Walter Plunkett

Personal Info

Know For

Costume & Make-Up

Gender

Male

Birthday

1902-06-04 (80 years old)

Deathday

1982-03-08

Place of Birth

Oakland, California, USA

Walter Plunkett

Biography

Walter Plunkett (June 5, 1902 – March 8, 1982) was a prolific costume designer who worked on more than 150 projects throughout his career in the Hollywood film industry. Plunkett's first credited work as a costume designer was the 1927 film Hard-Boiled Haggerty. At RKO, he developed a huge costume and wardrobe department that became a major studio asset. Given free rein, he set about creating costumes that rivaled the work of his contemporaries, such as Travis Banton and Adrian. Plunkett's best-known work is featured in two films, Gone with the Wind (1939) and Singin' in the Rain (1952), in which he lampooned his initial style of the Roaring...

Production

1939

Stagecoach

as Costume Design

1939

Gone with the Wind

as Costume Design

1956

Forbidden Planet

as Costume Design

1952

Singin' in the Rain

as Costume Design

1958

The Sheepman

as Costume Design

1956

Lust for Life

as Costume Designer

1933

The Son of Kong

as Costume Design

1955

The King's Thief

as Costume Design

1958

The Brothers Karamazov

as Costume Design

1937

Nothing Sacred

as Costume Design

1951

Show Boat

as Costume Design

1955

Jupiter's Darling

as Costume Designer

1947

The Sea of Grass

as Costume Design

1949

That Forsyte Woman

as Costume Design

1950

The Outriders

as Costume Design

1951

Kind Lady

as Wardrobe Designer

1940

Vigil in the Night

as Costume Design

1960

Home from the Hill

as Costume Design

1952

Carbine Williams

as Costume Design

1955

The Scarlet Coat

as Costume Design

1934

The Fountain

as Costume Design

1948

The Three Musketeers

as Costume Design

1937

The Woman I Love

as Costume Design

1936

The Plough and the Stars

as Costume Design

1948

Summer Holiday

as Costume Design

1944

Knickerbocker Holiday

as Costume Design

1929

The Very Idea

as Costume Design

1946

Duel in the Sun

as Costume Design

1950

The Toast of New Orleans

as Costume Design

1953

The Actress

as Costume Design

1952

The Prisoner of Zenda

as Costume Design

1942

Lady for a Night

as Costume Design

1962

How the West Was Won

as Costume Design

1933

Flying Down to Rio

as Costume Design

1934

The Gay Divorcee

as Costume Design

1934

The Crime Doctor

as Costume Designer

1956

Tribute to a Bad Man

as Costume Design

1932

The Phantom of Crestwood

as Costume Design

1941

The Corsican Brothers

as Costume Design

1951

Payment on Demand

as Costume Design

1956

The Fastest Gun Alive

as Costume Design

1957

The Wings of Eagles

as Wardrobe Master

1933

Scarlet River

as Costume Design

1932

The Animal Kingdom

as Costume Design

1930

Dixiana

as Costume Design

1929

The Delightful Rogue

as Costume Design

1933

Lucky Devils

as Costume Design

1933

Christopher Strong

as Costume Design

1932

Night After Night

as Costume Design

1933

Melody Cruise

as Costume Design

1929

The Vagabond Lover

as Costume Design

1934

Where Sinners Meet

as Costume Design

1934

Stingaree

as Costume Design

1934

Murder on the Blackboard

as Costume Design

1950

Stars in My Crown

as Costume Design

1935

Annie Oakley

as Costume Design

1934

By Your Leave

as Costume Design

1935

Village Tale

as Costume Design

1935

To Beat the Band

as Costume Design

1929

Rio Rita

as Costume Design

1957

Raintree County

as Costume Design

1949

Adam's Rib

as Costume Design

1935

Alice Adams

as Costume Design

1934

Wednesday's Child

as Costume Design

1935

Chasing Yesterday

as Costume Design

1935

Captain Hurricane

as Costume Design

1936

Mary of Scotland

as Costume Design

1945

A Song to Remember

as Costume Design

1934

Cockeyed Cavaliers

as Costume Design

1934

This Man Is Mine

as Costume Design

1960

Cimarron

as Costume Design

1933

The Great Jasper

as Costume Design

1933

Blind Adventure

as Costume Design

1933

Ann Vickers

as Costume Design

1933

1933

Ace of Aces

as Costume Design

1933

Little Women

as Costume Design

1933

The Right To Romance

as Costume Design

1934

The Meanest Gal in Town

as Costume Design

1934

Man of Two Worlds

as Costume Design

1934

Long Lost Father

as Costume Design

1934

Hips, Hips, Hooray!

