Edwin B. Willis
Edwin Booth Willis (January 28, 1893 – November 26, 1963) was an American motion picture set designer and decorator. Willis worked exclusively at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios for his entire career. During his career as a set designer Willis worked on over 600 separate productions. The Internet Movie Database lists his 577 film credits as set decorator, 163 credits as interior decorator and 24 credits as art director. Edwin B. Willis was nominated for the Academy Award in his profession 32 times, in certain years receiving multiple nominations. Willis won the Oscar on eight occasions. He was born in Decatur, Illinois and died of cancer in Hollywood, in 1963. His older sister was Hollywood film editor Verna Willis.
The Philadelphia Story
(Set Decoration)
The Mortal Storm
(Set Decoration)
The Wizard of Oz
(Set Decoration)
Forbidden Planet
(Set Decoration)
Singin' in the Rain
(Set Decoration)
Hide-Out
(Assistant Art Director)
Meet Me in St. Louis
(Set Decoration)
An American in Paris
(Set Decoration)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
(Set Decoration)
Lust for Life
(Set Decoration)
The Big Store
(Set Decoration)
Mokey
(Set Decoration)
Lassie Come Home
(Set Decoration)
This Could Be the Night
(Set Decoration)
The Thin Man
(Assistant Art Director)
Calling Dr. Gillespie
(Set Decoration)
Pride and Prejudice
(Set Decoration)
Interrupted Melody
(Set Decoration)
Riffraff
(Assistant Art Director)
Love Me or Leave Me
(Set Decoration)
After the Thin Man
(Assistant Art Director)
Woman of the Year
(Set Decoration)
Gallant Sons
(Set Decoration)
Without Love
(Set Decoration)
Brigadoon
(Set Decoration)
Lady Be Good
(Set Decoration)
Blackboard Jungle
(Set Decoration)
The King's Thief
(Set Decoration)
Mrs. Parkington
(Set Decoration)
Kismet
(Set Decoration)
Broadway to Hollywood
(Set Decoration)
Mannequin
(Assistant Art Director)
The Arnelo Affair
(Set Decoration)
Dancing Lady
(Decorator)
Slightly Dangerous
(Set Decoration)
The Harvey Girls
(Set Decoration)
I Dood It
(Set Decoration)
Show Boat
(Set Decoration)
Duchess of Idaho
(Set Decoration)
The Hoodlum Saint
(Set Decoration)
Adam's Rib
(Set Decoration)
I'll Cry Tomorrow
(Set Decoration)
Gun Glory
(Set Decoration)
San Francisco
(Assistant Art Director)
The Human Comedy
(Set Decoration)
Confidentially Connie
(Set Decoration)
Battle Circus
(Set Decoration)
Main Street After Dark
(Set Decoration)
The Seventh Cross
(Set Decoration)
The Feminine Touch
(Set Decoration)
The Devil-Doll
(Assistant Art Director)
Thunder Afloat
(Set Decoration)
Johnny Eager
(Set Decoration)
Rendezvous
(Assistant Art Director)
The Next Voice You Hear...
