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name: "Archie J. Bacon"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/archie-j-bacon"
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "5 September 1919"
died: "17 January 2017"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T16:19:40.845869+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Archie J. Bacon

Production designer. Born 5 September 1919 in Denver, Colorado, United States. Died 17 January 2017.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 5 September 1919, Denver, Colorado, United States
- **Died:** 17 January 2017
- **Also known as:** Archibald J. Bacon, Archie Bacon, Arch Bacon

## Biography

Archie J. Bacon was an American art director and production designer. He began his career in television as a set designer on *The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show* from 1950 to 1958.

Bacon worked extensively in television art departments from the 1950s to the early 1990s. His credits include art direction on *Get Smart* (1967–1968) and *He & She* (1967–1968), production design and art direction on *Columbo* (1971–1973 and later television films in 1989), and art direction on the 1976 feature film *King Kong*. He also contributed to series such as *Dallas* (as Archibald J. Bacon), *Magnum, P.I.*, *North and South* (1985), *T. J. Hooker* and *Falcon Crest*.

Bacon was born Archibald James Bacon on 5 September 1919 in Denver, Colorado, and died on 17 January 2017. He was the son of actor Walter Bacon and brother of actor Rod Bacon.

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Columbo* (1971), Fi1m 86, Production design — [page](https://film.one/tv/columbo.md)

## Also known for

- *King Kong* (1976), Art Direction
- *Dallas* (1978), Art Direction
- *North and South* (1985), Production Design
- *T. J. Hooker* (1982), Art Direction
- *Falcon Crest* (1981), Art Direction

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