as Costume Design

1934

Keep 'Em Rolling

as Costume Design

1934

Spitfire

as Costume Design

1934

Success at Any Price

as Costume Design

1934

Sing and Like It

as Costume Design

1934

Strictly Dynamite

as Costume Design

1934

1934

Let's Try Again

as Costume Design

1934

We're Rich Again

as Costume Design

1934

His Greatest Gamble

as Costume Design

1934

Bachelor Bait

as Costume Design

1934

Hat, Coat and Glove

as Costume Design

1934

Their Big Moment

as Costume Design

1934

Down to Their Last Yacht

as Costume Design

1934

The Age of Innocence

as Costume Design

1934

1934

Dangerous Corner

as Costume Design

1934

Gridiron Flash

as Costume Design

1934

Kentucky Kernels

as Costume Design

1934

Anne of Green Gables

as Costume Design

1934

Lightning Strikes Twice

as Costume Design

1934

The Silver Streak

as Costume Design

1934

West of the Pecos

as Costume Design

1934

The Little Minister

as Costume Design

1929

Seven Keys to Baldpate

as Costume Design

1943

Forever and a Day

as Costume Design

1929

Tanned Legs

as Costume Design

1950

Two Weeks with Love

as Costume Design

1951

Mr. Imperium

as Costume Design

1949

Little Women

as Costume Design

1927

Legionnaires in Paris

as Costume Design

1943

In Old Oklahoma

as Costume Designer

1951

An American in Paris

as Costume Design

1933

Emergency Call

as Costume Design

1950

Black Hand

as Costume Design

1957

Gun Glory

as Costume Design

1951

Soldiers Three

as Costume Design

1933

No Marriage Ties

as Costume Design

1954

Athena

as Costume Design

1954

Deep in My Heart

as Costume Design

1949

The Secret Garden

as Costume Design

1958

The Law and Jake Wade

as Costume Design

1933

Double Harness

as Costume Design

1933

The Silver Cord

as Costume Design

1933

Sweepings

as Costume Design

1935

Jalna

as Costume Design

1935

Enchanted April

as Costume Design

1935

The Three Musketeers

as Costume Design

1935

The Arizonian

as Costume Design

1935

The Return Of Peter Grimm

as Costume Design

1935

Hooray for Love

as Costume Design

1950

Father of the Bride

as Costume Design

1955

Moonfleet

as Costume Design

1933

The Past of Mary Holmes

as Costume Design

1950

King Solomon's Mines

as Costume Design

1950

Summer Stock

as Costume Design

1950

The Magnificent Yankee

as Costume Design

1933

Cross Fire

as Costume Design

1935

His Family Tree

as Costume Design

1948

The Kissing Bandit

as Costume Designer

1954

1958

Some Came Running

as Costume Design

1955

Many Rivers to Cross

as Costume Design

1949

Madame Bovary

as Costume Designer

1965

7 Women

as Costume Design

1934

Of Human Bondage

as Costume Designer

1935

Another Face

as Costume Design

1935

The Rainmakers

as Costume Design

1936

Chatterbox

as Costume Designer

1941

Ladies in Retirement

as Costume Design

1935

Hot Tip

as Costume Design

1935

The Informer

as Costume Design

1937

The Soldier and the Lady

as Costume Design

1939

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

as Costume Designer

1955

The Glass Slipper

as Costume Design

1932

The Most Dangerous Game

as Costume Design

1933

Morning Glory

as Costume Design

1936

A Woman Rebels

as Costume Design

1937

Quality Street

as Costume Design

1941

Lydia

as Costume Design

1950

Annie Get Your Gun

as Costume Design

1951

The Man with a Cloak

as Costume Design

1952

Million Dollar Mermaid

as Costume Design

1953

Kiss Me Kate

as Costume Design

1960

Bells Are Ringing

as Costume Design

1961

Pocketful of Miracles

as Costume Design

1934

Woman in the Dark

as Costume Design

1945

Along Came Jones

as Costume Design

1951

Westward the Women

as Costume Design

1933

King Kong

as Costume Design

1929

Love In The Desert

as Costume Design

1962

Two Weeks in Another Town

as Costume Design

1960

Pollyanna

as Costume Designer

1929

Half Marriage

as Costume Design

1953

Young Bess

as Costume Design

1956

Diane

as Costume Design

1954

Valley of the Kings

as Costume Design

1953

1952

Plymouth Adventure

as Costume Design

1950

The Happy Years

as Costume Design

1929

Night Parade

as Costume Design

1938

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

as Costume Designer

1933

Tomorrow at Seven

as Costume Design

1947

Song of Love

as Costume Design

1926

A Regular Scout

as Costume Design

1951

The Law and the Lady

as Costume Design

1965

Marriage on the Rocks

as Costume Design

1947

Green Dolphin Street

as Costume Design

1927

The Bandit's Son

as Costume Design

1927

Lightning Lariats

as Costume Design

1928

Wallflowers

as Costume Design

1926

One Minute to Play

as Costume Design

1953

Ride, Vaquero!

as Costume Design

1950

Devil's Doorway

as Costume Design

1927

The Boy Rider

as Costume Designer

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