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Robert F. Boyle

Robert F. Boyle, American production designer and art director (died 2010)

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Born
October 10, 1909
Died
August 1, 2010
Zodiac sign
Libra
Birth year
1909

About Robert F. Boyle

Robert Francis Boyle was an American film art director and production designer. He was nominated for four Academy Awards for North by Northwest (1959), Gaily, Gaily (1969), Fiddler on the Roof (1971), and The Shootist (1976), before winning the Honorary Academy Award in 2008. He was also nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for The Red Pony (1973). Boyle is also known for his work on Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest (1959), The Birds (1963), and Marnie (1964). During the course of his career, Boyle was nominated four times for the Academy Award for Best Art Direction, but never won. At the age of 98, Boyle became the oldest winner ever of an Honorary Award in the history of the Academy Awards. Boyle collaborated several times with Alfred Hitchcock, first as an associate art director for Saboteur (1942) and later as a full-fledged production designer for North by Northwest (1959), The Birds (1963), and Marnie (1964).

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Robert F. Boyle timeline

  1. Boyle collaborated several times with Alfred Hitchcock, first as an associate art director for Saboteur (1942) and later as a full-fledged production designer for North by Northwest (1959), The Birds (1963), and Marnie (1964).
  2. Boyle is also known for his work on Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest (1959), The Birds (1963), and Marnie (1964).
  3. He was nominated for four Academy Awards for North by Northwest (1959), Gaily, Gaily (1969), Fiddler on the Roof (1971), and The Shootist (1976), before winning the Honorary Academy Award in 2008.

The world when Robert F. Boyle was born

Robert F. Boyle was born in 1909. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1909

  • Best-selling book"The Inner Shrine" – Basil King

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentHonus Wagner leads Pittsburgh Pirates to World Series victory
  • Top headlineRobert Peary claims to reach the North Pole
  • Technology milestoneBakelite (first fully synthetic plastic) invented
  • Notable inventionBakelite plastic
  • World population~1.69B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWilliam Howard Taft
  • U.S. population88.8M

1909 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Robert F. Boyle's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19092026
Population88.8M341 million

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