---
name: "Henry Bumstead"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/henry-bumstead"
fi1m_id: "henry-bumstead"
imdb_id: "nm0120317"
tmdb_id: 369
wikidata_id: "Q714747"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "17 March 1915"
died: "24 May 2006"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 12
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T23:21:06.944146+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."
---

# Henry Bumstead

## Identity

Henry Bumstead

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/henry-bumstead
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** henry-bumstead
- **IMDb ID:** nm0120317
- **TMDB ID:** 369
- **Wikidata ID:** Q714747
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Bumstead, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q714747, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0120317/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/369

Producer. Born 17 March 1915 in Ontario, California, Estados Unidos. Died 24 May 2006.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 17 March 1915, Ontario, California, Estados Unidos
- **Died:** 24 May 2006
- **Active:** 1956–2006
- **Also known as:** Lloyd Henry Bumstead, Bummy
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 12: 1 producing, 11 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Clint Eastwood](https://film.one/person/clint-eastwood.md), [Morgan Freeman](https://film.one/person/morgan-freeman.md), [Robert Lorenz](https://film.one/person/robert-lorenz.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscars (2 won · 2 nominated)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 83 (2), 1960s 84 (1), 1970s 72 (2), 1980s 44 (1), 1990s 79 (3), 2000s 84 (3)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Bumstead, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q714747, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0120317/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/369

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Million Dollar Baby*](https://film.one/film/million-dollar-baby.md) (86)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Cape Fear*](https://film.one/film/cape-fear-1991.md) (71)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Henry Bumstead was an American art director and production designer whose career spanned nearly seventy years. He began as a draftsman at RKO Pictures in the late 1930s and worked as an art director or production designer on more than ninety feature films.

Bumstead won Academy Awards for best art direction for *To Kill a Mockingbird* (1962) and *The Sting* (1973). He received further Oscar nominations for *Vertigo* (1958) and *Unforgiven* (1992). He collaborated extensively with directors including Alfred Hitchcock, George Roy Hill and Clint Eastwood, for whom he designed thirteen films beginning with *Joe Kidd* (1972) and ending with *Flags of Our Fathers* (2006).

Born Lloyd Henry Bumstead in Ontario, California, on 17 March 1915, he died in Pasadena, California, on 24 May 2006.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, latimes.com, independent.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (12)

### Produced (1) — the average rests on these

- *Smokey and the Bandit II* (1980), Fi1m 44, Production Designer, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/smokey-and-the-bandit-ii.md)

### Crew (11)

- *Letters from Iwo Jima* (2006), Fi1m 84, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/letters-from-iwo-jima.md)
- *Million Dollar Baby* (2004), Fi1m 86, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/million-dollar-baby.md)
- *Mystic River* (2003), Fi1m 82, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/mystic-river.md)
- *A Perfect World* (1993), Fi1m 74, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/a-perfect-world.md)
- *Unforgiven* (1992), Fi1m 92, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/unforgiven.md)
- *Cape Fear* (1991), Fi1m 71, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/cape-fear-1991.md)
- *The Front Page* (1974), Fi1m 60, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/the-front-page.md)
- *The Sting* (1973), Fi1m 85, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/the-sting.md)
- *To Kill a Mockingbird* (1962), Fi1m 84, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/to-kill-a-mockingbird.md)
- *Vertigo* (1958), Fi1m 92, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/vertigo.md)
- *The Man Who Knew Too Much* (1956), Fi1m 74, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/the-man-who-knew-too-much.md)

