Career
Gangelin was also nominated for another Oscar (with Mark-Lee Kirk) in 1945 for Best Art Direction-Interior Direction, Black-and-White for Since You Went Away. He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the son of Victor Arthur Gengelin, a Russian immigrant, and Elizabeth (Goetz) Gangelin, a German immigrant. The younger Victor Gangelin"s brother was screenwriter Paul Gangelin.
Victor Gangelin married former silent-screen actress and model Majel Coleman sometime prior to 1940.
Coleman earned several screen credits in the 1920s, including feature films by famed director Cecil B. Demille, most notably the epic The King of Kings. He served as a set director and assistant department head at Warner Brothers studio.
His last cr was the 1966 film Duel at Diablo starring James Garner and Sidney Poitier. Gangelin died at age 68 in Los Angeles, California.
