* 9 May 1896, Victoria, B.C, Canada  - † 23 May 1972, Hollywood, CA. USA.

In Hollywood from 1918, he began as a set decorator on Erich von Stroheim's earliest films at Universal, BLIND HUSBANDS (1919) and THE DEVIL'S PASS KEY (1920). He stayed on with von Stroheim through his moves to MGM, Paramount, and United Artists, and for the remainder of the silent era collaborated with the director on the art direction and the costume design of the latter's elaborate productions. On his own since the early 30s, Day proved himself one of the most capable and imaginative art directors in the business, designing many distinguished productions for United Artists, 20th Century-Fox, and RKO. His sets, whether period or modern, have been noted for their realism. He won Academy Awards for his work on THE DARK ANGEL (1935), DODSWORTH (1936), HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY (1941), THIS ABOVE ALL (1942) and MY GAL SAL (1942), A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (1951), and ON THE WATERFRONT (1954).

Academy Awards®
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Nominated for Art Direction 1930 - 1931: WHOOPEE! — Art Direction
Nominated for Art Direction 1931 - 1932: ARROWSMITH — Art Direction
Nominated for Art Direction 1934: AFFAIRS OF CELLINI — Art Direction
Art Direction 1935: THE DARK ANGEL — Art Direction
Art Direction 1936: DODSWORTH — Art Direction
Nominated for Art Direction 1937: DEAD END — Art Direction
Nominated for Art Direction 1938: THE GOLDWYN FOLLIES — Art Direction
Nominated for Interior Decoration - Color 1940: DOWN ARGENTINE WAY —
Art Direction
Nominated for Interior Decoration - Black & White 1940: LILLIAN RUSSELL — Art Direction
Nominated for Interior Decoration - Color 1941: BLOOD AND SAND —
Art Direction
Interior Decoration - Black & White 1941: HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY —
Art Direction
Interior Decoration - Color 1942: MY GAL SAL — Art Direction
Interior Decoration - Black & White 1942: THIS ABOVE ALL — Art Direction
Nominated for Interior Decoration - Black & White 1946: THE RAZOR'S EDGE — Art Direction
Nominated for Art Direction/Set Decoration - Color 1948: JOAN OF ARC — Art Direction
Art Direction/Set Decoration - Black & White 1951: A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE — Art Direction
Nominated for Art Direction/Set Decoration - Color 1952: HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN — Art Direction
Art Direction/Set Decoration - Black & White 1954: ON THE WATERFRONT — Art Direction
Nominated for Art Direction/Set Decoration - Color 1965: THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD — Art Direction
Nominated for Art Direction 1970: TORA! TORA! TORA! — Art Direction

Filmografie als ‘art director’ (kleur van het jaartal is blauw)
en als ‘producer’ (kleur van het jaartal in groen)
en als ‘co-art director’ (kleur in rood)

