Samuel M. Comer
Set decorator

Samuel M. Comer

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Set decorator
Gender:
Male
Places:
United States of America
Is:
Film crew memberScenographer
Work field:
Film, TV, Stage & Radio
Birth:
13 July 1893(Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, U.S.A.)
Death:
27 December 1974(La Jolla, San Diego, San Diego County, California)
Family:
Children:
Anjanette Comer
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Sam Comer (July 13, 1893 – December 27, 1974) was a set decorator who worked on over 300 films during a career spanning four decades. He won four Academy Awards and was nominated for another 22 in the category Best Art Direction.

He guided his niece, Anjanette Comer into "the biz."

Academy Awards

  • The Rose Tattoo (1955)
  • Sunset Boulevard (1950)
  • Samson and Delilah (1949)
  • Frenchman's Creek (1944)
  • Hud (1963)
  • Love with the Proper Stranger (1963)
  • Come Blow Your Horn (1963)
  • The Pigeon That Took Rome (1962)
  • Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
  • Summer and Smoke (1961)
  • Visit to a Small Planet (1960)
  • It Started in Naples (1960)
  • Career (1959)
  • Vertigo (1958)
  • Funny Face (1957)
  • The Proud and Profane (1956)
  • The Ten Commandments (1956)
  • To Catch a Thief (1955)
  • The Country Girl (1954)
  • Sabrina (1954)
  • Red Garters (1954)
  • Kitty (1945)
  • Love Letters (1945)
  • No Time for Love (1943)
  • Take a Letter, Darling (1942)
  • Hold Back the Dawn (1941)