---
name: "Dale Hennesy"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dale-hennesy"
fi1m_id: "dale-hennesy"
imdb_id: "nm0377322"
tmdb_id: 14779
wikidata_id: "Q687997"
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "24 August 1926"
died: "20 July 1981"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 56
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-06T18:21:00.638678+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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# Dale Hennesy

## Identity

Dale Hennesy

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dale-hennesy
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dale-hennesy
- **IMDb ID:** nm0377322
- **TMDB ID:** 14779
- **Wikidata ID:** Q687997
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale_Hennesy, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q687997, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0377322/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14779

Production designer. Born 24 August 1926 in Washington, D.C.. Died 20 July 1981.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 24 August 1926, Washington, D.C.
- **Died:** 20 July 1981
- **Active:** 1971–1982
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 2 nominated)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 55 (2), 1980s 58 (1)
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 2, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Drama 1, Family 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $102m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale_Hennesy, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q687997, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0377322/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14779

## Biography

Dale Hennesy was an American production designer and art director. He was born on 24 August 1926 in Washington, D.C., and died on 20 July 1981 in Encino, California.

He began his career as an illustrator at Twentieth Century Fox. Hennesy won the Academy Award for best art direction for *Fantastic Voyage* (1966). He served as production designer on *Sleeper* (1973), *Young Frankenstein* (1974) and *Annie* (1982), and received art direction nominations for *Logan's Run* (1976) and *Annie*.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Annie* (1982), Fi1m 58, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/annie.md)
- *Battle for the Planet of the Apes* (1973), Fi1m 36, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/battle-for-the-planet-of-the-apes.md)
- *Dirty Harry* (1971), Fi1m 74, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/dirty-harry.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Annie* (1982), Production Design — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/annie.md)
- *The Competition* (1980), Production Design
- *The Island* (1980), Production Design
- *Wholly Moses* (1980), Production Design
- *The Billion Dollar Threat* (1979), as Art Direction
- *A Fire in the Sky* (1978), as Art Direction · Production Design
- *Who'll Stop the Rain* (1978), Production Design
- *King Kong* (1976), Production Design
- *Logan's Run* (1976), as Art Direction · Production Design
- *Young Frankenstein* (1974), Production Design
- *Sleeper* (1973), Production Design
- *Battle for the Planet of the Apes* (1973), as Art Direction — Fi1m 36, [page](https://film.one/film/battle-for-the-planet-of-the-apes.md)
- *Slither* (1973), as Art Direction
- *Time to Run* (1973), Production Design
- *Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask* (1972), Production Design
- *Dirty Harry* (1971), as Art Direction — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/dirty-harry.md)
- *The Christian Licorice Store* (1971), as Art Direction
- *Simon, King of the Witches* (1971), as Art Direction
- *Cover Me Babe* (1970), as Art Direction
- *Adam at Six A.M.* (1970), as Art Direction
- *In Like Flint* (1967), as Art Direction
- *Fantastic Voyage* (1966), as Art Direction
- *John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!* (1965), as Art Direction
- *Good Neighbor Sam* (1964), Production Design
- *Nikki, Wild Dog of the North* (1961), as Continuity

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won, 2 nominated

- 1983: Best Production Design (nominated), for *Annie*
- 1977: Best Production Design (nominated), for *Logan's Run*
- 1967: Best Art Direction, Color (won), for *Fantastic Voyage*

### Other awards — 1 won

- Saturn Awards 1976: Best Set Decoration (won), for *Young Frankenstein*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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