Ron Cobb, Alien Ship and Back to the Future DeLorean Designer, Dies at 83
Ron Cobb, a production designer known for designing Back to the Future’s time-traveling DeLorean, the Nostromo in Alien, and aspects of Conan the Barbarian, has died. He was 83.
Ron Cobb (Photo by Gerrit Alan Fokkema/Fairfax Media via Getty Images).
Robin Love, Cobb’s wife of 48 years, reported that Cobb died Monday of Lewy body dementia, according to THR.
Cobb was most known for his production design work on numerous sci-fi and action films. Besides the examples listed above, Cobb was also responsible for weapons and scenery design on 1982’s Conan the Barbarian.
Cobb began his career at age 17