Darrell Silvera

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Darrell Silvera (December 18, 1900 – July 22, 1983) was an American set decorator. He was nominated for seven Academy Awards in the category Best Art Direction. He worked on 356 films between 1934 and 1978.

Personal Facts

Known For

Art

Gender

male

Known Credits

324

Birth Date

1900-12-18 00:00:00

Birth Place

St. Andrews, Jamaica

Known For

• 

  The Driver
• 

  The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
• 

  Notorious
• 

  Bringing Up Baby
• 

  McLintock!
• 

  The Narrow Margin

Credits

• art (315 credits)

  • Foolin' Around

    set decoration

    art
    1980
  • The Driver

    set decoration

    art
    1978
  • Breakheart Pass

    set decoration

    art
    1975
  • Rhinoceros

    set decoration

    art
    1974
  • Charley Varrick

    set decoration

    art
    1973
  • Pocket Money

    set decoration

    art
    1972
  • A Gunfight

    set decoration

    art
    1971
  • The Molly Maguires

    set decoration

    art
    1970
  • In Enemy Country

    set decoration

    art
    1968
  • The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!

    set decoration

    art
    1966
  • Cheyenne Autumn

    set decoration

    art
    1964
  • Law of the Lawless

    set decoration

    art
    1964
  • McLintock!

    set decoration

    art
    1963
  • Donovan's Reef

    set decoration

    art
    1963
  • Who's Got the Action?

    set decoration

    art
    1962
  • The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

    set decoration

    art
    1962
  • 13 West Street

    set decoration

    art
    1962
  • Homicidal

    set decoration

    art
    1961
  • The Jayhawkers!

    set decoration

    art
    1959
  • Lonelyhearts

    set decoration

    art
    1959
  • Timbuktu

    set decoration

    art
    1958
  • The Gun Runners

    set decoration

    art
    1958
  • Kings Go Forth

    set decoration

    art
    1958
  • Jet Pilot

    set decoration

    art
    1957
  • The Invisible Boy

    set decoration

    art
    1957
  • The Brothers Rico

    set decoration

    art
    1957
  • Lizzie

    set decoration

    art
    1957
  • Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

    set decoration

    art
    1956
  • The First Traveling Saleslady

    set decoration

    art
    1956
  • Mohawk

    set decoration

    art
    1956
  • The Conqueror

    set decoration

    art
    1956
  • The Man with the Golden Arm

    set decoration

    art
    1955
  • Son of Sinbad

    set decoration

    art
    1955
  • Underwater!

    set decoration

    art
    1955
  • Susan Slept Here

    set decoration

    art
    1954
  • She Couldn't Say No

    set decoration

    art
    1954
  • The French Line

    set decoration

    art
    1954
  • Devil's Canyon

    set decoration

    art
    1953
  • Second Chance

    set decoration

    art
    1953
  • Affair with a Stranger

    set decoration

    art
    1953
  • Split Second

    set decoration

    art
    1953
  • The Hitch-Hiker

    set decoration

    art
    1953
  • Angel Face

    set decoration

    art
    1953
  • Blackbeard, the Pirate

    set decoration

    art
    1952
  • Androcles and the Lion

    set decoration

    art
    1952
  • The Lusty Men

    set decoration

    art
    1952
  • One Minute to Zero

    set decoration

    art
    1952
  • Beware, My Lovely

    set decoration

    art
    1952
  • The Big Sky

    set decoration

    art
    1952
  • Clash by Night

    set decoration

    art
    1952
  • The Narrow Margin

    set decoration

    art
    1952
  • At Sword's Point

    set decoration

    art
    1952
  • Target

    set decoration

    art
    1952
  • Macao

    set decoration

    art
    1952
  • Trail Guide

    set decoration

    art
    1952
  • The Las Vegas Story

    set decoration

    art
    1952
  • Double Dynamite

    set decoration

    art
    1951
  • On Dangerous Ground

    set decoration

    art
    1951
  • The Blue Veil

    set decoration

    art
    1951
  • The Racket

    set decoration

    art
    1951
  • Behave Yourself!

