---
name: "Moss Mabry"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/moss-mabry"
fi1m_id: "moss-mabry"
imdb_id: "nm0531117"
tmdb_id: 14727
wikidata_id: "Q1949430"
roles: ["Costume designer"]
born: "5 July 1918"
died: "25 January 2006"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-10-04T17:47:44.417706+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."
---

# Moss Mabry

## Identity

Moss Mabry

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/moss-mabry
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** moss-mabry
- **IMDb ID:** nm0531117
- **TMDB ID:** 14727
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1949430
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moss_Mabry, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1949430, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0531117/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14727

Costume designer. Born 5 July 1918 in Marianna. Died 25 January 2006.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Born:** 5 July 1918, Marianna
- **Died:** 25 January 2006
- **Active:** 1954–1982
- **Academy Awards:** 4 Oscar nominations
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 78 (4), 1960s 72 (2), 1980s 46 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 80 to 75 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 6, Comedy 2, Thriller 2, Adventure 1, Crime 1, Family 1
- **Screen time:** 16 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $130m across 7 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moss_Mabry, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1949430, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0531117/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14727

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Dial M for Murder*](https://film.one/film/dial-m-for-murder.md) (80), [*Mutiny on the Bounty*](https://film.one/film/mutiny-on-the-bounty-1962.md) (56)
- **Apple TV:** [*The Manchurian Candidate*](https://film.one/film/the-manchurian-candidate.md) (88)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Toy*](https://film.one/film/the-toy.md) (46)

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

## Biography

Moss Mabry was an American costume designer. He was born on 5 July 1918 in Marianna, Florida, and died on 25 January 2006 in Oceanside, California. He studied mechanical engineering at the University of Florida, having previously designed costumes for high school plays, and later moved to Hollywood where he attended art school before signing a contract with Warner Bros.

His film credits include wardrobe work on *Dial M for Murder* (1954) and costume design on *Rebel Without a Cause* (1955), *Giant* (1956), *The Manchurian Candidate* (1962), *Mutiny on the Bounty* (1962), *The Way We Were* (1973) and *King Kong* (1976). He received four Academy Award nominations for costume design, for *Giant* (1956, shared), *What a Way to Go!* (1964, shared), *Morituri* (1965) and *The Way We Were* (1973, shared).

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

## On Fi1m (7)

- *The Toy* (1982), Fi1m 46, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-toy.md)
- *Mutiny on the Bounty* (1962), Fi1m 56, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/mutiny-on-the-bounty-1962.md)
- *The Manchurian Candidate* (1962), Fi1m 88, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-manchurian-candidate.md)
- *Giant* (1956), Fi1m 74, Costume Designer — [page](https://film.one/film/giant-1956.md)
- *Mister Roberts* (1955), Fi1m 76, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/mister-roberts.md)
- *Rebel Without a Cause* (1955), Fi1m 84, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/rebel-without-a-cause.md)
- *Dial M for Murder* (1954), Fi1m 80, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/dial-m-for-murder.md)

## Complete filmography (75)

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

- *Rent-a-Cop* (1987), Costume Design
- *Florida Straits* (1986), Costume Design
- *The Toy* (1982), Costume Design — Fi1m 46, [page](https://film.one/film/the-toy.md)
- *Blood Tide* (1982), Costume Design
- *Beyond Reason* (1982), Costume Design
- *Continental Divide* (1981), Costume Design
- *Carbon Copy* (1981), Costume Design
- *Touched by Love* (1980), Costume Design
- *Sunburn* (1979), Costume Design
- *The One and Only* (1978), Costume Design
- *Casey's Shadow* (1978), Costume Design
- *King Kong* (1976), Costume Design
- *From Noon Till Three* (1976), Costume Design
- *Woman of the Year* (1976), Costume Design
- *The Shootist* (1976), Costume Design
- *Embryo* (1976), Costume Design
- *Once Is Not Enough* (1975), Costume Design
- *The Trial of Billy Jack* (1974), Costume Design
- *The Way We Were* (1973), Costume Design
- *The Boy Who Cried Werewolf* (1973), Costume Design
- *Butterflies Are Free* (1972), Costume Design
- *Portnoy's Complaint* (1972), Costume Design
- *Stand Up and Be Counted* (1972), Costume Design
- *The Love Machine* (1971), Costume Design
- *The Mephisto Waltz* (1971), Costume Design
- *Doctors' Wives* (1971), Costume Design
- *Alex in Wonderland* (1970), as Mr. Wayne · Costume Design
- *Cactus Flower* (1969), Costume Design
- *The Desperate Mission* (1969), Costume Design
- *Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice* (1969), Costume Design
- *The Great Bank Robbery* (1969), Costume Designer
- *The Mad Room* (1969), Costume Design
- *The Wrecking Crew* (1968), Costume Design
- *Lady in Cement* (1968), Costume Design
- *The Detective* (1968), Costume Design
- *Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows* (1968), Costume Supervisor
- *Sol Madrid* (1968), Costume Design
- *How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life* (1968), Costume Design
- *Tony Rome* (1967), Costume Design
- *The Big Mouth* (1967), Costume Design
- *Murderers' Row* (1966), Costume Design
- *Way... Way Out* (1966), Costume Design
- *Three on a Couch* (1966), Costume Design
- *The Silencers* (1966), Costume Design
- *The Reward* (1965), Costume Design
- *Morituri* (1965), Costume Designer
- *How to Murder Your Wife* (1965), Costume Design
- *Dear Brigitte* (1965), Costume Design
- *Fate Is the Hunter* (1964), Costume Design
- *Shock Treatment* (1964), Costume Design
- *What a Way to Go!* (1964), Wardrobe Designer
- *Move Over, Darling* (1963), Costume Design
- *The Ceremony* (1963), Costume Consultant
- *Mutiny on the Bounty* (1962), Costume Design — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/mutiny-on-the-bounty-1962.md)
- *The Manchurian Candidate* (1962), Costume Design — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-manchurian-candidate.md)
- *The Subterraneans* (1960), Costume Design
- *Stage Struck* (1958), Costumer
- *Giant* (1956), Costume Designer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/giant-1956.md)
- *The Girl He Left Behind* (1956), Costume Design
- *Toward the Unknown* (1956), Costume Design
- *The Bad Seed* (1956), Costume Designer
- *Hell on Frisco Bay* (1955), Costume Design
- *I Died a Thousand Times* (1955), Costume Design, Wardrobe Master
- *Rebel Without a Cause* (1955), Costume Design — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/rebel-without-a-cause.md)
- *Illegal* (1955), Wardrobe Designer
- *Mister Roberts* (1955), Costume Design — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/mister-roberts.md)
- *Tall Man Riding* (1955), Wardrobe Designer
- *Jump Into Hell* (1955), Costume Design
- *Drum Beat* (1954), Wardrobe Designer
- *The Bounty Hunter* (1954), Wardrobe Designer
- *Them!* (1954), Wardrobe Designer
- *Dial M for Murder* (1954), Costume Design — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/dial-m-for-murder.md)
- *Lucky Me* (1954), Costume Design
- *Thunder Over the Plains* (1953), as Wardrobe Master
- *Crime Wave* (1953), Wardrobe Designer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 4 nominated

- 1974: Best Costume Design (nominated), for *The Way We Were*
- 1966: Best Costume Design, Black-and-White (nominated), for *Morituri*
- 1965: Best Costume Design, Color (nominated), for *What a Way to Go!*
- 1957: Best Costume Design, Color (nominated), for *Giant*

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

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