| Peter Larkin | |
| Birth Name: | Peter Sydney Larkin[1] |
| Birth Date: | 26 August 1926 |
| Birth Place: | Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Bridgehampton, New York, U.S. |
| Education: | Deerfield Academy Yale University |
| Occupation: | Scenic designer, production designer |
| Spouse: | Racelle Strick |
| Parents: | Oliver Waterman Larkin |
| Relatives: | Wesley Strick (stepson) |
Peter Sydney Larkin (August 25, 1926 – December 16, 2019) was an American scenic and production designer.
Larkin was born in 1926 in Boston, Massachusetts,[2] the son of Ruth Lily (McIntire) and Oliver Waterman Larkin, an art historian.[3] Larkin was educated at the Deerfield Academy and Yale University.[3] [4]
Larkin first designed the set of the 1951 Broadway adaptation of The Wild Duck by Henrik Ibsen.[2] Over the course of his career, he was a scenic or production designer for Dial M for Murder, Peter Pan, The Teahouse of the August Moon and No Time for Sergeants, Tootsie, and Get Shorty.[3] He won four Tony Awards for Best Scenic Design.[4]
Larkin married Racelle Strick, a painter who died in 2008.[5] His stepson, Wesley Strick, is a screenwriter.[3] Larkin resided in Bridgehampton, New York, where he died on December 16, 2019, at age 93.[2] [3] [4]