---
name: "John Armstrong"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-armstrong-33263"
fi1m_id: "john-armstrong-33263"
imdb_id: "nm0035760"
tmdb_id: 33263
wikidata_id: "Q19325186"
roles: ["Costume designer"]
born: "14 November 1893"
died: "19 May 1973"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T02:30:26.721223+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."
---

# John Armstrong

## Identity

John Armstrong

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-armstrong-33263
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-armstrong-33263
- **IMDb ID:** nm0035760
- **TMDB ID:** 33263
- **Wikidata ID:** Q19325186
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Armstrong_(artist), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19325186, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0035760/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/33263

Costume designer. Born 14 November 1893 in Hastings, East Sussex, England, UK. Died 19 May 1973.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Born:** 14 November 1893, Hastings, East Sussex, England, UK
- **Died:** 19 May 1973
- **Active:** 1933–1936
- **Frequently works with:** [Alexander Korda](https://film.one/person/alexander-korda.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Armstrong_(artist), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19325186, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0035760/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/33263

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Things to Come*](https://film.one/film/things-to-come-1936.md) (65)

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## Biography

John Armstrong was an English costume designer and set decorator. He was born on 14 November 1893 in Hastings, East Sussex, and died on 19 May 1973 in London.

He worked on several films produced by London Film Productions, including *The Private Life of Henry VIII* (1933) and *Things to Come* (1936). Other credits include *The Thief of Bagdad* (1940) and *Hobson's Choice* (1954).

*Sources: imdb.com, costumedesignarchive.blogspot.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Things to Come* (1936), Fi1m 65, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/things-to-come-1936.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

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

- *Hobson's Choice* (1954), Costume Design
- *The Thief of Bagdad* (1940), Costume Design
- *St. Martin's Lane* (1938), Costume Design
- *Rembrandt* (1936), Costume Designer
- *As You Like It* (1936), Costume Designer
- *The Man Who Could Work Miracles* (1936), Costume Design
- *Things to Come* (1936), Costume Design — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/things-to-come-1936.md)
- *The Ghost Goes West* (1935), Costume Design
- *The Rise of Catherine the Great* (1934), Costume Design
- *The Private Life of Henry VIII* (1933), Costume Design

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