Robert Checchi
Born
Robert Joseph Checchi

(1926-04-20)April 20, 1926
Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedJune 4, 1993(1993-06-04) (aged 67)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Texas
OccupationSet decorator

Robert Joseph Checchi (April 20, 1926 – June 4, 1993) was an American set decorator.[1][2]

Life and career

Checchi was born in Pennsylvania. He attended the University of Texas.[3]

Checchi worked as a set designer for CBS after moving to Hollywood, California.[3] In 1972, he was nominated for his first Primetime Emmy Award for his work on the television program The Glen Campbell Show.[4] He later won five Emmys and was nominated for four more in the category Outstanding Art Direction for his work on Benjamin Franklin, Cher, Eccentricities of a Nightingale, Soap, Once Upon a Brothers Grimm, Blind Ambition, Sarah, Plain and Tall and Miss Rose White.[5]

Checchi died in June 1993 at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 67.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Robert J. Checchi Set Designer, 67". The New York Times. June 11, 1993. Retrieved November 27, 2022.
  2. ↑ Birdsall, John (October 6, 2020). The Man Who Ate Too Much: The Life of James Beard. W. W. Norton. p. 294. ISBN 9780393635720 – via Google Books.
  3. 1 2 3 "Robert J. Checchi; Award-Winning Set Decorator". Los Angeles Times. June 10, 1993. Retrieved November 27, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction or Scenic Design - For a Musical or Variety Single Program of a Series or a Special Program Nominees / Series 1972". Television Academy. Retrieved November 27, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Robert Checchi". Television Academy. Retrieved November 27, 2022.


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