Biography
Ben Edwards (1916–1999) was an American scenic designer, production designer and art director who worked in theatre, film and television.
Born in Union Springs, Alabama, he trained at the Feagin School of Dramatic Arts in New York and began designing for Broadway in the late 1930s. He served in the US Army Air Corps during the Second World War and resumed his career after 1947, designing dozens of stage productions as well as films including Lovers and Other Strangers (1970), Fort Apache, the Bronx (1981), Hanky Panky (1982) and Sweet Liberty (1986), and numerous television movies.
Edwards was nominated for twelve Tony Awards and received a Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre in 1998. He was married to costume designer Jane Greenwood.
