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 Filmography
| RELEASED | PRODUCTION | ROLE | CREDITED |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | The Camp on Blood Island | Costume Assistant | No |
| 1958 | Dracula | Wardrobe | No |
| 1958 | The Revenge of Frankenstein | Wardrobe | Yes |
| 1959 | The Ugly Duckling | Wardrobe Assistant | No |
| 1959 | The Mummy | Wardrobe Assistant | No |
| 1961 | The Terror of the Tongs | Assistant Wardrobe | No |
| 1961 | Watch it Sailor | Wardrobe Mistress | Yes |
| 1962 | Captain Clegg | Wardrobe Mistress | Yes |
| 1962 | The Phantom of the Opera | Wardrobe Mistress | Yes |
| 1962 | The Pirates of Blood River | Wardrobe Mistress | Yes |
| 1963 | The Scarlet Blade | Wardrobe Mistress | Yes |
| 1963 | Cash on Demand | Wardrobe Mistress | Yes |
| 1964 | Paranoiac | Wardrobe Mistress | Yes |
| 1964 | Nightmare | Wardrobe Mistress | Yes |
| 1964 | The Evil of Frankenstein | Wardrobe Mistress | Yes |
| 1964 | The Devil-Ship Pirates | Wardrobe Mistress | Yes |
| 1964 | The Gorgon | Wardrobe Mistress | Yes |
| 1964 | The Kiss of the Vampire | Wardrobe Mistress | Yes |
| 1965 | The Brigand of Kandahar | Wardrobe Mistress | Yes |
| 1965 | The Nanny | Wardrobe Consultant | Yes |
| 1966 | Dracula, Prince of Darkness | Wardrobe | Yes |
| 1966 | The Plague of the Zombies | Wardrobe | Yes |
| 1966 | Rasputin the Mad Monk | Wardrobe | Yes |
| 1966 | The Reptile | Wardrobe | Yes |
| 1966 | The Old Dark House | Wardrobe Mistress | Yes |
| 1967 | Frankenstein Created Woman | Wardrobe Mistress | Yes |
| 1967 | Quatermass and the Pit | Wardrobe Mistress | Yes |
| 1968 | The Vengeance of She | Wardrobe Mistress | Yes |
| 1968 | The Devil Rides Out | Wardrobe Supervisor | Yes |
| 1969 | Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed | Wardrobe Supervisor | Yes |
| 1971 | Creatures the World Forgot | Wardrobe Mistress | Yes |
| 1971 | On the Buses | Wardrobe Supervisor | Yes |
| 1971 | Hands of the Ripper | Wardrobe Supervisor | Yes |
| 1971 | Twins of Evil | Wardrobe | Yes |
| 1971 | Blood from the Mummys Tomb | Wardrobe Supervisor | Yes |
| 1971 | Dr Jekyll & Sister Hyde | Wardrobe Supervisor | Yes |
| 1972 | Fear in the Night | Wardrobe Supervisor | Yes |
| 1972 | Dracula AD 1972 | Wardrobe Supervisor | Yes |
| 1972 | Demons of the Mind | Wardrobe Supervisor | Yes |
| 1973 | Nearest and Dearest | Wardrobe Supervisor | Yes |
| 1973 | Thats Your Funeral | Wardrobe Supervisor | Yes |