Michael Stringer

He designed the TV series Paradise Postponed (1986) and, as in the earlier Inspector Clouseau, his resemblance to Harold Wilson led to his making a cameo appearance as the former prime minister. Stringer explained much about art direction generally and his own approach, in contributing to a textbook, Film Design (1974), when he was President of the Guild of Film Art Directors (Now known as the British Film Designers Guild British Film Designers Guild.)

• Name — Michael Stringer • Born — 26 July 1924 • Birthplace — Singapore • Died — 7 March 2004 • Place of death — Eastbourne, England • Occupation — Production designer • Years Active — 1952–1990

• An Alligator Named Daisy (1955) • The Secret Place (1957) • Windom's Way (1957) • The Sundowners (1960) • 633 Squadron (1964) • A Shot in the Dark (1964) • Return from the Ashes (1965) • Cast a Giant Shadow (1966) • Casino Royale (1967) • Inspector Clouseau (1968) • Alfred the Great (1969) • Toomorrow (1970) • Demons of the Mind (1972) • Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972) • Robin and Marian (1976) • Gulliver's Travels (1977) • The Greek Tycoon (1978) • The Awakening (1980) • The Mirror Crack'd (1980) • The Jigsaw Man (1983) • The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983) (TV) • From the Hip (1987) • Return from the River Kwai (1989) • Anything to Survive (1990)

• The Brave Don't Cry (1952) • Genevieve (1953) • Background (1953) • Devil on Horseback (1954) • For Better, for Worse (1954) • As Long as They're Happy (1955) • Jumping for Joy (1956) • Sea Fury (1958) • The Captain's Table (1959) • Tarzan's Greatest Adventure (1959) • Greyfriars Bobby (1961) • In Search of the Castaways (1962) • The Three Lives of Thomasina (1963) • Young Cassidy (1965) • Fiddler on the Roof (1971) • One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing (1975)