Don Mingaye
Donald Thomas Ralph Mingaye was born in 1929 in Kensington, London.
He was an art director and production designer, known for The Pirates of Blood River (1962), Scream and Scream Again (1970) and Danger Route (1967). He died on November 8, 2017 in Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK.
Don began his career in films at Islington Studios as a junior scenic artist, following training at the Saint Martin’s Lane School of Art. He began working for Hammer in the mid fifties as a draughtsman. Following years as assistant to Hammer’s chief set designer, Bernard Robinson, he rose to art director. Of his association with Robinson he recalled “I found I got on very well with him, so much so that we formed a relationship and started working on a string of pictures.”
Don Mingaye died at the age of 92 in Norwich, England on November 8th 2017.
Don Mingaye’s Hammer Productions (40)
| Year Released | Production | Role |
| 1956 | X - The Unknown | Draughtsman (uncredited) |
| 1957 | The Steel Bayonet | Draughtsman (uncredited) |
| 1957 | The Curse of Frankenstein | Draughtsman (uncredited) |
| 1957 | Quatermass 2 | Draughtsman (uncredited) |
| 1958 | The Revenge of Frankenstein | Assistant Art Director (uncredited) |
| 1958 | The Camp on Blood Island | Draughtsman (uncredited) |
| 1958 | Dracula | Draughtsman (uncredited) |
| 1959 | Yesterday’s Enemy | Art Director (uncredited) |
| 1959 | The Ugly Duckling | Assistant Art Director (uncredited) |
| 1959 | The Mummy | Assistant Art Director (uncredited) |
| 1959 | The Hound of the Baskervilles | Assistant Art Director (uncredited) |
| 1960 | The Stranglers of Bombay | Assistant Art Director (uncredited) |
| 1961 | Watch it Sailor | Art Director |
| 1961 | The Terror of the Tongs | Assistant Art Director (uncredited) |
| 1961 | The Shadow of the Cat | Art Director |
| 1961 | The Curse of the Werewolf | Art Director |
| 1962 | The Pirates of Blood River | Art Director |
| 1962 | The Phantom of the Opera | Art Director |
| 1962 | Captain Clegg | Art Director |
| 1963 | The Scarlet Blade | Art Director |
| 1963 | The Damned | Art Direction (uncredited) |
| 1963 | Cash on Demand | Art Director |
| 1964 | The Kiss of the Vampire | Art Director |
| 1964 | The Gorgon | Art Director |
| 1964 | The Evil of Frankenstein | Art Director |
| 1964 | The Devil-Ship Pirates | Art Director |
| 1964 | Paranoiac | Art Director |
| 1964 | Nightmare | Art Director |
| 1965 | The Brigand of Kandahar | Art Director |
| 1965 | She | Assistant Art Director |
| 1966 | The Witches | Art Director |
| 1966 | The Reptile | Art Director |
| 1966 | The Plague of the Zombies | Art Director |
| 1966 | Rasputin the Mad Monk | Art Director |
| 1966 | Dracula, Prince of Darkness | Art Director |
| 1967 | The Mummy's Shroud | Art Director |
| 1967 | Frankenstein Created Woman | Art Director |
| 1971 | Lust for a Vampire | Art Director |
| 1972 | Dracula AD 1972 | Designer |
| 1974 | The Satanic Rites of Dracula | Art Director |