17 Facts About Peter Feller

Peter L Feller was an American theatrical set builder who worked primarily on Broadway.

Peter Feller was born in New York City on November 7,1919.

Peter Feller died in 1998, at the age of 78, in Melbourne, Florida, where he was living.

Peter Feller is a third-generation theatre technician; his grandfather and father both worked as set builders.

Peter Feller's father got him a job with Vail Scenic where he worked on Jimmy Durante's show "Jumbo" at the Hippodrome.

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Peter Feller applied for the Irving Berlin musical, This Is the Army.

Peter Feller was the owner of Feller Scenery Studios in the Bronx.

Peter Feller acquired the shop, which was previously a metalworking shop, around 1960.

Peter Feller created unique and huge Christo-Vac thermo-forming machines to make the walls for the Vatican Pavilion at the 1964 World's Fair in New York City.

Peter Feller innovated the use of electronically operated winches for moving scenery around the stage and was among the first theatrical set builders to spot the stage potential of plastics.

Peter Feller used the vacuum forming machines to create a plastic set of armor for Man of La Mancha.

Peter Feller's other son, Philip, was a stagehand on Cats for most of its run.

When Peter Feller Scenery was forced into bankruptcy, Peter Feller divided his company between each of his department heads.

Roger Gray, another ex-Peter Feller employee, began Center Line Studios in 1987 just next door to Novellino.

Peter Feller was the stage mechanic and designer for more than 1,000 Broadway shows.

Peter Feller has built sets for Shakespeare in the Park and numerous operas.

In 1952, Peter Feller won the Tony Award for Best Stage Technician for Call Me Madam.