The Untold Truth Of Catherine O’Hara’s Husband – Bo Welch

Bo Welch:
• Born in Yardley, Pennsylvania USA
• Holds American nationality
• Actor, director, and production designer
• Married to Catherine O'Hara with two sons
• Won BAFTA and LA Film Critics Association Award for Best Production Design

Known for movies

Men in Black (1997)
as Production Designer

Thor (2011)
as Production Designer

Edward Scissorhands (1990)
as Production Designer

Batman Returns (1992)
as Production Designer

Who is Bo Welch?

Robert ‘Bo’ W. Welch III was born in Yardley, Pennsylvania USA, on 30 November 1951 – his zodiac sign is Sagittarius and he holds American nationality. He is an actor, film director and production designer, but who is perhaps best known for being the husband of Catherine O’Hara, a famous American-Canadian actress.

Childhood and education

Bo was raised an only child in Yardley by his father who was a firefighter, and his mother who worked as a cashier at a local supermarket.

Bo expressed his desire for becoming an actor while attending elementary school, but his parents urged him to focus on his education and obtain a degree.

He became physically active while attending high school, as he played football and basketball and also appeared in several plays performed at school. Bo matriculated in 1969, and then enrolled at the University of Arizona’s College of Architecture, from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1973.

Acting and directing

He made his directing debut in 2000, when he directed the episode “Fail-Safe” of the action thriller series “Secret Agent Man”, and the following year saw him direct two episodes “The Big Leagues” and “Arthur Needs Space” of the action science fiction comedy series “The Tick”.

He also directed the family adventure comedy movie “The Cat in the Hat” in 2003, but which received mostly negative reviews, and between 2017 and 2019, Bo directed five episodes of the adventure comedy drama “A Series of Unfortunate Events”.

He has acted in only three films – he made an uncredited appearance in the critically acclaimed action adventure comedy “Men in Black II” in 2002, as well as in “Men in Black 3” in 2012. In 2015, he portrayed The Father in the short comedy film “Tiebreaker”, starring Phil Eastman and which follows a father and son who are playing tennis together.

Career as a production designer

Bo worked on his first film “Heart of Steel” in 1983, and three years later on the romantic drama “Violets Are Blue”, which starred Sissy Spacek, Kevin Kline and Bonnie Bedelia, and which is about a young love which could either remain ignited or become doused.

A few of his following works were on the crime film “Stark: Mirror Image” and the thriller drama “Slow Burn” both in 1986, as well and the horror comedy “The Lost Boys” in 1987, while he gained recognition in 1988 when he worked on the critically acclaimed fantasy comedy movie “Beetlejuice”, directed by Tim Burton, and which starred Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis and Michael Keaton – the film follows a spirit who is trying to make people who have just moved into his house go away.

In 1989, Bo worked on the action fantasy comedy film “Ghostbusters II”, which won two awards and was nominated for one other, and in 1990, he was the production designer of the critically acclaimed romantic fantasy movie “Edward Scissorhands”, written and directed by Tim Burton, and which starred Johnny Depp and Winona Ryder – the movie won nine awards and was nominated for 24 others, including an Oscar. A few of Bo’s following notable works were on the crime fantasy film “Batman Returns” in 1992, the family fantasy movie “A Little Princess” in 1995, and the action adventure comedy “Men in Black” in 1997.

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The year 2000 saw Bo work on the science fiction comedy film “What Planet Are You From?”, and he then served as the production assistant of his first TV series – the pilot episode of the science fiction action comedy “The Tick”. Three of his most recent works as a production designer have been on the action fantasy adventure movie “Thor” in 2011, the action adventure comedy “Men in Black 3” in 2013, and 25 episodes of “A Series of Unfortunate Events” between 2017 and 2019.

Awards

In 1985, Bo was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Production Design for the coming-of-age period drama movie “The Color Purple”, and in 1990 he won a BAFTA for Best Production Design for “Edward Scissorhands”.

The year 1992 saw him become nominated for an Awards Circuit Community Award for Best Production Design for “Batman Returns”.

