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Frank Hotaling

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Occupation
  
art director

Years active
  
1944-1966


Name
  
Frank Hotaling

Role
  
Film Art Director

Died
  
April 13, 1977, Woodland Hills, California, United States

Nominations
  
Academy Award for Best Production Design

Art directed
  
The Quiet Man, The Searchers, 3:10 to Yuma

Similar People
  
Winton Hoch, Frank Nugent, Maurice Walsh, Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, James Basevi

Frank Hotaling (April 4, 1909 – April 13, 1977) was an American art director, born in New York City, whose career encompassed over 100 films, mostly B movies. His association with famed director John Ford led to an Oscar nomination, shared with John McCarthy, Jr. and Charles S. Thompson, for Best Art Direction-Set Direction, Color, for 1952's The Quiet Man. This brought an upsurge in his film work and allowed Hotaling the opportunity to work on such A-list projects as Ford's The Searchers (1956), Delmer Daves' 3:10 to Yuma (1957), and William Wyler's The Big Country (1958).

Hotaling died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California.

Selected filmography

  • Wyoming (1947)
  • The Dakota Kid (1951)
  • References

    Frank Hotaling Wikipedia