Hugo Rumbold

Production Designer

Birthday February 7, 1884

Birth Sign Aquarius

Birthplace England

DEATH DATE Nov 19, 1932 (48)

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About

English set and costume designer who became known for his work in theater. He designed productions of Bluff King Hal (1914), Patience (1918), and numerous other stage plays.

Before Fame

He served in both the Second Boer War and the First World War.

Trivia

He designed the costumes for William Faversham's 1913 production of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

Family Life

He was married to playwright Zoe Akins in the year preceding his death.

Associated With

Charlie Chaplin called him the greatest mimic he had ever known.