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Robert Joseph Checchi (April 20, 1926 – June 4, 1993) was an American set decorator.

Life and career

Checchi was born in Pennsylvania. He attended the University of Texas.

Checchi worked as a set designer for CBS after moving to Hollywood, California. In 1972, he was nominated for his first Primetime Emmy Award for his work on the television program The Glen Campbell Show. 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.

Checchi died in June 1993 at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 67.

References

1. "Robert J. Checchi Set Designer, 67". The New York Times. June 11, 1993. Retrieved November 27, 2022.
2. Birdsall, John (October 6, 2020). The Man Who Ate Too Much: The Life of James Beard. W. W. Norton. p. 294. ISBN 9780393635720 – via Google Books.
3. ^ "Robert J. Checchi; Award-Winning Set Decorator". Los Angeles Times. June 10, 1993. Retrieved November 27, 2022.
4. "Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction or Scenic Design - For a Musical or Variety Single Program of a Series or a Special Program Nominees / Series 1972". Television Academy. Retrieved November 27, 2022.
5. "Robert Checchi". Television Academy. Retrieved November 27, 2022.

External links

• Robert Checchi at IMDb

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