Elmer Albert Heschong was an American art director and production designer, principally for television.
20 Facts About Albert Heschong
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Albert Heschong began working for the American Broadcasting Company in 1949 and worked on the network's early live drama series, Pulitzer Prize Playhouse and Celanese Theatre.
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Albert Heschong won an Emmy Award for his art direction on Playhouse 90s 1956 production of Requiem for a Heavyweight.
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Albert Heschong left Carnegie Tech after two years to work at a playhouse in Chautauqua, New York.
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Albert Heschong next worked for a year at a theatrical company in Cincinnati and then for the Baltimore Museum of Art, where he designed and built sets and exhibits.
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Albert Heschong was assigned to a camouflage design unit at Richmond Air Force Base, where he worked with Broadway designer Jo Mielziner.
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Albert Heschong was later assigned to interpret aerial reconnaissance photographs.
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Albert Heschong spent 18 months in India, supervising photographic reconnaissance in the China Burma India Theater.
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Albert Heschong was then hired to assist in teaching scenic design at Carnegie Tech.
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Albert Heschong did design work for stage productions, including scenic design for The Woodstock Playhouse.
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Albert Heschong worked on the Meet Millie sitcom, the Red Skelton Hour, and an early-summer replacement show starring Johnny Carson.
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Albert Heschong won an Emmy Award for his art direction on the Rod Serling boxing drama Requiem for a Heavyweight.
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In 1961, Albert Heschong became the production designer on the Western series Gunsmoke.
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Albert Heschong prepared a full-size submarine and docks for that production.
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Albert Heschong worked on that show from the start and designed all the sets.
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Albert Heschong covered a few episodes of The Bob Newhart Show in the 1970s.
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Albert Heschong received an Emmy nomination for his art direction on Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.
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Albert Heschong received his final Emmy nomination for My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn.
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Albert Heschong recalled that the number of sets was enormous, and executives became very nervous about the budget.
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Albert Heschong was posthumously inducted into the Art Directors Guild Hall of Fame in 2011.