    set decoration

    art
    1951
  • Roadblock

    set decoration

    art
    1951
  • Pistol Harvest

    set decoration

    art
    1951
  • Flying Leathernecks

    set decoration

    art
    1951
  • His Kind of Woman

    set decoration

    art
    1951
  • Best of the Badmen

    set decoration

    art
    1951
  • Hard, Fast and Beautiful!

    set decoration

    art
    1951
  • Sealed Cargo

    set decoration

    art
    1951
  • My Forbidden Past

    set decoration

    art
    1951
  • Saddle Legion

    set decoration

    art
    1951
  • The Thing from Another World

    set decoration

    art
    1951
  • Law of the Badlands

    set decoration

    art
    1951
  • Payment on Demand

    set decoration

    art
    1951
  • The Company She Keeps

    set decoration

    art
    1951
  • Gambling House

    set decoration

    art
    1950
  • Double Deal

    set decoration

    art
    1950
  • Where Danger Lives

    set decoration

    art
    1950
  • Rio Grande Patrol

    set decoration

    art
    1950
  • Outrage

    set decoration

    art
    1950
  • Born to Be Bad

    set decoration

    art
    1950
  • Bunco Squad

    set decoration

    art
    1950
  • Never a Dull Moment

    set decoration

    art
    1950
  • Border Treasure

    set decoration

    art
    1950
  • Armored Car Robbery

    set decoration

    art
    1950
  • Rider from Tucson

    set decoration

    art
    1950
  • Storm Over Wyoming

    set decoration

    art
    1950
  • Dynamite Pass

    set decoration

    art
    1950
  • The Secret Fury

    set decoration

    art
    1950
  • Riders of the Range

    set decoration

    art
    1950
  • Holiday Affair

    set decoration

    art
    1949
  • A Dangerous Profession

    set decoration

    art
    1949
  • The Threat

    set decoration

    art
    1949
  • Bride for Sale

    set decoration

    art
    1949
  • Strange Bargain

    set decoration

    art
    1949
  • They Live by Night

    set decoration

    art
    1949
  • Easy Living

    set decoration

    art
    1949
  • Follow Me Quietly

    set decoration

    art
    1949
  • The Big Steal

    set decoration

    art
    1949
  • Stagecoach Kid

    set decoration

    art
    1949
  • Roughshod

    set decoration

    art
    1949
  • The Window

    set decoration

    art
    1949
  • Adventure in Baltimore

    set decoration

    art
    1949
  • The Set-Up

    set decoration

    art
    1949
  • Rustlers

    set decoration

    art
    1949
  • The Clay Pigeon

    set decoration

    art
    1949
  • Brothers in the Saddle

    set decoration

    art
    1949
  • A Woman's Secret

    set decoration

    art
    1949
  • Gun Smugglers

    set decoration

    art
    1948
  • Every Girl Should Be Married

    set decoration

    art
    1948
  • Indian Agent

    set decoration

    art
    1948
  • The Boy with Green Hair

    set decoration

    art
    1948
  • Blood on the Moon

    set decoration

    art
    1948
  • Rachel and the Stranger

    set decoration

    art
    1948
  • Race Street

    set decoration

    art
    1948
  • Station West

    set decoration

    art
    1948
  • Good Sam

    set decoration

    art
    1948
  • Return of the Bad Men

    set decoration

    art
    1948
  • The Velvet Touch

    set decoration

    art
    1948
  • The Arizona Ranger

    set decoration

    art
    1948
  • Berlin Express

    set decoration

    art
    1948
  • The Miracle of the Bells

    set decoration

    art
    1948
  • Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

    set decoration

    art
    1948
  • I Remember Mama

    set decoration

    art
    1948
  • If You Knew Susie

    set decoration

    art
    1948
  • Western Heritage

    set decoration

    art
    1948
  • Night Song

    set decoration

    art
    1948
  • The Judge Steps Out

    set decoration

    art
    1947
  • Out of the Past

    set decoration

    art
    1947