(Set Decoration)
Fast Company
(Assistant Art Director)
Married Before Breakfast
(Assistant Set Decoration)
Jupiter's Darling
(Set Decoration)
Beg, Borrow or Steal
(Assistant Art Director)
Double Wedding
(Assistant Art Director)
Living in a Big Way
(Set Decoration)
Desperate Search
(Set Decoration)
The Beginning or the End
(Set Decoration)
Sinner Take All
(Assistant Art Director)
Vacation from Love
(Assistant Art Director)
Easy to Love
(Set Decoration)
Sworn Enemy
(Assistant Art Director)
A Family Affair
(Assistant Art Director)
You're Only Young Once
(Assistant Art Director)
Week-End at the Waldorf
(Set Decoration)
Judge Hardy's Children
(Assistant Art Director)
Love Finds Andy Hardy
(Assistant Art Director)
Out West with the Hardys
(Set Decoration)
The Hardys Ride High
(Set Decoration)
The Sea of Grass
(Set Decoration)
Fast and Furious
(Set Decoration)
Judge Hardy and Son
(Set Decoration)
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
(Set Decoration)
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
(Set Decoration)
Tell No Tales
(Set Decoration)
Cairo
(Decorator)
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
(Set Decoration)
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
(Set Decoration)
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
(Set Decoration)
The Courtship of Andy Hardy
(Set Decoration)
Her Twelve Men
(Set Decoration)
Fearless Fagan
(Set Decoration)
Hills of Home
(Set Decoration)
Andy Hardy's Double Life
(Set Decoration)
The Outriders
(Set Decoration)
Tennessee Champ
(Set Decoration)
Ambush
(Set Decoration)
Three Live Ghosts
(Assistant Art Director)
Mad Holiday
(Art Direction)
Tribute to a Bad Man
(Set Decoration)
When Ladies Meet
(Set Decoration)
Calling Dr. Kildare
(Set Decoration)
The Unknown Man
(Set Decoration)
These Glamour Girls
(Set Decoration)
Carbine Williams
(Set Decoration)
Come Live with Me
(Set Decoration)
Too Hot to Handle
(Assistant Production Design)
Bad Little Angel
(Set Decoration)
Henry Goes Arizona
(Set Decoration)
The Secret Heart
(Set Decoration)
The Three Musketeers
(Set Decoration)
Calm Yourself
(Assistant Art Director)
Paradise for Three
(Assistant Art Director)
My Man and I
(Set Decoration)
Skirts Ahoy!
(Set Decoration)
Married Bachelor
(Set Decoration)
Escape from Fort Bravo
(Set Decoration)
Cry of the Hunted
(Set Decoration)
Big City
(Set Decoration)
I'll Wait for You
(Set Decoration)
Three Loves Has Nancy
(Assistant Art Director)
Right Cross
(Set Decoration)
Ninotchka
(Set Decoration)
Rage in Heaven
(Set Decoration)
Don't Go Near the Water
(Set Decoration)
Julia Misbehaves
(Set Decoration)
Summer Holiday
(Set Decoration)
The Fastest Gun Alive
(Set Decoration)
Nancy Goes to Rio
(Set Decoration)
Reunion in Vienna
(Set Decoration)
The Stranger's Return
(Set Decoration)
Queen Christina
(Set Decoration)
Hollywood Party
(Set Decoration)
Espionage
(Art Direction)
I Married an Angel
(Set Decoration)
Balalaika
(Set Decoration)
Julius Caesar
(Set Decoration)
My Dear Miss Aldrich
(Assistant Art Director)
The Bishop Misbehaves
(Assistant Art Director)
The Golden Fleecing
(Set Decoration)
The Red Danube
(Set Decoration)
Woman Wanted
(Assistant Art Director)
Battleground
(Set Decoration)
The Prodigal
(Set Decoration)
Inside Straight
(Set Decoration)
Arsène Lupin Returns
(Assistant Art Director)
Anchors Aweigh
(Set Decoration)
The Women Men Marry
(Art Department Assistant)
The Strip
(Set Decoration)
Yolanda and the Thief
(Set Decoration)
