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Ray Moyer is a Actor and Set Decoration American born on 21 february 1898 at Santa Barbara (USA)

Ray Moyer

Ray Moyer
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Birth name Paul Raymond Moyer
Nationality USA
Birth 21 february 1898 at Santa Barbara (USA)
Death 6 february 1986 (at 87 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Ray Moyer (21 February 1898 – 6 February 1986) was an American set decorator. He won three Academy Awards and was nominated for nine more in the category Best Art Direction.

He was born in Santa Barbara, California and died in Los Angeles, California.

Biography

Au cinéma, Ray Moyer contribue à cent-vingt-trois films américains, sortis entre 1927 et 1973. Souvent associé à son collègue Sam Comer, il travaille notamment pour Paramount Pictures (principalement) et, dans les dernières années, pour Batjac Productions (la compagnie de John Wayne).

Parmi ses nombreux films notables, mentionnons Les Quatre Filles du docteur March de George Cukor (version 1933, avec Katharine Hepburn et Joan Bennett), La Duchesse des bas-fonds de Mitchell Leisen (1947, avec Paulette Goddard et Ray Milland), Les Dix Commandements de Cecil B. DeMille (version 1956, avec Charlton Heston et Yul Brynner), Diamants sur canapé de Blake Edwards (1961, avec Audrey Hepburn et George Peppard), ou encore Cent dollars pour un shérif d'Henry Hathaway (1969, avec John Wayne et Kim Darby).

Ses trois derniers films (1973) sont les westerns Les Voleurs de trains de Burt Kennedy (avec John Wayne et Ann-Margret), Pat Garrett et Billy le Kid de Sam Peckinpah (avec James Coburn et Kris Kristofferson) et Les Cordes de la potence d'Andrew V. McLaglen (avec John Wayne et George Kennedy).

Ray Moyer est également décorateur à la télévision, sur un téléfilm (1959) et six séries (1955-1967), dont Le Grand Chaparral (deux épisodes, 1967).

Durant sa carrière, il obtient douze nominations à l'Oscar des meilleurs décors (détails ci-dessous), dont trois gagnés pour Samson et Dalila de Cecil B. DeMille (1949, avec Hedy Lamarr et Victor Mature), Boulevard du crépuscule de Billy Wilder (1950, avec William Holden et Gloria Swanson) et Cléopâtre de Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1963, avec Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton et Rex Harrison).

Best films

The Ten Commandments (1956)
(Set Decoration)
Cleopatra (1963)
(Set Decoration)
Rear Window (1954)
(Set Decoration)
The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
(Set Decoration)
True Grit (1969)
(Set Decoration)
Samson and Delilah (1949)
(Set Decoration)

Usually with

Edith Head
Edith Head
(56 films)
Hal Pereira
Hal Pereira
(43 films)
Hans Dreier
Hans Dreier
(28 films)
Hal B. Wallis
Hal B. Wallis
(16 films)
Farciot Edouart
Farciot Edouart
(18 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Ray Moyer (98 films)

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Actor

The Deadly Trackers, 1h50
Directed by Samuel Fuller, Barry Shear
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Richard Harris, Rod Taylor, Al Lettieri, Neville Brand, Sean Marshall, William Smith
Roles Priest
Rating56% 2.8036952.8036952.8036952.8036952.803695
A pacifist sheriff pursues a gang of outlaws to Mexico to avenge the deaths of his wife and son.
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man, 1h19
Directed by Edward F. Cline, George Marshall
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Circus films
Actors W. C. Fields, Edgar Bergen, Constance Moore, Mary Forbes, Thurston Hall, John Arledge
Roles Fire Eater (uncredited)
Rating68% 3.445863.445863.445863.445863.44586
Whipsnade is struggling to keep a step ahead of foreclosure, and clearly not paying his performers, including Bergen and McCarthy, who try to coax money out of him, or in McCarthy's case, steal some outright. Whipsnade's co-ed daughter pays a visit and falls in love with Bergen, but after she sees the financial mess that her father is in, she decides to marry a tiresome young millionaire. Whipsnade initially approves of the marriage, and just to be sure that the penniless Bergen doesn't win out (and make McCarthy an in-law), he sets the pair adrift in a hot-air balloon. However, Whipsnade creates a scene at the engagement party, and father and daughter escape together in a chariot, with Bergen and McCarthy in pursuit.

