--- name: "Max Parker" canonical: "https://film.one/person/max-parker" fi1m_id: "max-parker" imdb_id: "nm0662483" tmdb_id: 7650 wikidata_id: "Q1913198" roles: ["Production designer"] born: "12 July 1882" died: "8 July 1964" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 72 average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-25T04:17:27.791219+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." --- # Max Parker ## Identity Max Parker - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/max-parker - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** max-parker - **IMDb ID:** nm0662483 - **TMDB ID:** 7650 - **Wikidata ID:** Q1913198 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Parker_(art_director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1913198, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0662483/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7650 Production designer. Born 12 July 1882 in Prescott, Arizona, USA. Died 8 July 1964. ## Details - **Work:** Production designer - **Born:** 12 July 1882, Prescott, Arizona, USA - **Died:** 8 July 1964 - **Active:** 1931–1947 - **Also known as:** M. Parker - **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 83 (1), 1940s 60 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Parker_(art_director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1913198, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0662483/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7650 ## Biography Max Parker was an American art director and production designer. He worked on more than 80 films between 1916 and 1947, spending much of his career at Warner Bros. studios. His credits include art direction on *The Public Enemy* (1931), *Night Nurse* (1931), *The Roaring Twenties* (1939), *Each Dawn I Die* (1939), *Arsenic and Old Lace* (1944) and production design on *Secret Beyond the Door* (1947). He received an Academy Award nomination for best art direction for *George Washington Slept Here* (1942). Parker was born on 12 July 1882 in Prescott, Arizona, and died on 8 July 1964 in Torrance, California. His daughter Sylvia married aircraft designer Jerry Vultee. *Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, catalog.afi.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *Secret Beyond the Door* (1947), Fi1m 60, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/secret-beyond-the-door.md) - *The Public Enemy* (1931), Fi1m 83, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/the-public-enemy.md) ## Complete filmography (71) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Secret Beyond the Door* (1947), Production Design — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/secret-beyond-the-door.md) - *Deep Valley* (1947), as Art Direction - *Nobody Lives Forever* (1946), as Art Direction - *Cloak and Dagger* (1946), as Art Direction - *Of Human Bondage* (1946), as Art Direction - *Three Strangers* (1946), Supervising Art Director - *Arsenic and Old Lace* (1944), as Art Direction - *Princess O'Rourke* (1943), as Art Direction - *The Hard Way* (1943), as Art Direction - *George Washington Slept Here* (1942), as Art Direction - *Wings for the Eagle* (1942), as Art Direction - *Manpower* (1941), as Art Direction - *Thieves Fall Out* (1941), as Art Direction - *Footsteps in the Dark* (1941), as Art Direction - *Honeymoon for Three* (1941), as Art Direction - *Lady with Red Hair* (1940), as Art Direction - *My Love Came Back* (1940), Production Design - *Brother Orchid* (1940), as Art Direction - *It All Came True* (1940), as Art Direction - *Invisible Stripes* (1939), as Art Direction - *The Roaring Twenties* (1939), as Art Direction - *Each Dawn I Die* (1939), as Art Direction - *Torchy Runs for Mayor* (1939), as Art Direction - *The Adventures of Jane Arden* (1939), as Art Direction - *Devil's Island* (1939), as Art Direction - *Brother Rat* (1938), as Art Direction - *Four's a Crowd* (1938), as Art Direction - *My Bill* (1938), as Art Direction - *Men Are Such Fools* (1938), as Art Direction - *A Slight Case of Murder* (1938), as Art Direction - *The Kid Comes Back* (1938), as Art Direction - *Sh! The Octopus* (1937), as Art Direction - *First Lady* (1937), as Art Direction - *The Adventurous Blonde* (1937), as Art Direction - *West of Shanghai* (1937), as Art Direction - *Love Is on the Air* (1937), as Art Direction - *That Certain Woman* (1937), as Art Direction - *Marked Woman* (1937), as Art Direction - *Green Light* (1937), as Art Direction - *Gold Diggers of 1937* (1936), as Art Direction - *Give Me Your Heart* (1936), as Art Direction - *China Clipper* (1936), as Art Direction - *Satan Met a Lady* (1936), as Art Direction - *Colleen* (1936), as Art Direction - *The Gay Deception* (1935), as Art Direction - *The White Parade* (1934), as Art Direction - *Springtime for Henry* (1934), as Art Direction - *Grand Canary* (1934), as Set Decoration - *The Power and the Glory* (1933), as Set Decoration - *The Devil's in Love* (1933), as Set Decoration - *The Warrior's Husband* (1933), as Art Direction - *Too Busy to Work* (1932), as Art Direction - *Call Her Savage* (1932), as Art Direction - *Chandu the Magician* (1932), as Art Direction - *Bachelor's Affairs* (1932), as Art Direction - *Night Nurse* (1931), as Art Direction - *Gold Dust Gertie* (1931), as Art Direction - *The Public Enemy* (1931), as Art Direction — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/the-public-enemy.md) - *The Yellow Lily* (1928), as Art Direction - *The Hawk's Nest* (1928), as Art Direction - *Turkish Delight* (1927), as Art Direction - *Gigolo* (1926), as Art Direction - *For Alimony Only* (1926), as Art Direction - *The Volga Boatman* (1926), as Art Direction - *Silence* (1926), as Art Direction - *The Road to Yesterday* (1925), as Art Direction - *Suds* (1920), as Art Direction - *Pollyanna* (1920), as Art Direction - *The Hoodlum* (1919), as Art Direction - *The Call of the East* (1917), as Art Direction - *They Shall Pay*, as Art Direction ## Awards ### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated - 1943: Best Art Direction, Black and White (nominated), for *George Washington Slept Here* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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