Robert Checchi

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

Robert Checchi
Born	Robert Joseph Checchi (1926-04-20)April 20, 1926 Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	June 4, 1993(1993-06-04) (aged 67) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Texas
Occupation	Set decorator

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]