  • Mourning Becomes Electra

    set decoration

    art
    1947
  • Wild Horse Mesa

    set decoration

    art
    1947
  • Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome

    set decoration

    art
    1947
  • The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

    set decoration

    art
    1947
  • Crossfire

    set decoration

    art
    1947
  • They Won't Believe Me

    set decoration

    art
    1947
  • Riff-Raff

    set decoration

    art
    1947
  • Desperate

    set decoration

    art
    1947
  • The Woman on the Beach

    set decoration

    art
    1947
  • Seven Keys to Baldpate

    set decoration

    art
    1947
  • Thunder Mountain

    set decoration

    art
    1947
  • The Long Night

    set decoration

    art
    1947
  • Dick Tracy's Dilemma

    set decoration

    art
    1947
  • Banjo

    set decoration

    art
    1947
  • A Likely Story

    set decoration

    art
    1947
  • The Farmer's Daughter

    set decoration

    art
    1947
  • The Devil Thumbs a Ride

    set decoration

    art
    1947
  • Code of the West

    set decoration

    art
    1947
  • Trail Street

    set decoration

    art
    1947
  • Beat the Band

    set decoration

    art
    1947
  • Sinbad the Sailor

    set decoration

    art
    1947
  • The Locket

    set decoration

    art
    1946
  • San Quentin

    set decoration

    art
    1946
  • The Falcon's Adventure

    set decoration

    art
    1946
  • Vacation in Reno

    set decoration

    art
    1946
  • Dick Tracy vs. Cueball

    set decoration

    art
    1946
  • Criminal Court

    set decoration

    art
    1946
  • Nocturne

    set decoration

    art
    1946
  • Genius at Work

    set decoration

    art
    1946
  • Child of Divorce

    set decoration

    art
    1946
  • Crack-Up

    set decoration

    art
    1946
  • Step by Step

    set decoration

    art
    1946
  • Notorious

    set decoration

    art
    1946
  • Till the End of Time

    set decoration

    art
    1946
  • The Bamboo Blonde

    set decoration

    art
    1946
  • Bedlam

    set decoration

    art
    1946
  • Badman's Territory

    set decoration

    art
    1946
  • Ding Dong Williams

    set decoration

    art
    1946
  • The Falcon's Alibi

    set decoration

    art
    1946
  • The Truth About Murder

    set decoration

    art
    1946
  • Deadline at Dawn

    set decoration

    art
    1946
  • From This Day Forward

    set decoration

    art
    1946
  • The Spiral Staircase

    set decoration

    art
    1946
  • The Bells of St. Mary's

    set decoration

    art
    1945
  • Dick Tracy

    set decoration

    art
    1945
  • Cornered

    set decoration

    art
    1945
  • A Game of Death

    set decoration

    art
    1945
  • Man Alive

    set decoration

    art
    1945
  • Sing Your Way Home

    set decoration

    art
    1945
  • Johnny Angel

    set decoration

    art
    1945
  • George White's Scandals

    set decoration

    art
    1945
  • The Spanish Main

    set decoration

    art
    1945
  • Isle of the Dead

    set decoration

    art
    1945
  • West of the Pecos

    set decoration

    art
    1945
  • Radio Stars on Parade

    set decoration

    art
    1945
  • The Falcon in San Francisco

    set decoration

    art
    1945
  • Those Endearing Young Charms

    set decoration

    art
    1945
  • Wanderer of the Wasteland

    set decoration

    art
    1945
  • Back to Bataan

    set decoration

    art
    1945
  • The Body Snatcher

    set decoration

    art
    1945
  • China Sky

    set decoration

    art
    1945
  • The Brighton Strangler

    set decoration

    art
    1945
  • Zombies on Broadway

    set decoration

    art
    1945
  • The Enchanted Cottage

    set decoration

    art
    1945
  • Two O'Clock Courage

    set decoration

    art
    1945
  • Having Wonderful Crime

    set decoration

    art
    1945
  • Pan-Americana

