Peter Larkin | |
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Born | Peter Sydney Larkin
[1] August 26, 1926
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Died | December 16, 2019
Bridgehampton, New York, U.S. | (aged 93)
Education |
Deerfield Academy Yale University |
Occupation(s) | Scenic designer, production designer |
Spouse | Racelle Strick |
Parent | Oliver Waterman Larkin |
Relatives | Wesley Strick (stepson) |
Peter Sydney Larkin (August 25, 1926 – December 16, 2019) was an American scenic and production designer.
Larkin was born in 1926 in Boston, Massachusetts, [1] [2] the son of Ruth Lily (McIntire) and Oliver Waterman Larkin, an art historian. [3] Larkin was educated at the Deerfield Academy and Yale University. [3] [4]
Larkin first designed the set of the 1951 Broadway adaptation of The Wild Duck by Henrik Ibsen. [2] 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, and Get Shorty. [3] He won four Tony Awards for Best Scenic Design. [4]
Larkin married Racelle Strick, a painter who died in 2008. [5] His stepson, Wesley Strick, is a screenwriter. [3] Larkin resided in Bridgehampton, New York, where he died on December 16, 2019, at age 93. [2] [3] [4]