Peter Larkin (production designer)

Peter Sydney Larkin (August 25, 1926 – December 16, 2019) was an American scenic and production designer.

Peter Larkin
Born	Peter Sydney Larkin[1] (1926-08-26)August 26, 1926 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	December 16, 2019(2019-12-16) (aged 93) Bridgehampton, New York, U.S.
Education	Deerfield Academy Yale University
Occupation(s)	Scenic designer, production designer
Spouse	Racelle Strick
Parent	Oliver Waterman Larkin
Relatives	Wesley Strick (stepson)

Early life

Larkin was born in 1926 in Boston, Massachusetts,^[1][2] the son of Ruth Lily (McIntire) and Oliver Waterman Larkin, an art historian.^[3] Larkin was educated at the Deerfield Academy and Yale University.^[3][4]

Career

Larkin first designed the set of the 1951 Broadway adaptation of The Wild Duck by Henrik Ibsen.^[2] Over the course of his career, he was a scenic or production designer for Dial M for Murder, Peter Pan, The Teahouse of the August Moon and No Time for Sergeants, Tootsie, and Get Shorty.^[3] He won four Tony Awards for Best Scenic Design.^[4]

Personal life and death

Larkin married Racelle Strick, a painter who died in 2008.^[5] His stepson, Wesley Strick, is a screenwriter.^[3] Larkin resided in Bridgehampton, New York, where he died on December 16, 2019, at age 93.^[2][3][4]