David Townsend

Personal Info

Know For

Art

Gender

Male

Birthday

1891-11-02 (44 years old)

Deathday

1935-08-05

Place of Birth

Hoskins, Wayne County, Nebraska, USA

David Townsend

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia David Wood Townsend (November 2, 1891 – August 5, 1935) was primarily known as an American film art director (1919-1934). He started working at Art-o-Graph, but by 1927 he was at MGM where he worked on a number of films. He died in a automobile accident while working on "The Robin Hood of El Dorado", which was released in 1936.

Production

1934

Hide-Out

as Assistant Art Director

1934

The Thin Man

as Assistant Art Director

1934

The Show-Off

as Art Direction

1927

Foreign Devils

as Art Direction

1927

Spring Fever

as Set Decoration

1936

Robin Hood of El Dorado

as Art Direction

1927

The Taxi Dancer

as Set Designer

1934

You Can't Buy Everything

as Art Direction

1935

Murder in the Fleet

as Art Direction

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