Bernard Robinson

Bernard William Robinson was born on 28 July 1970 in Liverpool, England.
In the 1930’s Bernard worked as a draughtsman for Warner Brothers at Teddington Studios. After gaining promotion to art director, he joined London Films, working out of Denham Studios. His career was interrupted by wartime service and did not resume fully until 1956, when he joined Hammer Films as a production designer. Robinson soon acquired a reputation for creating a lavish look, given the limited budgets and cramped facilities at Hammer’s Bray studio. He built sets which could be rapidly re-built to suit different requirements. In this manner, the crypt from Dracula (1958) became the laboratory for The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958). Similarly, the same Cornish village set doubled for both The Plague of the Zombies (1966) and The Reptile (1966). Castle Dracula itself was used again as Baskerville Hall for The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959). Robinson’s productive association with Hammer lasted until 1969.
In 1960 he married Margaret Carter, a mask maker for Hammer studios.
Bernard Robinson died in Surrey, England on 2 March 1970, He was 57.
Bernard Robinson’s Hammer Productions (48)
Year Released | Production | Role |
1957 | The Abominable Snowman | Production Designer |
1957 | The Curse of Frankenstein | Production Designer |
1957 | Quatermass 2 | Art Director |
1958 | Dracula | Production Designer |
1958 | The Revenge of Frankenstein | Production Designer |
1959 | The Hound of the Baskervilles | Production Designer |
1959 | The Man Who Could Cheat Death | Production Designer |
1959 | The Mummy | Production Designer |
1959 | The Ugly Duckling | Production Designer |
1959 | Yesterday’s Enemy | Production Designer |
1960 | The Brides of Dracula | Production Designer |
1960 | Never Take Sweets from a Stranger | Production Designer |
1960 | Passport to China | Production Designer |
1960 | The Stranglers of Bombay | Production Designer |
1960 | The Two Faces of Dr Jekyll | Production Designer |
1961 | The Curse of the Werewolf | Production Designer |
1961 | The Shadow of the Cat | Production Designer |
1961 | Taste of Fear | Production Designer |
1961 | The Terror of the Tongs | Production Designer |
1961 | Watch it Sailor | Production Designer |
1962 | Captain Clegg | Production Designer |
1962 | The Phantom of the Opera | Production Designer |
1962 | The Pirates of Blood River | Production Designer |
1963 | The Damned | Production Design (uncredited) |
1963 | Maniac | Production Design (uncredited) |
1963 | Cash on Demand | Production Designer |
1963 | The Scarlet Blade | Production Designer |
1964 | The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb | Production Designer |
1964 | The Devil-Ship Pirates | Production Designer |
1964 | The Gorgon | Production Designer |
1964 | The Kiss of the Vampire | Production Designer |
1964 | Nightmare | Production Designer |
1964 | Paranoiac | Director of Photography |
1965 | The Brigand of Kandahar | Production Designer |
1965 | Secret of Blood Island | Production Designer |
1966 | Dracula, Prince of Darkness | Production Designer |
1966 | The Old Dark House | Production Designer |
1966 | The Plague of the Zombies | Production Designer |
1966 | Rasputin the Mad Monk | Production Designer |
1966 | The Reptile | Production Designer |
1966 | The Witches | Production Designer |
1967 | Frankenstein Created Woman | Production Designer |
1967 | The Mummy's Shroud | Production Designer |
1967 | Quatermass and the Pit | Supervising Art Director |
1968 | The Devil Rides Out | Production Designer (uncredited) |
1968 | The Devil Rides Out | Supervising Art Director |
1968 | Dracula Has Risen from the Grave | Supervising Art Director |
1969 | Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed | Supervising Art Director |