Annie Get Your Gun
(Set Decoration)
Treasure Island
(Assistant Art Director)
Nothing But Trouble
(Set Decoration)
Texas Carnival
(Set Decoration)
Holiday for Sinners
(Set Decoration)
See Here, Private Hargrove
(Set Decoration)
Bathing Beauty
(Set Decoration)
Trial
(Set Decoration)
The Toast of New Orleans
(Set Decoration)
Two Smart People
(Set Decoration)
Camille
(Assistant Art Director)
Keeper of the Flame
(Set Decoration)
Desire Me
(Set Decoration)
The Actress
(Set Decoration)
The Prisoner of Zenda
(Set Decoration)
Waterloo Bridge
(Set Decoration)
Comrade X
(Set Decoration)
The Pirate
(Set Decoration)
I Love You Again
(Set Decoration)
Sweethearts
(Set Decoration)
Broadway Melody of 1940
(Set Decoration)
Girl Crazy
(Set Decoration)
New Moon
(Set Decoration)
Twice Blessed
(Set Decoration)
Music for Millions
(Set Decoration)
The Skipper Surprised His Wife
(Set Decoration)
Tarzan's Secret Treasure
(Set Decoration)
Tarzan's New York Adventure
(Set Decoration)
Washington Melodrama
(Set Decoration)
The Great Caruso
(Set Decoration)
Three Godfathers
(Art Direction)
Kind Lady
(Assistant Art Director)
Callaway Went Thataway
(Set Decoration)
Honolulu
(Set Decoration)
Boom Town
(Set Decoration)
Gaslight
(Set Decoration)
Bannerline
(Set Decoration)
Kathleen
(Set Decoration)
Hit the Deck
(Set Decoration)
Whipsaw
(Assistant Art Director)
Rio Rita
(Set Decoration)
And One Was Beautiful
(Set Decoration)
Bad Day at Black Rock
(Set Decoration)
Whistling in Dixie
(Set Decoration)
The Bugle Sounds
(Settings)
The People Vs. Dr. Kildare
(Set Decoration)
The Bad Man
(Set Decoration)
Phantom Raiders
(Set Decoration)
20 Mule Team
(Set Decoration)
Bridal Suite
(Set Decoration)
Blackmail
(Set Decoration)
The Girl Downstairs
(Set Decoration)
Libeled Lady
(Co-Art Director)
The Long, Long Trailer
(Set Decoration)
The Cobweb
(Set Decoration)
The Shop Around the Corner
(Set Decoration)
A Guy Named Joe
(Set Decoration)
Tortilla Flat
(Set Decoration)
Ziegfeld Follies
(Set Decoration)
Mystery Street
(Set Decoration)
Storm at Daybreak
(Interior Designer)
Take the High Ground!
(Set Decoration)
Lucky Night
(Set Decoration)
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
(Set Decoration)
Strike Up the Band
(Set Decoration)
Babes in Arms
(Set Decoration)
Bright Road
(Set Decoration)
The Asphalt Jungle
(Set Decoration)
Remains to Be Seen
(Set Decoration)
Fury
(Art Direction)
Captains Courageous
(Art Direction)
The Great Diamond Robbery
(Set Decoration)
The Night Is Young
(Art Direction)
The Night Is Young
(Set Decoration)
The Last Time I Saw Paris
(Set Decoration)
Boys Town
(Assistant Art Director)
Rogue's March
(Set Decoration)
Easy to Wed
(Set Decoration)
Stars in My Crown
(Set Decoration)
Neptune's Daughter
(Set Decoration)
Nick Carter, Master Detective
(Set Decoration)
Miracles for Sale
(Set Decoration)
Broadway Serenade
(Set Decoration)
Sporting Blood
(Set Decoration)
Northwest Passage
(Set Decoration)
The Kid From Texas
(Set Decoration)
A Woman's Face
(Set Decoration)
The Painted Hills
(Set Decoration)
Raintree County
(Set Decoration)
In the Good Old Summertime
(Set Decoration)
Glory Alley
(Set Decoration)
The Canterville Ghost
(Set Decoration)
The Women
(Set Decoration)
Third Finger, Left Hand
(Set Decoration)
Rose Marie
(Set Decoration)
Homecoming
(Set Decoration)
It's a Dog's Life
(Set Decoration)
Escape
(Set Decoration)
Somebody Up There Likes Me
(Set Decoration)
The Valley of Decision
(Set Decoration)
Ransom!