## Complete filmography (93)

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

- *Letters from Iwo Jima* (2006), Production Design — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/letters-from-iwo-jima.md)
- *Flags of Our Fathers* (2006), Production Design
- *Million Dollar Baby* (2004), Production Design — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/million-dollar-baby.md)
- *Mystic River* (2003), Production Design — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/mystic-river.md)
- *Blood Work* (2002), Production Design
- *Space Cowboys* (2000), Production Design
- *True Crime* (1999), Production Design
- *Home Alone 3* (1997), Production Design
- *Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil* (1997), Production Design
- *Absolute Power* (1997), Production Design
- *The Stars Fell on Henrietta* (1995), Production Design
- *A Perfect World* (1993), Production Design — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/a-perfect-world.md)
- *Unforgiven* (1992), Production Design — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/unforgiven.md)
- *Cape Fear* (1991), Production Design — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/cape-fear-1991.md)
- *Almost an Angel* (1990), Production Design
- *Ghost Dad* (1990), Production Design
- *Her Alibi* (1989), Production Design
- *Funny Farm* (1988), Production Design
- *A Time of Destiny* (1988), Production Design
- *Psycho III* (1986), Production Design
- *Warning Sign* (1985), Production Design
- *The Little Drummer Girl* (1984), Production Design
- *Harry & Son* (1984), Production Design
- *The World According to Garp* (1982), Production Design
- *Smokey and the Bandit II* (1980), Production Design, Production Designer — Fi1m 44, [page](https://film.one/film/smokey-and-the-bandit-ii.md)
- *The Concorde... Airport '79* (1979), Production Design
- *A Little Romance* (1979), Production Design
- *Amateur Night at the Dixie Bar and Grill* (1979), as Art Direction
- *House Calls* (1978), Production Design
- *Don't Push, I'll Charge When I'm Ready* (1977), as Art Direction
- *Rollercoaster* (1977), Production Design
- *Family Plot* (1976), Production Design
- *The Great Waldo Pepper* (1975), as Art Direction
- *The Front Page* (1974), as Art Direction — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/the-front-page.md)
- *The Sting* (1973), as Art Direction — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/the-sting.md)
- *Showdown* (1973), as Art Direction
- *High Plains Drifter* (1973), as Art Direction
- *The Victim* (1972), as Art Direction
- *Joe Kidd* (1972), as Art Direction
- *Slaughterhouse-Five* (1972), as Eliot Rosewater · Production Design
- *The Adventures of Nick Carter* (1972), as Art Direction
- *One More Train to Rob* (1971), as Art Direction
- *Raid on Rommel* (1971), as Art Direction
- *The Movie Murderer* (1970), as Art Direction
- *Topaz* (1969), Production Design
- *Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here* (1969), as Art Direction
- *What's So Bad About Feeling Good?* (1968), as Art Direction
- *A Man Called Gannon* (1968), as Art Direction
- *Tobruk* (1967), as Art Direction
- *Beau Geste* (1966), as Art Direction
- *Gunpoint* (1966), as Art Direction
- *The War Lord* (1965), as Art Direction
- *Father Goose* (1964), as Art Direction
- *Bullet for a Badman* (1964), as Art Direction
- *The Brass Bottle* (1964), as Art Direction
- *A Gathering of Eagles* (1963), as Art Direction
- *To Kill a Mockingbird* (1962), as Art Direction — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/to-kill-a-mockingbird.md)
- *The Spiral Road* (1962), as Art Direction
- *Come September* (1961), as Art Direction
- *The Great Impostor* (1960), as Art Direction
- *Cinderfella* (1960), as Art Direction
- *The Bellboy* (1960), as Art Direction
- *The Hangman* (1959), as Art Direction
- *The Trap* (1959), as Art Direction
- *I Married a Monster from Outer Space* (1958), as Art Direction
- *Vertigo* (1958), as Art Direction — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/vertigo.md)
- *Hollywood or Bust* (1956), as Art Direction
- *The Vagabond King* (1956), as Art Direction
- *The Leather Saint* (1956), as Art Direction
- *That Certain Feeling* (1956), as Art Direction
- *The Man Who Knew Too Much* (1956), as Art Direction — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-man-who-knew-too-much.md)
- *Lucy Gallant* (1955), as Art Direction
- *Run for Cover* (1955), as Art Direction
- *The Bridges at Toko-Ri* (1954), as Art Direction
- *Knock on Wood* (1954), as Art Direction
- *Money from Home* (1953), as Art Direction
- *Little Boy Lost* (1953), as Art Direction
- *Come Back, Little Sheba* (1953), as Art Direction
- *Jumping Jacks* (1952), as Art Direction
- *Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick* (1952), as Art Direction
- *Sailor Beware* (1952), as Art Direction
- *Submarine Command* (1951), as Art Direction
- *Dear Brat* (1951), as Art Direction
- *The Goldbergs* (1950), as Art Direction
- *The Furies* (1950), as Art Direction
- *My Friend Irma Goes West* (1950), as Art Direction
- *No Man of Her Own* (1950), as Art Direction
- *My Friend Irma* (1949), as Art Direction
- *Top o' the Morning* (1949), as Art Direction
- *Streets of Laredo* (1949), as Art Direction
- *My Own True Love* (1948), as Art Direction
- *The Sainted Sisters* (1948), as Art Direction
- *Saigon* (1947), as Art Direction

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 2 won, 2 nominated

- 1993: Best Production Design (nominated), for *Unforgiven*
- 1974: Best Production Design (won), for *The Sting*
- 1963: Best Art Direction, Black and White (won), for *To Kill a Mockingbird*
- 1959: Best Production Design (nominated), for *Vertigo*

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

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