Art

Cahill: United States Marshal, 1h43
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Western
Actors John Wayne, George Kennedy, Neville Brand, Marie Windsor, Gary Grimes, Morgan Paull
Roles Set Decoration
Rating63% 3.1970053.1970053.1970053.1970053.197005
While J.D. Cahill (John Wayne), a widower and U.S. Marshal, is away from home, his two sons Danny (Gary Grimes) and Billy (Clay O'Brien) aid Abe Fraser (George Kennedy) and his gang to escape from jail and to rob a bank. The town's sheriff is shot and killed during the robbery. Billy hides the stolen money while his brother and the rest of the gang return to locked jail cells as an alibi. When Cahill returns, he and Danny look for the perpetrators with the help of half-Comanche tracker Lightfoot (Neville Brand). Cahill arrests four suspects and although they are innocent, they are found guilty and scheduled to be hanged. While on the tracks of the kids, Cahill and Lightfoot are ambushed by Brownie (Dan Vadis). Lightfoot hurts him but is eventually killed. Cahill's sons try to return the gang's share of the money to Fraser, resulting in a showdown between Cahill and his boys on one side and Fraser's gang on the other.
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid, 1h46
Directed by James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson, Slim Pickens, Jason Robards, Sam Peckinpah, Bob Dylan, Rudy Wurlitzer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Western
Themes Prison films, Évasion, Gangster films
Actors James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson, Bob Dylan, Slim Pickens, Jason Robards, Harry Dean Stanton
Roles Set Decoration
Rating71% 3.5994953.5994953.5994953.5994953.599495
In 1881 in Old Fort Sumner, New Mexico, William H. Bonney, known as Billy the Kid (Kris Kristofferson), is passing the time with friends shooting chickens for fun. An old friend of Billy's, Pat Garrett (James Coburn), rides into town with Deputy Sheriff J.W. Bell (Matt Clark) and joins the diversion. Later, over drinks, Garrett informs Billy that the electorate want him out of the country, and that in five days, when he becomes Sheriff of Lincoln County, he'll make Billy leave.
The Train Robbers, 1h32
Directed by John Wayne, Michael Wayne, Rod Taylor, Ann-Margret, Christopher George, Ben Johnson, Burt Kennedy
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors John Wayne, Ann-Margret, Rod Taylor, Ben Johnson, Christopher George, Bobby Vinton
Roles Set Decoration
Rating63% 3.1986553.1986553.1986553.1986553.198655
After the death of her husband, Mrs. Lowe (Ann-Margret) wants to tell the railroad where to find the half million U.S. dollars in gold her late husband, Matt, stole during a train robbery, and clear the family name for her son. Instead Lane (John Wayne) convinces her to retrieve the gold so she can collect the $50,000 reward offered by the railroad for its return. Lane lines up some old friends to assist him in retrieving the gold for a share of the reward. But the other original train robbers have gathered a gang and will try to get the gold at any cost. As they all journey into Mexico in search of the hidden gold they are followed closely by Ricardo Montalban's character, a Pinkerton agent.
Buck and the Preacher, 1h42
Directed by Sidney Poitier, Joseph Sargent
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure, Western
Actors Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, Harry Belafonte, Cameron Mitchell, Denny Miller, Nita Talbot
Roles Set Decoration
Rating65% 3.2945353.2945353.2945353.2945353.294535
Buck and the Preacher opens with a deep rhythm and blues soundtrack reminiscent of a John Wayne Western that was given deep soul and harmony from the 1970s. The camera switches scenes to a camp of African-Americans who have been just freed from slavery and are heading West for a better life. A band of men on horseback terrorize the camp by burning wagons and tents and killing men, women and children. The leader of these white bandits, DeShay (Cameron Mitchell), is wearing an old cavalry jacket hinting at his military past.
Lawman
Lawman (1971)
, 1h39
Directed by Lee J. Cobb, Robert Duvall, Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, Michael Winner
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, Lee J. Cobb, Robert Duvall, John Beck, Sheree North
Roles Set Decoration
Rating69% 3.4951653.4951653.4951653.4951653.495165
The film starts with a scene common to many Westerns, cowboys in a drunken state shooting up a town and wreaking havoc. The rowdies are from the town of Sabbath and are visiting the town of Bannock for a little recreation that gets out of hand.
Big Jake
Big Jake (1971)
, 1h45
Directed by John Wayne, George Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Richard Boone, Patrick Wayne, Christopher Mitchum, Bruce Cabot
Roles Set Decoration
Rating70% 3.5472353.5472353.5472353.5472353.547235
In 1909, there is a raid on the McCandles family ranch by a gang of ruthless outlaws led by John Fain. They kidnap Little Jake, the grandson, leaving a ransom note and heading back for Mexico, where they have been hiding out. Martha, the head of the family, is offered the help of both the army and the Texas Rangers in hunting the gang. She replies that this will be "a harsh and unpleasant kind of business and will require an extremely harsh and unpleasant kind of person to see it through." In consequence, she sends for her estranged husband, the aging Jacob "Big Jake" McCandles, a near-legendary gunfighter who wanders the west with his Rough Collie, simply named Dog.