(Set Decoration)
The Get-Away
(Set Decoration)
The Great Sinner
(Set Decoration)
Sunday Punch
(Set Decoration)
Lili
(Set Decoration)
The Casino Murder Case
(Assistant Art Director)
Three Little Words
(Set Decoration)
Two Weeks with Love
(Set Decoration)
Mr. Imperium
(Set Decoration)
Bewitched
(Set Decoration)
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
(Set Decoration)
Good News
(Set Decoration)
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
(Set Decoration)
Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant
(Set Decoration)
Young Dr. Kildare
(Set Decoration)
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
(Set Decoration)
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
(Set Decoration)
Angels in the Outfield
(Set Decoration)
Tenth Avenue Angel
(Set Decoration)
Little Women
(Set Decoration)
Congo Maisie
(Set Decoration)
Bombshell
(Set Decoration)
Swing Shift Maisie
(Set Decoration)
Something of Value
(Set Decoration)
The Wild North
(Set Decoration)
Ringside Maisie
(Set Decoration)
The Clock
(Set Decoration)
Up Goes Maisie
(Set Decoration)
Maisie Goes to Reno
(Set Decoration)
The Naked Spur
(Set Decoration)
Her Cardboard Lover
(Set Decoration)
Strange Cargo
(Set Decoration)
Dulcy
(Set Decoration)
Key to the City
(Set Decoration)
Love Crazy
(Set Decoration)
The Bribe
(Set Decoration)
Life Begins for Andy Hardy
(Set Decoration)
The Yellow Cab Man
(Set Decoration)
These Wilder Years
(Set Decoration)
Mrs. Miniver
(Set Decoration)
A Life of Her Own
(Set Decoration)
Black Hand
(Set Decoration)
The Big Hangover
(Set Decoration)
Shadow on the Wall
(Set Decoration)
Green Fire
(Set Decoration)
Please Believe Me
(Set Decoration)
Scaramouche
(Set Decoration)
Three Guys Named Mike
(Set Decoration)
Grounds for Marriage
(Set Decoration)
Soldiers Three
(Set Decoration)
Kismet
(Set Decoration)
The Story of Three Loves
(Set Decoration)
The Rack
(Set Decoration)
State of the Union
(Set Decoration)
Invitation
(Set Decoration)
Young Man with Ideas
(Set Decoration)
Blossoms in the Dust
(Set Decoration)
The Teahouse of the August Moon
(Set Decoration)
Blonde Inspiration
(Set Decoration)
Pat and Mike
(Set Decoration)
Sergeant Madden
(Set Decoration)
House of Numbers
(Set Decoration)
Night Must Fall
(Assistant Art Director)
The Good Earth
(Assistant Art Director)
Jeopardy
(Set Decoration)
The White Cliffs of Dover
(Set Decoration)
Courage of Lassie
(Set Decoration)
Father's Little Dividend
(Set Decoration)
Seven Sweethearts
(Set Decoration)
Best Foot Forward
(Set Decoration)
National Velvet
(Set Decoration)
Design for Scandal
(Set Decoration)
Broadway Rhythm
(Set Decoration)
Billy the Kid
(Set Decoration)
Ship Ahoy
(Set Decoration)
Smilin' Through
(Set Decoration)
The Yearling
(Set Decoration)
The Ghost Comes Home
(Set Decoration)
Go West
(Set Decoration)
Maisie
(Set Decoration)
Four Girls in White
(Set Decoration)
Stand Up and Fight
(Set Decoration)
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
(Set Decoration)
At the Circus
(Set Decoration)
The Captain Is a Lady
(Set Decoration)
Lost Angel
(Set Decoration)
Lost in a Harem
(Set Decoration)
A Christmas Carol
(Set Decoration)
To Please a Lady
(Set Decoration)
The Great American Pastime
(Set Decoration)
The Hucksters
(Set Decoration)
Until They Sail
(Set Decoration)
Dancing Co-Ed
(Set Decoration)
Somewhere I'll Find You
(Set Decoration)
Morals for Men
(Art Direction)
Man on Fire
(Set Decoration)
Deep in My Heart
(Set Decoration)
The Reformer and the Redhead
(Set Decoration)
The Sun Comes Up
(Set Decoration)
Big Jack
(Set Decoration)
The Doctor and the Girl
(Set Decoration)
Challenge to Lassie
(Set Decoration)
That Midnight Kiss
(Set Decoration)
Malaya
(Set Decoration)
That Forsyte Woman
(Set Decoration)
Any Number Can Play
