Personal Info

Known For

Art

Known Credits

265

Gender

Male

Birthday

1893-07-13

Deathday

1974-12-27 (81 years old)

Place of Birth

Topeka, Kansas, USA

Also Known As

Sam M. Comer

Sam Comer

Biography

Samuel M. Comer was a set decorator who worked on over 300 films during a career spanning four decades. He won four Academy Awards and was nominated for another 22 in the category Best Art Direction.

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Known For

8.4%

Rear Window

Aug 1, 1954

8.2%

Vertigo

May 28, 1958

7.6%

Breakfast at Tiffany's

Oct 6, 1961

8.3%

Sunset Boulevard

Aug 10, 1950

7.8%

The Ten Commandments

Oct 5, 1956

7.3%

To Catch a Thief

Aug 3, 1955

7.5%

The Man Who Knew Too Much

May 16, 1956

7.5%

Sabrina

Sep 10, 1954

7.8%

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Apr 13, 1962

7.0%

The Trouble with Harry

Oct 3, 1955

7.0%

Funny Face

Feb 13, 1957

7.9%

Ace in the Hole

Jun 29, 1951

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Art

1965		Apache Uprising as Set Decoration
1965		Boeing, Boeing as Set Decoration
1965		Billie as Set Decoration
1965		Red Line 7000 as Set Decoration
1965		The Family Jewels as Set Decoration
1965		Tickle Me as Set Decoration
1965		The Sons of Katie Elder as Set Decoration
1965		Black Spurs as Set Decoration
1965		Sylvia as Set Decoration

1964		The Disorderly Orderly as Set Decoration
1964		Roustabout as Set Decoration
1964		Where Love Has Gone as Set Decoration
1964		Young Fury as Set Decoration
1964		The Patsy as Set Decoration
1964		Lady in a Cage as Set Decoration
1964		For Those Who Think Young as Set Decoration
1964		Law of the Lawless as Set Decoration
1964		The Carpetbaggers as Set Decoration
1964		The Strangler as Set Decoration

1963		Love with the Proper Stranger as Set Decoration
1963		Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? as Set Decoration
1963		Who's Minding the Store? as Set Decoration
1963		Fun in Acapulco as Set Decoration
1963		McLintock! as Set Decoration
1963		A New Kind of Love as Set Decoration
1963		Donovan's Reef as Set Decoration
1963		Come Blow Your Horn as Set Decoration
1963		The Nutty Professor as Set Decoration
1963		Hud as Set Decoration
1963		My Six Loves as Set Decoration

1962		A Girl Named Tamiko as Set Decoration
1962		Who's Got the Action? as Set Decoration
1962		Girls! Girls! Girls! as Set Decoration
1962		It's Only Money as Set Decoration
1962		Hell Is for Heroes as Set Decoration
1962		Hatari! as Set Decoration
1962		The Pigeon That Took Rome as Set Decoration
1962		Escape from Zahrain as Set Decoration
1962		The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance as Set Decoration

1961		The Errand Boy as Set Decoration
1961		Blue Hawaii as Set Decoration
1961		Summer and Smoke as Set Decoration
1961		Too Late Blues as Set Decoration
1961		Breakfast at Tiffany's as Set Decoration
1961		The Ladies Man as Set Decoration
1961		The Pleasure of His Company as Set Decoration
1961		On the Double as Set Decoration
1961		One-Eyed Jacks as Set Decoration
1961		All in a Night's Work as Set Decoration

1960		Cinderfella as Set Decoration
1960		G.I. Blues as Set Decoration
1960		Outlaws as Set Decoration
1960		It Started in Naples as Set Decoration
1960		The Bellboy as Set Decoration
1960		The Rat Race as Set Decoration
1960		Walk Like a Dragon as Set Decoration
1960		Heller in Pink Tights as Set Decoration
1960		Visit to a Small Planet as Set Decoration

1959		Li'l Abner as Set Decoration
1959		The Jayhawkers! as Set Decoration
1959		Career as Set Decoration
1959		That Kind of Woman as Set Decoration
1959		But Not for Me as Set Decoration
1959		Last Train from Gun Hill as Set Decoration
1959		Don't Give Up the Ship as Set Decoration
1959		The Five Pennies as Set Decoration
1959		Alias Jesse James as Set Decoration
1959		The Black Orchid as Set Decoration
1959		The Trap as Set Decoration
1959		Destination Space as Set Decoration

