Forty Guns

7.0

Art Director (as John Mansbridge)

1957

 

George Reeves in Adventures of Superman (1952)

Adventures of Superman

7.7

TV Series

Art Director

1956–1957

26 episodes

 

Angie Dickinson, Gene Barry, Nat 'King' Cole, and Warren Hsieh in China Gate (1957)

China Gate

6.2

Art Director (as John Mansbridge)

1957

 

Public Pigeon No. 1 (1957)

Public Pigeon No. 1

6.4

Art Director

1957

 

James MacArthur in The Young Stranger (1957)

The Young Stranger

6.5

Art Director

1957

 

Tension at Table Rock (1956)

Tension at Table Rock

6.4

Art Director

1956

 

Production Designer

Stone Cold (1991)

Stone Cold

6.1

Production Designer (as John Mansbridge)

1991

 

Linda Hamilton and Ron Perlman in Beauty and the Beast (1987)

Beauty and the Beast

7.0

TV Series

Production Designer

1987–1990

44 episodes

 

The Diamond Trap (1988)

The Diamond Trap

5.1

TV Movie

production designer: U.S.

1988

 

Shakedown on the Sunset Strip (1988)

Shakedown on the Sunset Strip

6.4

TV Movie

Production Designer

1988

 

The Twilight Zone (1985)

The Twilight Zone

7.7

TV Series

Production Designer (as John Mansbridge)

1986–1987

6 episodes

 

Robert Picardo, Carmen Argenziano, and Lewis Smith in The Man Who Fell to Earth (1987)

The Man Who Fell to Earth

4.9

TV Movie

Production Designer (as John Mansbridge)

1987

 

Jessica Lange and Sam Shepard in Country (1984)

Country

6.6

Production Designer

1984

 

Zorro and Son (1983)

Zorro and Son

5.8

TV Series

Production Designer

1983

1 episode

 

Amy-on-the-Lips (1982)

Amy-on-the-Lips

Video

Production Designer (uncredited)

1982

 

Amy (1981)

Amy

6.5

Production Designer

1981

 

The Magical World of Disney (1954)

The Magical World of Disney

8.4

TV Series

Production Designer

1980

2 episodes

 

The Ghosts of Buxley Hall (1980)

The Ghosts of Buxley Hall

5.6

TV Movie

Production Designer (uncredited)

1980

 

Bette Davis, Christopher Lee, Kim Richards, and Ike Eisenmann in Return from Witch Mountain (1978)

Return from Witch Mountain

5.7

Production Designer (uncredited)

1978

 

Charlie Callas and Sean Marshall in Pete's Dragon (1977)

Pete's Dragon

6.3

Production Designer (uncredited)

1977

 

Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (1977)

Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo

5.6

Production Designer (uncredited)

1977

 

David Ladd, Rex Reason, Chill Wills, and Patrice Wymore in The Sad Horse (1959)

The Sad Horse

6.4

Production Designer

1959

 

Art Department

Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend (1985)

Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend

5.1

art director: USA

1985

 

Splash (1983)

Splash

6.3

art director: Los Angeles

1983

 

The Watcher in the Woods (1980)

The Watcher in the Woods

6.1

art director: Other World sequence

1980

 

Walter Brennan, Charlotte Greenwood, John Lupton, and Margaret O'Brien in Glory (1956)

Glory

5.7

assistant art director

1956

 

Frank Sinatra, Kim Novak, and Eleanor Parker in The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)

The Man with the Golden Arm

7.3

assistant production designer (uncredited)

1955

 

Orson Welles, Dorothy Comingore, and Ruth Warrick in Citizen Kane (1941)

Citizen Kane

8.3

draftsman (uncredited)

1941

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