---
name: "Peter S. Larkin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/peter-s-larkin"
fi1m_id: "peter-s-larkin"
imdb_id: "nm0488318"
tmdb_id: 16466
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "26 August 1926"
died: "16 December 2019"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-05T02:07:39.281760+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."
---

# Peter S. Larkin

## Identity

Peter S. Larkin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/peter-s-larkin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** peter-s-larkin
- **IMDb ID:** nm0488318
- **TMDB ID:** 16466
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0488318/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/16466

Production designer. Born 26 August 1926 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Died 16 December 2019.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 26 August 1926, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- **Died:** 16 December 2019
- **Active:** 1982–2000
- **Also known as:** Peter Larkin
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 73 (3), 1990s 71 (2), 2000s 70 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 72 to 68 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 6, Crime 2, Action 1, Adventure 1, Family 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 11 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,109m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0488318/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/16466

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Tootsie*](https://film.one/film/tootsie.md) (85)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Get Shorty*](https://film.one/film/get-shorty.md) (82)
- **Disney+:** [*3 Men and a Baby*](https://film.one/film/3-men-and-a-baby.md) (71)
- **HBO Max:** [*Miss Congeniality*](https://film.one/film/miss-congeniality.md) (70)
- **Netflix:** [*The Secret of My Success*](https://film.one/film/the-secret-of-my-success.md) (62)

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

## Biography

Peter S. Larkin (also credited as Peter Larkin) was an American production designer and scenic designer. He began his career on Broadway, designing sets for productions including the 1951 adaptation of *The Wild Duck* and later works such as *Peter Pan*, *The Teahouse of the August Moon* and *No Time for Sergeants*. He won four Tony Awards for Best Scenic Design.

Larkin moved into film work in the early 1980s. His credits include production design on *Nighthawks* (1981), *Tootsie* (1982), *3 Men and a Baby* (1987), *The Secret of My Success* (1987), *Get Shorty* (1995), *The First Wives Club* (1996), *Bean* (1997), *Miss Congeniality* (2000) and *Two Weeks Notice* (2002). He was educated at Deerfield Academy and Yale University.

Larkin was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1926 and died in Bridgehampton, New York, in 2019. He was married to painter Racelle Strick; his stepson is screenwriter Wesley Strick.

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

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Miss Congeniality* (2000), Fi1m 70, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/miss-congeniality.md)
- *Bean* (1997), Fi1m 60, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/bean.md)
- *Get Shorty* (1995), Fi1m 82, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/get-shorty.md)
- *3 Men and a Baby* (1987), Fi1m 71, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/3-men-and-a-baby.md)
- *The Secret of My Success* (1987), Fi1m 62, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-secret-of-my-success.md)
- *Tootsie* (1982), Fi1m 85, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/tootsie.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

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

- *Two Weeks Notice* (2002), Production Design
- *Dinner with Friends* (2001), Production Design
- *Miss Congeniality* (2000), Production Design — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/miss-congeniality.md)
- *Bean* (1997), Production Design — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/bean.md)
- *The First Wives Club* (1996), Production Design
- *Get Shorty* (1995), Production Design — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/get-shorty.md)
- *Major Payne* (1995), Production Designer
- *Guarding Tess* (1994), Production Design
- *For Love or Money* (1993), Production Design
- *House of Cards* (1993), Production Design
- *Night and the City* (1992), Production Design
- *Life Stinks* (1991), Production Design
- *Everybody Wins* (1990), Production Design
- *Last Rites* (1988), Production Design
- *3 Men and a Baby* (1987), Production Design — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/3-men-and-a-baby.md)
- *The Secret of My Success* (1987), Production Design — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/the-secret-of-my-success.md)
- *Power* (1986), Production Design
- *Compromising Positions* (1985), Production Designer
- *The Last Dragon* (1985), Production Design
- *The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck* (1984), Production Design
- *Reuben, Reuben* (1983), Production Design
- *Tootsie* (1982), Production Design — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/tootsie.md)
- *Neighbors* (1981), Production Design
- *Nighthawks* (1981), Production Design

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