Stanford Jolley, Jr. (May 17, 1926 – June 4, 2012), known as Stan Jolley, was an American

art director Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ...

and

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, originally employed by

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Studios before he struck out on his own. In an unusual reprise of a crew role, Jolley was the production designer for the

Quinn Martin Quinn Martin (born Irwin Martin Cohn; May 22, 1922 – September 5, 1987) was an American television producer. He had at least one television series running in prime time every year for 21 straight years (from 1959 to 1980). Martin is a memb ...

TV series ''

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'', and then over a decade later for the updated series ''

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'', produced by Martin's longtime competitor

David Gerber David Gerber (July 25, 1923 – January 2, 2010) was an American television executive producer. Amongst the numerous television films, series, and specials he executive produced is the series '' Police Story'', for which he won the Primetime Emmy ...

. He was nominated for an

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in the category

Best Art Direction The Academy Award for Best Production Design recognizes achievement for art direction in film. The category's original name was Best Art Direction, but was changed to its current name in 2012 for the 85th Academy Awards. This change resulted fro ...

for the 1985 film ''

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''. His father was actor

I. Stanford Jolley Isaac Stanford Jolley (October 24, 1900 – December 7, 1978) was an American film and television actor. He starred in the 1946 film serial '' The Crimson Ghost'', in which he played the role of Doctor Blackton and also voiced the title ch ...

. Stan Jolley died of gastric cancer in 2012, aged 86.

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