Chisum
Chisum (1970)
, 1h51
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors John Wayne, Forrest Tucker, Ben Johnson, Geoffrey Deuel, Glenn Corbett, Bruce Cabot
Roles Set Decoration
Rating67% 3.3987553.3987553.3987553.3987553.398755
John Chisum (John Wayne), a virtuous, patriarchal land baron, locks horns with greedy Lawrence Murphy (Forrest Tucker), who will stop at nothing to get control of the trade and even the law in Lincoln County, New Mexico.
Catch-22
Catch-22 (1970)
, 2h2
Directed by Mike Nichols, Andrew Marton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Military humor in film, Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Alan Arkin, Martin Balsam, Richard Benjamin, Art Garfunkel, Jack Gilford, Buck Henry
Roles Set Decoration
Rating70% 3.5473353.5473353.5473353.5473353.547335
Captain Yossarian (Alan Arkin), a U.S. Army Air Force B-25 bombardier, is stationed on the Mediterranean base on Pianosa during World War II. Along with his squadron members, Yossarian is committed to flying dangerous missions, and after watching friends die, he seeks a means of escape.
True Grit
True Grit (1969)
, 2h8
Directed by Henry Hathaway, Marguerite Roberts, Hal B. Wallis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Western
Themes Transport films, Road movies, Chase films
Actors John Wayne, Glen Campbell, Kim Darby, Robert Duvall, Jeff Corey, Jeremy Slate
Roles Set Decoration
Rating73% 3.699753.699753.699753.699753.69975
Frank Ross (John Pickard) is murdered by his hired hand, Tom Chaney (Jeff Corey) in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Ross' daughter, Mattie (Kim Darby), hires aging U.S. Marshal Reuben "Rooster" J. Cogburn (John Wayne) to bring Chaney in. Mattie has heard that Cogburn has "true grit". She gives him a down payment to track and capture Chaney, who has taken up with "Lucky" Ned Pepper (Robert Duvall) in Indian Territory (Oklahoma).
The Green Berets, 2h22
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy, John Wayne, Edgar Ray Kellogg
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors David Janssen, John Wayne, Jim Hutton, Aldo Ray, George Takei, Luke Askew
Roles Set Decoration
Rating56% 2.8008752.8008752.8008752.8008752.800875
At Fort Bragg, cynical newspaper reporter George Beckworth (David Janssen) is at a Special Forces briefing about the American military involvement in the war in Vietnam. The briefing at Gabriel Demonstration Area (named for SGT Jimmy Gabriel, the first "Green Beret" soldier killed in Vietnam), includes a demonstration and explanation of the whys and wherefores of participating in the Vietnam War.
The Odd Couple, 1h45
Directed by Gene Saks
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays, Buddy films
Actors Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, John Fiedler, Herb Edelman, Monica Evans, David Sheiner
Roles Set Decoration
Rating75% 3.798973.798973.798973.798973.79897
Felix Ungar (Jack Lemmon) checks into a fleabag hotel near Times Square, Manhattan and attempts to kill himself by jumping out of the window, but he fails to open it and pulls a muscle in his back. Limping back on the street he tries to get drunk at a dance bar and ends up hurting his neck when he throws down a shot. He stands on a bridge, contemplating jumping into the river.
5 Card Stud, 1h43
Directed by Henry Hathaway
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime, Western
Actors Dean Martin, Robert Mitchum, Inger Stevens, Roddy McDowall, Yaphet Kotto, Katherine Justice
Roles Set Decoration
Rating63% 3.197853.197853.197853.197853.19785
In 1880, a gambler in the small town of Rincon, just outside of Denver, Colorado, is caught cheating at a five-card stud poker game. The players led by the volatile Nick Evers take the cheating gambler to hang him. One of the players, Van Morgan, tries to prevent the others from administering frontier justice, but is unable to stop the man's lynching. Morgan leaves town, but later returns when he hears that a couple of the other players from that ill-fated game have become victims of grisly murders.
Uptight
Uptight (1968)
, 1h44
Directed by Jules Dassin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Jason Bernard, Raymond St. Jacques, Ruby Dee, Frank Silvera, Roscoe Lee Browne, Juanita Moore
Roles Set Decoration
Rating72% 3.6381453.6381453.6381453.6381453.638145
In Cleveland, Ohio, at the time of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., protesters riot in the streets. Johnny Wells (Max Julien), a charismatic black revolutionary, leads a group of black men on a mission to steal guns from a warehouse as preparation for violent racial conflict. Johnny's best friend Tank (Julian Mayfield), who formerly worked at the steel mill with several of the men, is supposed to help with the robbery, but when the group goes to his house, they find him drunk and watching the television coverage of King's funeral. Tank is a middle-aged, unemployed alcoholic who supported King's non-violent approach, which the others have rejected in favor of violent revolution. It is later revealed that Tank lost his longtime job at the steel mill when he attacked a white co-worker who harassed the black mill workers. As a result, Tank was sent to prison and since being released, has been unable to find work. The black revolutionary group is going through a deeper radicalization, and they see Tank's inconsistent behavior as threatening to their cause.