1922   Foolish Wives  (architect) (as Capt. Richard Day)     
1923   Merry-Go-Round  (uncredited) Kostuurm ontwerper    
1925   Greed  (uncredited)
1925   The Merry Widow  (sets) 
1926   Bardelys the Magnificent  (sets)       
1926   Beverly of Graustark    
1927   The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (settings)    
1928   The Enemy  (set designer) 
1928   Queen Kelly  (additional art director) (uncredited)      
1928   The Wedding March  (uncredited)          
1930   The Devil to Pay!   
1930   Whoopee!    
1931   Arrowsmith  (settings)
1931   The Front Page   (settings)         
1931   Palmy Days             
1931   Street Scene   (settings)   
1931   The Unholy Garden   (sets)         
1932   The Kid from Spain  
1932   Rain   (as Richard Ray) 
1933   The Bowery  
1933   Hallelujah I'm a Bum  
1933   The Masquerader    
1933   Roman Scandals  
1934   Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back  
1934   The House of Rothschild  
1934   Kid Millions            
1934   The Mighty Barnum   
1934   Nana
1935   Barbary Coast     
1935   The Call of the Wild     
1935   Cardinal Richelieu
1935   Clive of India       
1935   The Dark Angel       
1935   Misérables, Les    
1935   Splendor      
1935   The Wedding Night  
1936   ROARING TIMBER/Come and Get It          
1936   Dodsworth   
1936   The Gay Desperado          
1936   One Rainy Afternoon       
1936   These Three  
1937   Dead End       
1937   The Hurricane        
1937   Stella Dallas        
1937   Woman Chases Man          
1938   The Adventures of Marco Polo  
1938   Charlie Chan in Honolulu          
1938   The Cowboy and the Lady          
1938   The Goldwyn Follies   (designer in color)  
1938   Second Fiddle        
1939   Charlie Chan at Treasure Island        
1939   Charlie Chan in Reno        
1939   Drums Along the Mohawk          
1939   Frontier Marshal   
1939   Hollywood Cavalcade     
1939   The Hound of the Baskervilles            
1939   Mr. Moto in Danger Island /DANGER ISLAND    
1939   Swanee River         
1939   Young Mr. Lincoln  
1940   Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum        
1940   Charlie Chan in Panama    
1940   Down Argentine Way       
1940   Four Sons      

1940   The Grapes of Wrath

1940   The Great Profile   
1940   I Was an Adventuress      
1940   Johnny Apollo        
1940   Young Mr. Lincoln
1940   Little Old New York        
1940   The Mark of Zorro           
1940   Maryland      
1940   Murder Over New York     
1940   The Return of Frank James        
1940   Tin Pan Alley         
1941   Blood and Sand      
1941   Charley's Aunt 
1941   Dead Men Tell        
1941   The Great American Broadcast  
1941   How Green Was My Valley         
1941   I Wake Up Screaming /HOT SPOT  
1941   Man Hunt      
1941   Moon Over Miami    
1941   Remember the Day
1941   Sun Valley Serenade        
1941   Swamp Water         
1941   That Night in Rio 
1941   Tobacco Road        
1941   Week-End in Havana         
1941   Western Union       
1941   A Yank in the R.A.F.
1942   The Black Swan      
1942   Castle in the Desert       
1942   Footlight Serenade         
1942   Life Begins at Eight-Thirty       
1942   The Magnificent Dope      
1942   Moontide      
1942   My Gal Sal 
1942   Orchestra Wives
1942   The Pied Piper         
1942   Quiet Please: Murder       
1942   Rings on Her Fingers        
1942   Roxie Hart    
1942   Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake    
1942   Springtime in the Rockies         
1942   Tales of Manhattan        
1942   Ten Gentlemen from West Point         
1942   This Above All       
1942   The Undying Monster       
1943   Crash Dive    
1943   Immortal Sergeant          
1943   The Meanest Man in the World  
1943   My Friend Flicka     
1943   The Ox-Bow Incident     
1943   Tonight We Raid Calais 
1946   The Razor's Edge    
1947   Boomerang!
1947   Captain from Castile      
1947   The Ghost and Mrs. Muir  
1947   I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now         
1947   Miracle on 34th Street   
1947   Moss Rose    
1947   Mother Wore Tights        
1948   Force of Evil         
1948   Joan of Arc 
1949   My Foolish Heart   
1950   Our Very Own         
1951   Cry Danger   
1951   I Want You
1951   A Streetcar Named Desire         
1952   Hans Christian Andersen           
1954   On the Waterfront         
1959   Solomon and Sheba         
1960   Exodus         
1961   Something Wild      
1964   Cheyenne Autumn   
1965   The Greatest Story Ever Told
1966   The Chase   
1967   Valley of the Dolls       
1968   The Boston Strangler     
1970   Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970   Tribes          

Naast zijn werkzaamheden bij de film was hij ook een verdienstelijk lithograaf
Onder ‘De hut – New Mexico’