In 1995, he was nominated for both an Academy Award for Best Production Design and an Awards Circuit Community Award for Best Art Direction for “A Little Princess”, and a year later Bo won a Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Production Design, and was nominated for three other awards for “The Birdcage”. In 1997, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Production Design and an ADG Award for Excellence in Production Design for “Men in Black”, while his latest nomination was in 2011, for a Saturn Award for Best Production Design for “Thor”.

Love life and marriage with Catherine O’Hara

Bo met the famous actress Catherine O’Hara in 1988, while they were both working on the movie “Beetlejuice”; it was the film director Tim Burton who encouraged Bo to ask Catherine to go out on a date with him. Catherine accepted, and after four years of being together they married in a private ceremony attended by their closest friends and family on 25 April 1992. In 1994, Catherine gave birth to their son Matthew, followed in 1997 by their second son Luke.

Bo and Catherine have been leading a seemingly happy life in Los Angeles, California, and there are no rumors or controversies surrounding their marriage.

Bo hasn’t talked about any other women he might have been with before meeting Catherine, so as of September 2020, he is married and has two children.

Hobbies and other interests

Bo was physically quite active during his 20s and 30s, as he played several sports with his friends and also had several training sessions at the gym each week – even today, Bo goes to the gym at least once a week, thus his fit-looking body.

He is a lover of animals, with horses being his favorites – he and his wife have a farm and a horse for each of them. They also have several pet dogs and cats.

Bo likes to travel, and some of his favorite places out of those he has visited are London in England, Venice in Italy, and Berlin in Germany.

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Some of Bo’s favorite actors and actresses are Robert De Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio and Angelina Jolie, and some of his favorite movies are the trilogy “The Godfather”, “Titanic” and “Mr. and Mrs Smith”.

Age, height and net worth

Bo’s age is 68. He has short brown hair and brown eyes, his height is 5ft 8ins (1.73m) and he weighs around 150lbs (68kgs). As of September 2020, his net worth has been estimated at over $400,000, while Catherine’s net worth is reputedly over $8 million.

Who is Catherine O’Hara?

Catherine Anne O’Hara was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on 4 March 1954 – her zodiac sign is Pisces and she holds both Canadian and American nationality.

She is perhaps still best known for her portrayal of Aunt Ann in the biographical drama film “Temple Grandin” in 2010, which was based on Temple’s book “Emergence” and which starred Claire Danes, Julia Ormond and David Strathairn. The film follows an autistic woman who becomes one of the world’s best scientists in the field of humane livestock handling, and won 34 awards including a Golden Globe, while it was nominated for 36 others. For her performance, Catherine was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild, a Satellite, and a Primetime Emmy Award.

Catherine was raised alongside her six siblings in a Catholic family of Irish descent in Toronto. She studied at Burnhamthorpe Collegiate Institute, where she met Robin Duke, a Canadian actress and comedian, and then became interested in acting.

Her acting career was launched in 1974 when she joined the improvisational comedy enterprise The Second City, and two years later she became a regular in their comedy sketch program “SCTV”. After gaining recognition, Catherine was invited to voice characters in many cartoons –one of her first roles in movies was in “The Rimshots”, which failed to attract much attention, but she went on to star in the Canadian children’s sitcom “Coming Up Rosie” in 1977, and then guest starred in single episodes of many series, such as the horror anthology “Tales from the Crypt”, the science fiction series “The Outer Limits”, and the comedy “Dream On”.

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She played a supporting character in Martin Scorsese’s black comedy movie “After Hours” in 1985 as well as in the 1986 romantic comedy movie “Heartburn”, which starred Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson. In 1990, she appeared in the blockbuster movie “Home Alone”, and reprised her role in “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York” in 1992. Some of her other notable performances were in Tim Burton’s stop-motion animated musical dark fantasy movie “The Nightmare Before Christmas” in 1993, the 3D stop motion supernatural horror comedy movie “Frankenweenie” in 2012, and the computer-animated black comedy “The Addams Family” in 2019.

Catherine has recently been cast to voice Alma in the upcoming computer-animated adventure comedy movie “Extinct”, set to be released in 2021.

