Jack Pierce
Born in Valdetsyou, Greece — May 05 1889• Died Jul 19 1968
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jack Pierce (born Janus Piccoula; May 5, 1889 – July 19, 1968) was a Hollywood make-up artist best remembered for creating the iconic makeup worn by Boris Karloff in Frankenstein (1931), along with various other classic monster make-ups for Universal Studios. In the 1920s, Pierce embarked on a series of jobs in cinema—cinema manager, stuntman, actor, even assistant director, but within a few years he settled on mastering makeup. The head of Universal, Carl Laemmle, was won over with his creative abilities and hired…
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Midsomer Murders
Grady Felton
No Escape
Costume & Make-Up
Dracula
Costume & Make-Up
The Killers
Costume & Make-Up
Frankenstein
Costume & Make-Up
Bride of Frankenstein
Costume & Make-Up
The Mummy
Costume & Make-Up
The Wolf Man
Costume & Make-Up
The Invisible Man
Costume & Make-Up
Man-Made Monster
Costume & Make-Up
Phantom of the Opera
Costume & Make-Up
Terror by Night
Costume & Make-Up
House of Dracula
Costume & Make-Up
Dracula's Daughter
Costume & Make-Up
The Ghost of Frankenstein
Costume & Make-Up
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
Costume & Make-Up
Imitation of Life
Costume & Make-Up
The Raven
Costume & Make-Up
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Costume & Make-Up
The Mummy's Curse
Costume & Make-Up
Dressed to Kill
Costume & Make-Up
The Egg and I
Costume & Make-Up
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
Costume & Make-Up
Son of Frankenstein
Costume & Make-Up
The Climax
Costume & Make-Up
The Circus
Man Operating Ropes (uncredited)
Joan of Arc
Costume & Make-Up
White Zombie
Costume & Make-Up
Scarlet Street
Costume & Make-Up
Son of Dracula
Costume & Make-Up
Night Key
Costume & Make-Up
Show Boat
Costume & Make-Up
The Jungle Captive
Costume & Make-Up
The Man Who Laughs
Costume & Make-Up
House of Frankenstein
Costume & Make-Up
The Good Fairy
Costume & Make-Up
The Black Cat
Costume & Make-Up
King of Jazz
Costume & Make-Up
Flesh and Fantasy
Costume & Make-Up
Jungle Woman
Costume & Make-Up
The Mummy's Ghost
Costume & Make-Up
Time Out of Mind
Costume & Make-Up
Black Friday
Costume & Make-Up
House of Horrors
Costume & Make-Up
Murders in the Rue Morgue
Costume & Make-Up
The Mummy's Tomb
Costume & Make-Up
The Brute Man
Costume & Make-Up
The Invisible Ray
Costume & Make-Up
Captive Wild Woman
Costume & Make-Up
The Mummy's Hand
Costume & Make-Up
Gypsy Wildcat
Costume & Make-Up
Magnificent Doll
Costume & Make-Up
The Naughty Nineties
Costume & Make-Up
She-Wolf of London
Costume & Make-Up
The Kiss Before the Mirror
Costume & Make-Up
White Savage
Costume & Make-Up
Cobra Woman
Costume & Make-Up
Buck Privates Come Home
Costume & Make-Up
Black Angel
Costume & Make-Up
Tales of Robin Hood
Costume & Make-Up
The Mad Ghoul
Costume & Make-Up
Back Street
Costume & Make-Up
Canyon Passage
Costume & Make-Up
Blades of the Musketeers
Costume & Make-Up
The House of the Seven Gables
Costume & Make-Up
Beyond the Time Barrier
Costume & Make-Up
Werewolf of London
Costume & Make-Up
Riders of the Law
Pete Gushard
Pursuit to Algiers
Costume & Make-Up
The Big Cage
Costume & Make-Up
Two in a Crowd
Costume & Make-Up
Master Minds
Costume & Make-Up
Temptation
Costume & Make-Up
Doctor Jim
Costume & Make-Up
Prima Donna
Costume & Make-Up
Tower of London
Costume & Make-Up
The Brain from Planet Arous
Costume & Make-Up
Little Giant
Costume & Make-Up
He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce
Self (archive footage)
By Candlelight
Costume & Make-Up
Giant from the Unknown
Costume & Make-Up
Sudan
Costume & Make-Up
The Wanderer
Costume & Make-Up
Wives Under Suspicion
Costume & Make-Up
I Bury the Living
Costume & Make-Up
The Lady of the Harem
Costume & Make-Up
Great Expectations
Costume & Make-Up
The Spider Woman Strikes Back
Costume & Make-Up
The Cat Creeps
Costume & Make-Up
Tangier
Costume & Make-Up
Her Adventurous Night
Costume & Make-Up
Let Them Live
Costume & Make-Up
Half a Sinner
Costume & Make-Up
The Pilgrimage Play
Costume & Make-Up
Affair in Sumatra
Costume & Make-Up
The Last Warning
Costume & Make-Up
The Amazing Transparent Man
Costume & Make-Up
The Creation of the Humanoids
Costume & Make-Up
The Titanic Incident
Costume & Make-Up
Masquerade
Second Reporter
Little Miss Big
Costume & Make-Up
The White Black Sheep
Costume & Make-Up
No. 5 Checked Out
Costume & Make-Up
The Enchanted Kiss
Dwarf
Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters
Self (archive footage)
The Isle of Sunken Gold
The Man Who Waited
Black Pete