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'''William Flannery''' (November 17, 1898&ndash;January 25, 1959) was an American [[Art director#In film|art director]]. He won an [[Academy Award]] in the category [[Academy Award for Best Art Direction|Best Art Direction]] for the film ''[[Picnic (1955 film)|Picnic]]''.<ref name="oscars.org">{{cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/28th-winners.html |title=The 28th Academy Awards (1956) Nominees and Winners |accessdate=2011-07-23|work=oscars.org}}</ref>
'''William Edward Flannery''' (November 17, 1898 &ndash; January 25, 1959) was an American [[Art director#In film|art director]] and architect for [[William Randolph Hearst]].<ref name=bio>{{Cite web|url=http://homepage.eircom.net/~oflannery/bio/bioWEF18981959.htm|title=Hall of Fame (William Edward Flannery)}}</ref> He won an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] in the category [[Academy Award for Best Production Design|Best Art Direction]] for the film ''[[Picnic (1955 film)|Picnic]]''.<ref name="oscars.org">{{cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1956 |title=The 28th Academy Awards (1956) Nominees and Winners |access-date=2011-07-23|work=oscars.org}}</ref>


As an architect, his projects included a beachside mansion for Hearst's girlfriend [[Marion Davies]]. The main mansion was demolished, but part of the property survives as the [[Annenberg Community Beach House]].
==Selected filmography==

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* ''[[Picnic (1955 film)|Picnic]]'' (1955)
Flannery married silent film actress Mary Mercedes Campbell and they had a son Patrick John, born in 1927.<ref name=bio/> During the [[Great Depression]] he became an art director.<ref name=bio/>

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* ''[[Forlorn River]]'' (1937)
* ''[[Sons of the Legion]]'' (1938)
* ''[[Campus Confessions]]'' (1938)
* ''[[Disbarred (1939 film)|Disbarred]]'' (1939)
* ''[[Ambush (1939 film)|Ambush]]'' (1939)
* ''[[Persons in Hiding]]'' (1939)
* ''[[Undercover Doctor]]'' (1939)
* ''[[Million Dollar Legs (1939 film)|Million Dollar Legs]]'' (1939)
* ''[[$1000 a Touchdown]]'' (1939)
* ''[[All Women Have Secrets]]'' (1939)
* ''[[Women Without Names (1940 film)|Women Without Names]]'' (1940)
* ''[[Untamed (1940 film)|Untamed]]'' (1940)
* ''[[Golden Gloves (1940 film)|Golden Gloves]]'' (1940)
* ''[[North West Mounted Police (film)|North West Mounted Police]]'' (1940)
* ''[[World Premiere (film)|World Premiere]]'' (1941)
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* ''[[True to the Army]]'' (1942)
* ''[[Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch]]'' (1942)
* ''[[Night Plane from Chungking]]'' (1943)
* ''[[Dixie (film)]]'' (1943)
* ''[[Going My Way]]'' (1944)
* ''[[Murder, He Says]]'' (1945)
* ''[[Incendiary Blonde]]'' (1945)
* ''[[Duffy's Tavern (film)|Duffy's Tavern]]'' (1945)
* ''[[The Bells of St. Mary's]]'' (1945)
* ''[[Sister Kenny]]'' (1946)
* ''[[Abie's Irish Rose]]'' (1946)
* ''[[Arch of Triumph (1948 film)|Arch of Triumph]]'' (1948)
* ''[[The Sun Sets at Dawn]]'' (1950)
* ''[[Valentino (1951 film)|Valentino]]'' (1951)
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* ''[[My Son John]]'' (1952)
* ''[[The Savage (1952 film)|The Savage]]'' (1952
* ''[[Never Wave at a WAC]]'' (1953)
* ''[[Captain Scarface]]'' (1953
* ''[[The Shanghai Story]]'' (1954)
* ''[[Phffft]]'' (1954)
* ''[[Tarzan's Hidden Jungle]]'' (1955)
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* ''[[Picnic (1955 film)|Picnic]]'' (1955)
* ''[[The Harder They Fall (1956 film)|The Harder They Fall]]'' (1956)
* ''[[Full of Life]]'' (1956)
* ''[[Space Ship Sappy]]'' (1957)
* ''[[The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock]]'' (1959)
* ''[[The Crimson Kimono]]'' (1959)
* ''[[Going My Way]] (1944)
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* ''[[Damon Runyon Theater]]'' (2 episodes, 1955))
* ''[[Playhouse 90]]'' (1 episode, 1957)
* ''[[The Ford Television Theatre]]'' (15 episodes, 1956-1957)
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* ''[[Father Knows Best]]'' (5 episodes, 1956)
* ''[[Shirley Temple's Storybook]]'' (4 episodes, 1958))
* ''[[The Donna Reed Show]]'' (1 episode, 1959)
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For the American bridge player, see William Flannery (bridge). Not to be confused with William Flanary, better known as Dr. Glaucomflecken.

William Flannery
Born(1898-11-17)November 17, 1898
Ohio
DiedJanuary 25, 1959(1959-01-25) (aged 60)
Los Angeles, California
OccupationArt director
Years active1937-1959

William Edward Flannery (November 17, 1898 – January 25, 1959) was an American art director and architect for William Randolph Hearst.[1] He won an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film Picnic.[2]

As an architect, his projects included a beachside mansion for Hearst's girlfriend Marion Davies. The main mansion was demolished, but part of the property survives as the Annenberg Community Beach House.

Flannery married silent film actress Mary Mercedes Campbell and they had a son Patrick John, born in 1927.[1] During the Great Depression he became an art director.[1]

Select art direction

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Film
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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Hall of Fame (William Edward Flannery)".
  2. ^ "The 28th Academy Awards (1956) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved July 23, 2011.
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