    set decoration

    art
    1945
  • What a Blonde

    set decoration

    art
    1945
  • Nevada

    set decoration

    art
    1944
  • Experiment Perilous

    set decoration

    art
    1944
  • Murder, My Sweet

    set decoration

    art
    1944
  • The Falcon in Hollywood

    set decoration

    art
    1944
  • Girl Rush

    set decoration

    art
    1944
  • Heavenly Days

    set decoration

    art
    1944
  • None But the Lonely Heart

    set decoration

    art
    1944
  • Music in Manhattan

    set decoration

    art
    1944
  • Tall in the Saddle

    set decoration

    art
    1944
  • My Pal, Wolf

    set decoration

    art
    1944
  • The Master Race

    set decoration

    art
    1944
  • Youth Runs Wild

    set decoration

    art
    1944
  • The Falcon in Mexico

    set decoration

    art
    1944
  • Mademoiselle Fifi

    set decoration

    art
    1944
  • Bride by Mistake

    set decoration

    art
    1944
  • Days of Glory

    set decoration

    art
    1944
  • A Night of Adventure

    set decoration

    art
    1944
  • Gildersleeve's Ghost

    set decoration

    art
    1944
  • Tender Comrade

    set decoration

    art
    1944
  • Seven Days Ashore

    set decoration

    art
    1944
  • The Falcon Out West

    set decoration

    art
    1944
  • The Curse of the Cat People

    set decoration

    art
    1944
  • Action in Arabia

    set decoration

    art
    1944
  • Rookies in Burma

    set decoration

    art
    1943
  • The Ghost Ship

    set decoration

    art
    1943
  • Around the World

    set decoration

    art
    1943
  • The Falcon and the Co-Eds

    set decoration

    art
    1943
  • Gangway for Tomorrow

    set decoration

    art
    1943
  • Gildersleeve on Broadway

    set decoration

    art
    1943
  • The Seventh Victim

    set decoration

    art
    1943
  • A Lady Takes a Chance

    set decoration

    art
    1943
  • The Fallen Sparrow

    set decoration

    art
    1943
  • The Adventures of a Rookie

    set decoration

    art
    1943
  • Behind the Rising Sun

    set decoration

    art
    1943
  • The Falcon in Danger

    set decoration

    art
    1943
  • Petticoat Larceny

    set decoration

    art
    1943
  • Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event

    set decoration

    art
    1943
  • The Sky's the Limit

    set decoration

    art
    1943
  • Mr. Lucky

    set decoration

    art
    1943
  • Bombardier

    set decoration

    art
    1943
  • The Leopard Man

    set decoration

    art
    1943
  • This Land Is Mine

    set decoration

    art
    1943
  • I Walked with a Zombie

    set decoration

    art
    1943
  • Ladies' Day

    set decoration

    art
    1943
  • Sagebrush Law

    set decoration

    art
    1943
  • The Falcon Strikes Back

    set decoration

    art
    1943
  • Forever and a Day

    set decoration

    art
    1943
  • Journey into Fear

    set decoration

    art
    1943
  • Hitler's Children

    set decoration

    art
    1943
  • Cat People

    set decoration

    art
    1942
  • Once Upon a Honeymoon

    set decoration

    art
    1942
  • Seven Days' Leave

    set decoration

    art
    1942
  • Red River Robin Hood

    set decoration

    art
    1942
  • The Navy Comes Through

    set decoration

    art
    1942
  • Here We Go Again

    set decoration

    art
    1942
  • The Falcon's Brother

    set decoration

    art
    1942
  • Bandit Ranger

    set decoration

    art
    1942
  • Mexican Spitfire's Elephant

    set decoration

    art
    1942
  • The Big Street

    set decoration

    art
    1942
  • The Magnificent Ambersons

    set decoration

    art
    1942
  • My Favorite Spy

    set decoration

    art
    1942
  • Call Out the Marines

    set decoration

    art
    1942
  • Suspicion

    set decoration

    art
    1941
  • Unexpected Uncle

    set decoration

    art
    1941
  • All That Money Can Buy