Facts

#	Fact
1	Has 2 sons, Matthew Welch (born 1994) and Luke Welch (born 1997), with Catherine O'Hara.
2	Graduated from the University of Arizona College of Architecture.
3	Brother-in-law of Mary Margaret O'Hara and Marc O'Hara.

Pictures

Movies

Production Designer

Title	Year	Status	Character
A Series of Unfortunate Events	2017	TV Series 8 episodes
Men in Black 3	2012
Thor	2011
Land of the Lost	2009
Space Chimps	2008
Men in Black II	2002
The Tick	2001	TV Series 1 episode
What Planet Are You From?	2000
Wild Wild West	1999
Primary Colors	1998
Men in Black	1997
The Birdcage	1996
A Little Princess	1995
Wolf	1994
Batman Returns	1992
Grand Canyon	1991
Edward Scissorhands	1990
Joe Versus the Volcano	1990
Ghostbusters II	1989
The Accidental Tourist	1988
Beetlejuice	1988
The Lost Boys	1987
Slow Burn	1986	TV Movie
Stark: Mirror Image	1986	TV Movie
Violets Are Blue...	1986
Heart of Steel	1983	TV Movie

Art Director

Title	Year	Status	Character
Violets Are Blue...	1986
The Color Purple	1985	as Robert W. Welch
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency	1984	TV Movie
Best Defense	1984	as Robert W. Welch III
Swing Shift	1984
Heart of Steel	1983	TV Movie
The Star Chamber	1983	as Robert 'Bo' Welch

Director

Title	Year	Status	Character
A Series of Unfortunate Events	2017	TV Series 2 episodes
The Cat in the Hat	2003
The Tick	2001	TV Series 2 episodes
Secret Agent Man	2000	TV Series 1 episode

Art Department

Title	Year	Status	Character
Looker	1981	set designer - as Robert Welch
Used Cars	1980	assistant art director - uncredited
Chilly Scenes of Winter	1979	assistant art director - as Robert Welch

Actor

Title	Year	Status	Character
Tiebreaker	2014	Short	Father

Assistant Director

Title	Year	Status	Character
A Little Princess	1995	second unit director

Thanks

Title	Year	Status	Character
Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight - Dark Side of the Knight	2005	Video documentary short special thanks

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
Thor: From Asgard to Earth	2011	Video documentary short	Himself
This Is Not a Routine Expedition: Making of 'Land of the Lost'	2009	Video	Himself
Design in Motion: The Look of 'Men in Black II'	2002	Video documentary short	Himself
Metamorphosis of 'Men in Black'	2000	Video documentary short	Himself
The Bat, the Cat, and the Penguin	1992	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary	1989	TV Special	Himself - Audience Member (uncredited)

Archive Footage

Title	Year	Status	Character
Beyond Batman: Gotham City Revisited - The Production Design of Batman Returns	2005	Video documentary short	Himself

Awards

Won Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
1995	LAFCA Award	Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards	Best Production Design	A Little Princess (1995)
1992	BAFTA Film Award	BAFTA Awards	Best Production Design	Edward Scissorhands (1990)

Nominated Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
2012	Saturn Award	Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA	Best Production Design	Thor (2011)
2004	Razzie Award	Razzie Awards	Worst Director	The Cat in the Hat (2003)
1998	Oscar	Academy Awards, USA	Best Art Direction-Set Decoration	Men in Black (1997)
1998	Excellence in Production Design Award	Art Directors Guild	Feature Film	Men in Black (1997)
1997	Oscar	Academy Awards, USA	Best Art Direction-Set Decoration	The Birdcage (1996)
1997	Excellence in Production Design Award	Art Directors Guild	Feature Film	The Birdcage (1996)
1996	Oscar	Academy Awards, USA	Best Art Direction-Set Decoration	A Little Princess (1995)
1996	ACCA	Awards Circuit Community Awards	Best Art Direction	The Birdcage (1996)
1995	ACCA	Awards Circuit Community Awards	Best Art Direction	A Little Princess (1995)
1986	Oscar	Academy Awards, USA	Best Art Direction-Set Decoration	The Color Purple (1985)