Robert Peterson was born on August 15, 1909 in Idaho Springs, Colorado, USA. He was an art director and production designer, known for In a Lonely Place (1950), The Big Heat (1953) and Arizona (1940). He died on January 10, 1979 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Art director under contract at Columbia, 1940-1947 and 1948-1964. A specialist in gritty black & white drama, he created realistic sets for several notable crime films and minor films noir in the 1950's. Afterwards mostly active in television.