    set decoration

    art
    1941
  • Father Takes a Wife

    set decoration

    art
    1941
  • My Life with Caroline

    set decoration

    art
    1941
  • Tom, Dick and Harry

    set decoration

    art
    1941
  • Sunny

    set decoration

    art
    1941
  • A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob

    set decoration

    art
    1941
  • Mr. & Mrs. Smith

    set decoration

    art
    1941
  • Play Girl

    set decoration

    art
    1941
  • Kitty Foyle

    set decoration

    art
    1940
  • They Knew What They Wanted

    set decoration

    art
    1940
  • Dance, Girl, Dance

    set decoration

    art
    1940
  • Lucky Partners

    set decoration

    art
    1940
  • A Bill of Divorcement

    set decoration

    art
    1940
  • My Favorite Wife

    set decoration

    art
    1940
  • Irene

    set decoration

    art
    1940
  • Primrose Path

    set decoration

    art
    1940
  • Vigil in the Night

    set decoration

    art
    1940
  • That's Right – You're Wrong

    set decoration

    art
    1939
  • Fifth Avenue Girl

    set decoration

    art
    1939
  • Nurse Edith Cavell

    set decoration

    art
    1939
  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame

    set decoration

    art
    1939
  • In Name Only

    set decoration

    art
    1939
  • Bachelor Mother

    set decoration

    art
    1939
  • Love Affair

    set decoration

    art
    1939
  • The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

    set decoration

    art
    1939
  • Beauty for the Asking

    set decoration

    art
    1939
  • Gunga Din

    set decoration

    art
    1939
  • Pacific Liner

    set decoration

    art
    1939
  • The Mad Miss Manton

    set dresser

    art
    1938
  • Carefree

    set dresser

    art
    1938
  • Having Wonderful Time

    set dresser

    art
    1938
  • Vivacious Lady

    set dresser

    art
    1938
  • Joy of Living

    set dresser

    art
    1938
  • Bringing Up Baby

    set dresser

    art
    1938
  • She's Got Everything

    set dresser

    art
    1937
  • Wise Girl

    set dresser

    art
    1937
  • Hitting a New High

    set dresser

    art
    1937
  • A Damsel in Distress

    set dresser

    art
    1937
  • Fight for Your Lady

    set decoration

    art
    1937
  • Breakfast for Two

    set dresser

    art
    1937
  • Stage Door

    set dresser

    art
    1937
  • Music for Madame

    set dresser

    art
    1937
  • Shall We Dance

    set dresser

    art
    1937
  • The Soldier and the Lady

    set dresser

    art
    1937
  • Quality Street

    set dresser

    art
    1937
  • That Girl from Paris

    set decoration

    art
    1936
  • The Plough and the Stars

    set decoration

    art
    1936
  • The Plot Thickens

    set decoration

    art
    1936
  • Walking on Air

    set dresser

    art
    1936
  • Swing Time

    set dresser

    art
    1936
  • Mary of Scotland

    set dresser

    art
    1936
  • The Ex-Mrs. Bradford

    set dresser

    art
    1936
  • Follow the Fleet

    set dresser

    art
    1936
  • The Lady Consents

    set dresser

    art
    1936
  • Kentucky Kernels

    set decoration

    art
    1934

• costume & make-up (9 credits)

  • Annabel Takes a Tour

    set dressing artist

    costume & make-up
    1938
  • Room Service

    set dressing artist

    costume & make-up
    1938
  • The Affairs of Annabel

    set dressing artist

    costume & make-up
    1938
  • Joy of Living

    set dressing artist

    costume & make-up
    1938
  • Crashing Hollywood

    set dressing artist

    costume & make-up
    1938
  • There Goes the Groom

    set dressing supervisor

    costume & make-up
    1937
  • New Faces of 1937

    set dressing supervisor

    costume & make-up
    1937
  • Sea Devils

    set dressing supervisor

    costume & make-up
    1937
  • Criminal Lawyer

    set dressing artist

    costume & make-up
    1937