Ray Moyer, Winner of 3 Oscars for Designing Movie Sets, Dies at 87
Ray Moyer, a pioneer film set designer who won three Academy Awards, two of them in a single year, died Thursday at the Motion Picture and Television Hospital in Woodland Hills.
He was 87 and had retired in 1970.
Moyer came to films in 1919 after Army service in World War I, starting as a property man at the old Metro studio. He then joined First National, Warner Brothers and RKO Studios, moving finally to Paramount, where he was to earn most of his accolades.
In 1950, he and Sam Comer were awarded a joint Oscar for their sets in the black and white production of “Sunset Boulevard” and also captured color credits for “Samson and Delilah.” He won a third award for “Cleopatra” in 1963.
He also was nominated for “Lady in the Dark,” “Love Letters,” “Kitty,” “Sabrina,” “Red Garters,” “The Ten Commandments,” “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” and “The Greatest Story Every Told.”
His survivors include three daughters, 14 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
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