1958		Houseboat as Set Decoration
1958		Houseboat as Decorator
1958		The Geisha Boy as Set Decoration
1958		I Married a Monster from Outer Space as Set Decoration
1958		The Party Crashers as Set Decoration
1958		Rock-a-Bye Baby as Set Decoration
1958		The Matchmaker as Set Decoration
1958		King Creole as Set Decoration
1958		The Space Children as Set Decoration
1958		Vertigo as Set Decoration
1958		Hot Spell as Set Decoration
1958		Maracaibo as Set Decoration
1958		St. Louis Blues as Set Decoration
1958		Teacher's Pet as Set Decoration
1958		Desire Under the Elms as Set Decoration

1957		Wild Is the Wind as Set Decoration
1957		The Sad Sack as Set Decoration
1957		The Tin Star as Set Decoration
1957		The Devil's Hairpin as Set Decoration
1957		Hear Me Good as Set Decoration
1957		Omar Khayyam as Set Decoration
1957		Loving You as Set Decoration
1957		The Lonely Man as Set Decoration
1957		Beau James as Set Decoration
1957		The Delicate Delinquent as Set Decoration
1957		Gunfight at the O.K. Corral as Set Decoration
1957		The Buster Keaton Story as Set Decoration
1957		Fear Strikes Out as Set Decoration
1957		Funny Face as Set Decoration

1956		The Rainmaker as Set Decoration
1956		Hollywood or Bust as Set Decoration
1956		The Ten Commandments as Set Decoration
1956		The Search for Bridey Murphy as Set Decoration
1956		The Vagabond King as Set Decoration
1956		Pardners as Set Decoration
1956		The Leather Saint as Set Decoration
1956		That Certain Feeling as Set Decoration
1956		The Man Who Knew Too Much as Set Decoration
1956		The Scarlet Hour as Set Decoration

1955		The Court Jester as Set Decoration
1955		The Rose Tattoo as Set Decoration
1955		Artists and Models as Set Decoration
1955		Lucy Gallant as Set Decoration
1955		The Desperate Hours as Set Decoration
1955		The Trouble with Harry as Set Decoration
1955		The Seven Little Foys as Set Decoration
1955		You're Never Too Young as Set Decoration
1955		To Catch a Thief as Set Decoration
1955		Strategic Air Command as Set Decoration
1955		We're No Angels as Set Decoration
1955		The Far Horizons as Set Decoration
1955		Hell's Island as Set Decoration
1955		Run for Cover as Set Decoration
1955		Conquest of Space as Set Decoration

1954		3 Ring Circus as Set Decoration
1954		The Country Girl as Set Decoration
1954		The Bridges at Toko-Ri as Set Decoration
1954		White Christmas as Set Decoration
1954		Sabrina as Set Decoration
1954		About Mrs. Leslie as Set Decoration
1954		Rear Window as Set Decoration
1954		Living It Up as Set Decoration
1954		Secret of the Incas as Set Decoration
1954		Elephant Walk as Set Decoration
1954		Casanova's Big Night as Set Decoration
1954		Knock on Wood as Set Decoration
1954		The Naked Jungle as Set Decoration
1954		Jivaro as Set Decoration
1954		Alaska Seas as Set Decoration

1953		Money from Home as Set Decoration
1953		Forever Female as Set Decoration
1953		Flight to Tangier as Set Decoration
1953		Here Come the Girls as Set Decoration
1953		Those Redheads from Seattle as Set Decoration
1953		Little Boy Lost as Set Decoration
1953		The Caddy as Set Decoration
1953		Arrowhead as Set Decoration
1953		Houdini as Set Decoration
1953		Pony Express as Set Decoration
1953		Stalag 17 as Set Decoration
1953		Sangaree as Set Decoration
1953		Scared Stiff as Set Decoration
1953		Road to Bali as Set Decoration

1952		Off Limits as Set Decoration
1952		Botany Bay as Set Decoration
1952		Come Back, Little Sheba as Set Decoration
1952		Thunder in the East as Set Decoration
1952		Hurricane Smith as Set Decoration
1952		Just for You as Set Decoration
1952		Somebody Loves Me as Set Decoration
1952		The Savage as Set Decoration
1952		Son of Paleface as Set Decoration
1952		The Turning Point as Set Decoration
1952		Jumping Jacks as Set Decoration
1952		Denver and Rio Grande as Set Decoration
1952		The Atomic City as Set Decoration
1952		My Son John as Set Decoration
1952		Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick as Set Decoration
1952		The Greatest Show on Earth as Set Decoration
1952		Sailor Beware as Set Decoration

