Bernard Robinson
Art·1912–1970·Liverpool, UK
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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.
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
Supervising Art Director
The Devil Rides Out
Production Designer · Supervising Art Director
Quatermass and the Pit
Supervising Art Director
The Mummy's Shroud
Production Manager
Frankenstein Created Woman
Production Designer
The Witches
Production Designer
The Reptile
Production Designer
Rasputin: The Mad Monk
Production Designer
The Plague of the Zombies
Production Designer
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
Production Designer
The Brigand of Kandahar
Production Designer
The Secret of Blood Island
Production Designer
The Gorgon
Production Designer
The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb
Production Designer
The Devil-Ship Pirates
Production Designer
Nightmare
Production Designer
The Old Dark House
Production Designer
The Kiss of the Vampire
Production Designer
The Scarlet Blade
Production Designer
Maniac
Production Designer
Paranoiac
Production Designer
The Damned
Production Designer
The Phantom of the Opera
Production Designer
Captain Clegg
Production Designer
The Pirates of Blood River
Production Designer
Cash on Demand
Production Designer
Watch It, Sailor!
Production Designer
The Curse of the Werewolf
Production Designer
The Shadow of the Cat
Production Designer
Taste of Fear
Production Designer
The Terror of the Tongs
Production Designer
Visa to Canton
Production Designer
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
Production Designer
The Brides of Dracula
Production Designer
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
Production Designer
The Stranglers of Bombay
Production Designer
Yesterday's Enemy
Production Designer
The Ugly Duckling
Production Designer
The Mummy
Production Designer
The Man Who Could Cheat Death
Production Designer
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Production Designer
The Revenge of Frankenstein
Production Designer
Dracula
Production Designer
The Abominable Snowman
Production Designer
Quatermass 2
Production Designer
The Curse of Frankenstein
Production Designer · Set Designer
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire
Production Designer
Crimes at the Dark House
Production Designer