Eric Walter Orbom
Sweden-born American art director
About Eric Walter Orbom
Lived 1915 – 1959 (aged 43). Eric Walter Orbom was an American scenographer, screenwriter and art director.
Eric Walter Orbom (July 6, 1915 – May 23, 1959) was an American art director.
Biography He was born on July 6, 1915, in Stockholm, Sweden to Walter Eric Gustav Orbom (1890–1915) and Signe Albertina Jonsson (1891–1961). He migrated to the United States in 1918 and lived in Salt Lake City, Utah. He died on May 23, 1959, in Los Angeles, California. He was interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills).
Selected filmography Spartacus (1960)
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Sweden-born American art director (1915-1959)
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Eric Walter Orbom was born on 6 July 1915 in Stockholm.
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Eric Walter Orbom died on 23 May 1959 in Los Angeles.
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Eric Walter Orbom was a scenographer, screenwriter and art director.
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Eric Walter Orbom was American.
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