John Decker was born on November 8, 1895 in San Francisco, California, USA. He is known for Cruise of the Zaca (1952). He died on June 7, 1947 in Hollywood, California, USA.
Decker did a painting of the Swiss Family Robinson cast adrift in a storm that was featured on the huge 24 sheet movie poster made for the 1940 version. 38 of these were printed.
A famous American artist of the 1930s and 1940s, he was close friend (and drinking buddy) to such famous Hollywood stars as John Barrymore, W.C. Fields and Errol Flynn. His portrait of Fields as Queen Victoria is one of his most famous works.