(Set Decoration)
The Stratton Story
(Set Decoration)
The Barkleys of Broadway
(Set Decoration)
East Side, West Side
(Set Decoration)
Scene of the Crime
(Set Decoration)
Tension
(Set Decoration)
Act of Violence
(Set Decoration)
The Secret Garden
(Set Decoration)
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
(Set Decoration)
Intruder in the Dust
(Set Decoration)
Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
(Set Decoration)
Three Daring Daughters
(Set Decoration)
Easter Parade
(Set Decoration)
Father of the Bride
(Set Decoration)
Moonfleet
(Set Decoration)
Silk Stockings
(Set Decoration)
I Take This Woman
(Set Decoration)
The Shining Hour
(Set Decoration)
Saratoga
(Set Decoration)
Bitter Sweet
(Set Decoration)
Little Nellie Kelly
(Set Decoration)
Crisis
(Set Decoration)
Side Street
(Set Decoration)
Kim
(Set Decoration)
The Magnificent Yankee
(Set Decoration)
King Solomon's Mines
(Set Decoration)
Summer Stock
(Set Decoration)
The Ice Follies of 1939
(Set Decoration)
For Me and My Gal
(Set Decoration)
Marie Antoinette
(Art Direction)
Killer McCoy
(Set Decoration)
Love Is a Headache
(Art Department Assistant)
6,000 Enemies
(Set Decoration)
Stage Mother
(Interior Designer)
Trouble for Two
(Art Direction)
Stronger Than Desire
(Set Decoration)
The First Hundred Years
(Assistant Art Director)
The Earl of Chicago
(Set Decoration)
Panama Hattie
(Set Decoration)
The Gay Bride
(Assistant Art Director)
Navy Blue and Gold
(Assistant Art Director)
The Hidden Eye
(Set Decoration)
The Man from Down Under
(Set Decoration)
Of Human Hearts
(Art Department Assistant)
They Gave Him a Gun
(Assistant Art Director)
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
(Set Decoration)
Swing Fever
(Set Decoration)
The Unguarded Hour
(Assistant Art Director)
Times Square Lady
(Assistant Art Director)
The Kissing Bandit
(Set Decoration)
The Vanishing Virginian
(Set Decoration)
Cabin in the Sky
(Set Decoration)
You Can't Buy Everything
(Interior Designer)
Gaby
(Set Decoration)
Undercurrent
(Set Decoration)
Shadow in the Sky
(Set Decoration)
On the Town
(Set Decoration)
We Who Are Young
(Set Decoration)
Many Rivers to Cross
(Set Decoration)
Executive Suite
(Set Decoration)
Nazi Agent
(Set Decoration)
The Bad and the Beautiful
(Set Decoration)
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
(Set Decoration)
The Power and the Prize
(Set Decoration)
The Catered Affair
(Set Decoration)
On Borrowed Time
(Set Decoration)
Beauty for Sale
(Set Decoration)
Journey for Margaret
(Set Decoration)
Pagan Love Song
(Set Decoration)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
(Set Decoration)
Dr. Kildare's Victory
(Set Decoration)
Madame Bovary
(Set Decoration)
Joe Smith, American
(Set Decoration)
Too Young to Kiss
(Set Decoration)
China Seas
(Art Direction)
Tea and Sympathy
(Set Decoration)
The Red Badge of Courage
(Set Decoration)
Designing Woman
(Set Decoration)
The Postman Always Rings Twice
(Set Decoration)
Dangerous When Wet
(Set Decoration)
Dramatic School
(Set Decoration)
Give a Girl a Break
(Set Decoration)
Two Sisters from Boston
(Set Decoration)
Bataan
(Set Decoration)
It's Always Fair Weather
(Set Decoration)
This Time for Keeps
(Set Decoration)
Presenting Lily Mars
(Set Decoration)
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis
(Set Decoration)
What Every Woman Knows
(Art Direction)
Madame X
(Art Direction)
Grand Central Murder
(Set Decoration)
The Opposite Sex
(Set Decoration)
Fingers at the Window
(Set Decoration)
The Chaser
(Art Direction)
The Sailor Takes a Wife
(Set Decoration)
Broadway Melody of 1936
(Art Direction)
Operator 13
(Art Direction)
A Date with Judy
(Set Decoration)
Love Is Better Than Ever
(Set Decoration)
Westward the Women
(Set Decoration)
Cause for Alarm!
