Everard d'Harnoncourt, a University of California, Davis, drama professor emeritus and a founding member of the dramatic arts graduate program, died Feb. 21 after a brief illness. He was 75. Professor d'Harnoncourt was a distinguished scholar, director and teacher of dramatic art at UC Davis for nearly 30 years, specializing in the art of cinema and theater aesthetics. As one of the founding members of dramatic art and dance, he contributed significantly to the creation and development of the department's graduate programs, serving as a graduate adviser for 17 years. He was also instrumental in assembling a collection of films at UC Davis that will constitute the base for a new program in film studies. Professor d'Harnoncourt studied in Paris at the Institut Francais de Vienna and received his doctorate in theater arts from the University of Vienna in 1951. He served as an assistant director to French filmmaker Jean Cocteau on his film "Orphée," and was an assistant director at the historic Theater in der Josefstadt and the USIS Theatre in Vienna, Austria. He received a Fulbright grant in 1953 to study theater arts at UCLA and later became a U.S. citizen. Professor d'Harnoncourt joined the UC Davis faculty in 1962 as an assistant professor. He was promoted to professor in 1972, retiring 18 years later in 1990. As part of his contributions to the stage, Professor d'Harnoncourt directed more than 25 plays by playwrights such as Tennessee Williams, Jean Cocteau, George Bernard Shaw, Henrik Ibsen, Agatha Christie and many others. His career in the dramatic art and dance department also included the original production of a musical comedy on the history of American film that used music and scenery from films dating back to the 1930s and 1940s. Professor d'Harnoncourt translated several plays into English from French and German. One of them, "The Architect and the Emperor of Assyria" by Fernando Arrabal, was first produced at UC Davis and later professionally by the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco. He also published several articles on theater aesthetics in journals here and in Europe. During his retirement, Professor d'Harnoncourt assisted the UC Davis Emeriti Association in its Video Records Emeriti Interviews Project as director and camera operator. Professor d'Harnoncourt was the nephew of the late René d'Harnoncourt, former director of the Museum of Modern Art, and a cousin of the renowned international music conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt. He is survived by his brother, Hubert, of Tirol, Austria, and nieces and nephews in Austria. At his request, no funeral or memorial service is planned.