---
name: "Roy Christopher"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/roy-christopher"
fi1m_id: "roy-christopher"
imdb_id: "nm0160618"
tmdb_id: 2353914
wikidata_id: "Q56642720"
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "27 December 1935"
died: "2 February 2021"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:39:20.811422+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."
---

# Roy Christopher

## Identity

Roy Christopher

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/roy-christopher
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** roy-christopher
- **IMDb ID:** nm0160618
- **TMDB ID:** 2353914
- **Wikidata ID:** Q56642720
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Christopher, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56642720, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0160618/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2353914

Production designer. Born 27 December 1935 in Fresno, California, U.S.. Died 2 February 2021.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 27 December 1935, Fresno, California, U.S.
- **Died:** 2 February 2021
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Christopher, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56642720, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0160618/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2353914

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*Frasier*](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md) (88)

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## Biography

Roy Christopher was an American art director and production designer. Born Roy Christopher Hergenroeder on 27 December 1935 in Fresno, California, he earned a bachelor's degree from California State University, Fresno in 1957. He began his television career in the early 1970s as an art director on series including *The Name of the Game*.

Christopher worked extensively on sitcoms, serving as production designer or art director on *Welcome Back, Kotter*, *Murphy Brown*, *Wings*, *NewsRadio* and all 11 seasons of *Frasier* (1993–2004), for which he received an Emmy Award in 2004. He designed sets for numerous Academy Awards telecasts from 1979 onwards, winning ten Primetime Emmys for the Oscars and other awards shows. He was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in 2017 and received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Art Directors Guild in 2004.

Christopher died on 2 February 2021 in West Hollywood, California. He was married to Dorothy Christopher for more than 50 years.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Frasier* (1993), Fi1m 88, Production design — [page](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

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

- *Freddie* (2005), series, Production Design
- *Frasier* (1993), series, as Art Direction · Production Design — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md)
- *The Ghost Writer* (1990), as Art Direction
- *I Never Sang for My Father* (1988), Production Design
- *Baryshnikov in Hollywood* (1982), as Art Direction
- *All the Way Home* (1981), Production Design
- *Walt Disney: One Man's Dream* (1981), as Art Direction
- *Bungle Abbey* (1981), as Art Direction
- *Skinflint: A Country Christmas Carol* (1979), Production Design
- *How to Survive the '70s and Maybe Even Bump Into Happiness* (1978), Production Design, Art Direction
- *Have I Got a Christmas for You* (1977), as Art Direction
- *Our Town* (1977), Production Design
- *Archie* (1976), as Art Direction
- *The Last of Mrs. Lincoln* (1976), as Art Direction
- *The Hemingway Play* (1976), as Art Direction
- *Nourish the Beast* (1974), as Art Direction
- *Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special* (1970), as Art Direction

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