(Set Decoration)
The Girl Who Had Everything
(Set Decoration)
Dark Delusion
(Set Decoration)
Talk About a Stranger
(Set Decoration)
Thrill of a Romance
(Set Decoration)
The Solitaire Man
(Interior Designer)
Manhattan Melodrama
(Art Direction)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
(Set Decoration)
Dangerous Partners
(Set Decoration)
The Belle of New York
(Set Decoration)
Meet Me in Las Vegas
(Set Decoration)
Her Highness and the Bellboy
(Set Decoration)
The Bride Wore Red
(Art Direction)
No More Ladies
(Art Direction)
Down in San Diego
(Set Decoration)
She Went to the Races
(Set Decoration)
Son of Lassie
(Set Decoration)
Whistling in Brooklyn
(Set Decoration)
The Seventh Sin
(Set Decoration)
Young Bess
(Set Decoration)
Men of the Fighting Lady
(Set Decoration)
Command Decision
(Set Decoration)
Valley of the Kings
(Set Decoration)
Diane
(Set Decoration)
Between Two Women
(Set Decoration)
The Light Touch
(Set Decoration)
All the Brothers Were Valiant
(Set Decoration)
The Happy Years
(Set Decoration)
Plymouth Adventure
(Set Decoration)
Whistling in the Dark
(Set Decoration)
Royal Wedding
(Set Decoration)
Two-Faced Woman
(Set Decoration)
Lady in the Lake
(Set Decoration)
Penthouse
(Interior Designer)
Les Girls
(Set Decoration)
Forsaking All Others
(Art Direction)
Above Suspicion
(Set Decoration)
Everything I Have Is Yours
(Set Decoration)
Absolute Quiet
(Art Direction)
They Were Expendable
(Set Decoration)
Murder in the Fleet
(Art Direction)
Cynthia
(Set Decoration)
Eyes in the Night
(Set Decoration)
Ziegfeld Girl
(Set Decoration)
Reunion in France
(Set Decoration)
Blonde Fever
(Set Decoration)
Susan and God
(Set Decoration)
Small Town Girl
(Set Decoration)
Tennessee Johnson
(Set Decoration)
The Tall Target
(Set Decoration)
I Love Melvin
(Set Decoration)
Ten Thousand Bedrooms
(Set Decoration)
The Wings of Eagles
(Set Decoration)
The Garden Murder Case
(Art Direction)
Kid Glove Killer
(Set Decoration)
It's a Wonderful World
(Set Decoration)
A Day at the Races
(Art Department Assistant)
Mr. and Mrs. North
(Set Decoration)
Mad Love
(Art Direction)
The Band Wagon
(Set Decoration)
Thousands Cheer
(Set Decoration)
High Society
(Set Decoration)
Kiss Me Kate
(Set Decoration)
Dial 1119
(Set Decoration)
Another Thin Man
(Set Decoration)
Shadow of the Thin Man
(Set Decoration)
Song of the Thin Man
(Set Decoration)
The Thin Man Goes Home
(Set Decoration)
The Sellout
(Set Decoration)
Idiot's Delight
(Set Decoration)
Remember?
(Set Decoration)
Maisie Was a Lady
(Set Decoration)
Gold Rush Maisie
(Set Decoration)
Riptide
(Set Decoration)
Green Dolphin Street
(Set Decoration)
Maisie Gets Her Man
(Set Decoration)
Spring Madness
(Set Decoration)
Apache Trail
(Set Decoration)
Gentle Annie
(Set Decoration)
The Affairs of Martha
(Set Decoration)
Rationing
(Set Decoration)
Undercover Maisie
(Set Decoration)
Bad Bascomb
(Set Decoration)
Big Leaguer
(Set Decoration)
The Merry Widow
(Set Decoration)
Baby Face Harrington
(Art Direction)
Sadie McKee
(Assistant Art Director)
Hold Your Man
(Set Decoration)
Fast and Loose
(Set Decoration)
Till the Clouds Roll By
(Set Decoration)