1951		My Favorite Spy as Set Decoration
1951		The Stooge as Set Decoration
1951		Red Mountain as Set Decoration
1951		Submarine Command as Set Decoration
1951		When Worlds Collide as Set Decoration
1951		Darling, How Could You! as Set Decoration
1951		Peking Express as Set Decoration
1951		Ace in the Hole as Set Decoration
1951		That's My Boy as Set Decoration
1951		Dear Brat as Set Decoration
1951		The Lemon Drop Kid as Set Decoration
1951		The Mating Season as Set Decoration

1950		The Goldbergs as Set Decoration
1950		Mr. Music as Set Decoration
1950		Let's Dance as Set Decoration
1950		Copper Canyon as Set Decoration
1950		Branded as Set Decoration
1950		September Affair as Set Decoration
1950		Dark City as Set Decoration
1950		Union Station as Set Decoration
1950		The Furies as Set Decoration
1950		Sunset Boulevard as Set Decoration
1950		Fancy Pants as Set Decoration
1950		My Friend Irma Goes West as Set Decoration
1950		Riding High as Set Decoration
1950		Appointment with Danger as Set Decoration
1950		No Man of Her Own as Set Decoration
1950		Captain Carey, U.S.A. as Set Decoration

1949		Samson and Delilah as Set Decoration
1949		The Great Lover as Set Decoration
1949		Dear Wife as Set Decoration
1949		The File on Thelma Jordon as Set Decoration
1949		Chicago Deadline as Set Decoration
1949		My Friend Irma as Set Decoration
1949		Red, Hot and Blue as Set Decoration
1949		Top o' the Morning as Set Decoration
1949		Rope of Sand as Set Decoration
1949		The Great Gatsby as Set Decoration
1949		Sorrowful Jones as Set Decoration
1949		Streets of Laredo as Set Decoration
1949		Alias Nick Beal as Set Decoration
1949		The Accused as Set Decoration

1948		The Paleface as Set Decoration
1948		Whispering Smith as Set Decoration
1948		Miss Tatlock's Millions as Set Decoration
1948		Sealed Verdict as Set Decoration
1948		Isn't It Romantic? as Set Decoration
1948		Sorry, Wrong Number as Set Decoration
1948		A Foreign Affair as Set Decoration
1948		Night Has a Thousand Eyes as Set Decoration
1948		The Emperor Waltz as Set Decoration
1948		Hazard as Set Decoration
1948		The Sainted Sisters as Set Decoration
1948		The Big Clock as Set Decoration

1947		I Walk Alone as Set Decoration
1947		Road to Rio as Set Decoration
1947		Saigon as Set Decoration
1947		Where There's Life as Set Decoration
1947		Unconquered as Set Decoration
1947		Wild Harvest as Set Decoration
1947		Variety Girl as Set Decoration
1947		Desert Fury as Set Decoration
1947		The Perils of Pauline as Set Decoration
1947		The Trouble with Women as Set Decoration
1947		Welcome Stranger as Set Decoration
1947		Champagne for Two as Set Decoration
1947		Dear Ruth as Set Decoration
1947		Blaze of Noon as Set Decoration
1947		My Favorite Brunette as Set Decoration
1947		Easy Come, Easy Go as Set Decoration
1947		California as Set Decoration
1947		Suddenly It's Spring as Set Decoration
1947		Ladies' Man as Set Decoration
1947		The Perfect Marriage as Set Decoration

1946		Calcutta as Set Decoration
1946		Cross My Heart as Set Decoration
1946		Blue Skies as Set Decoration
1946		Monsieur Beaucaire as Set Decoration
1946		The Strange Love of Martha Ivers as Set Decoration
1946		The Bride Wore Boots as Set Decoration
1946		O.S.S. as Set Decoration
1946		The Blue Dahlia as Set Decoration
1946		To Each His Own as Set Decoration

1945		The Stork Club as Set Decoration
1945		Kitty as Set Decoration
1945		The Man in Half Moon Street as Set Decoration

1944

Frenchman's Creek as Set Decoration

1943		So Proudly We Hail as Set Decorating Coordinator
1943		No Time for Love as Set Decoration

1942

Reap the Wild Wind as Set Decoration

1941

Nothing But the Truth as Set Decoration

1938

You and Me as Set Dresser

1934

Here Is My Heart as Set Decoration

Costume & Make-Up

1943

Five Graves to Cairo as Set Dressing Supervisor

1941

The Lady Eve as Set Dressing Artist