Peter Sydney Larkin (August 25, 1926 – December 16, 2019) was an American scenic and production designer.

Early life

Larkin was born in 1926 in

Boston Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...

, Massachusetts, the son of Ruth Lily (McIntire) and

Oliver Waterman Larkin Oliver Waterman Larkin (August 17, 1896, Medford, Massachusetts – December 17, 1970) was an American art historian and educator. He won the 1950 Pulitzer Prize for History for his book ''Art and Life in America''. Life and work Larkin was born ...

, an art historian. Larkin was educated at the

Deerfield Academy Deerfield Academy is an elite coeducational preparatory school in Deerfield, Massachusetts. Founded in 1797, it is one of the oldest secondary schools in the United States. It is a member of the Eight Schools Association, the Ten Schools Admissi ...

and

Yale University Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wo ...

Career

Larkin first designed the set of the 1951 Broadway adaptation of ''

The Wild Duck ''The Wild Duck'' (original Norwegian title: ''Vildanden'') is an 1884 play by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. It is considered the first modern masterpiece in the genre of tragicomedy. ''The Wild Duck'' and ''Rosmersholm'' are "often t ...

'' by Henrik Ibsen. Over the course of his career, he was a scenic or production designer for '' Dial M for Murder'', '' Peter Pan'', '' The Teahouse of the August Moon'' and '' No Time for Sergeants'', ''

Tootsie ''Tootsie'' is a 1982 American satirical romantic comedy-drama film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Dustin Hoffman. Its supporting cast includes Pollack, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, Dabney Coleman, Bill Murray, Charles Durning, George Ga ...

'', and '' Get Shorty''. He won four Tony Awards for Best Scenic Design.

Personal life and death

Larkin married Racelle Strick, a painter who died in 2008. His stepson, Wesley Strick, is a screenwriter. Larkin resided in Bridgehampton, New York, where he died on December 16, 2019, at age 93.

References

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W.H. Crain Costume and Scene Design Collection
at the Harry Ransom Center 1926 births 2019 deaths People from Boston People from Bridgehampton, New York Deerfield Academy alumni Yale University alumni American scenic designers American production designers Tony Award winners {{US-bio-stub