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Jack P. Pierce (1889–1968)

Make-Up Department | Actor | Miscellaneous Crew

As we look back on the cinematic pioneers of the 20th century, no individual is more significant in his field than genius makeup artist Jack Pierce, the legendary monster-maker who worked in the 1930s and 1940s at Universal Studios during its classic horror period. Pierce's story is equal parts triumph and tragedy... See full bio »

Born:

Janus Piccoulas
in Valdetsyou, Greece

Died:

(age 79) in Hollywood, California, USA
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1961-1964 Mister Ed (TV series) (makeup artist - 104 episodes)
– Moko (1964) (makeup artist - as Jack Pierce)
– Saddles and Gowns (1964) (makeup artist - as Jack Pierce)
– The Prowler (1964) (makeup artist - as Jack Pierce)
– Ed the Musician (1964) (makeup artist - as Jack Pierce)
– Ed the Chauffeur (1964) (makeup artist - as Jack Pierce)
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1962 The Creation of the Humanoids (makeup artist)
 
1962 Beauty and the Beast (makeup artist)
 
1962 The Devil's Hand (make up - as Jack Pierce)
 
1960 Beyond the Time Barrier (special makeup artist)
 
1960 The Amazing Transparent Man (makeup artist - as Jack Pierce)
 
1960 Men Into Space (TV series) (makeup artist - 1 episode)
– Flash in the Sky (1960) (makeup artist - as Jack Pierce)
 
1959 Bat Masterson (TV series) (makeup artist - 1 episode)
– No Funeral for Thorn (1959) (makeup artist - as Jack Pierce)
 
1958 I Bury the Living (makeup artist - as Jack P. Pearce)
 
1958 Giant from the Unknown (makeup artist)
 
1958 The Rawhide Trail (makeup artist)
 
1958 Teenage Monster (makeup artist)
 
1957 The Brain from Planet Arous (makeup artist - as Jack Pierce)
 
1955-1956 Screen Directors Playhouse (TV series) (makeup artist - 16 episodes)
– The Day I Met Caruso (1956) (makeup artist)
– The Bitter Waters (1956) (makeup artist)
– Apples on the Lilac Tree (1956) (makeup artist)
– The Carroll Formula (1956) (makeup artist)
– What Day Is It? (1956) (makeup artist)
See all 16 episodes »
 
1956 Telephone Time (TV series) (makeup artist - 1 episode)
– Grandpa Changes the World (1956) (makeup artist)
 
1953-1955 You Are There (TV series) (makeup artist - 5 episodes)
– Spindletop - The First Great Texas Oil Strike (January 10, 1901) (1955) (makeup artist)
– The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (October 26, 1881) (1955) (makeup artist)
– The Emancipation Proclamation (January 1, 1863) (1955) (makeup artist)
– Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1941) (1953) (makeup artist - as Jack Pierce)
– The Capture of John Wilkes Booth (April 26, 1865) (1953) (makeup artist)
 
1953 No Escape (makeup artist)
 
1951 Tales of Robin Hood (makeup artist)
 
1951 The Valparaiso Story (makeup artist)
 
1950 The Du Pont Story (makeup artist)
 
1950 The Magnavox Theatre (TV series) (makeup artist - 1 episode)
– The Three Musketeers (1950) (makeup artist - as Jack Pierce)
 
1949 Master Minds (makeup designer)
 
1949 Reign of Terror (makeup artist - as Jack Pierce)
 
1949 The Big Cat (makeup artist - as Jack Pierce)
 
1949 The Pilgrimage Play (makeup artist - as Jack Pierce)
 
1948 Joan of Arc (makeup artist - as Jack Pierce)
 
1947 Slave Girl (makeup artist)
 
1947 The Vigilantes Return (director of makeup)
 
1947 Time Out of Mind (makeup artist)
 
1947 Buck Privates Come Home (makeup artist)
 
1947 Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman (director of makeup)
 
1947 The Egg and I (makeup artist)
 
1947 Song of Scheherazade (director of makeup)
 
1947 I'll Be Yours (makeup director)
 
1947 Doctor Jim (makeup artist - as Jack Pierce)
 
1946 Magnificent Doll (director of makeup)
 
1946 The Brute Man (makeup director)
 
1946 Rustler's Round-up (director of makeup)
 
1946 Gunman's Code (director of makeup)
 
1946 The Swindlers (director of makeup)
 
1946 Little Miss Big (director of makeup)
 
1946 The Killers (director of makeup)
 
1946 Lawless Breed (director of makeup)
 
1946 The Time of Their Lives (director of make-up)
 
1946 Wild Beauty (director of makeup)
 
1946 Black Angel (director of makeup)
 
1946 Canyon Passage (makeup director)
 
1946 Danger Woman (director of makeup)
 
1946 Her Adventurous Night (director of makeup)
 
1946 The Runaround (makeup artist)
 
1946 She Wrote the Book (makeup artist)
 
1946 Dressed to Kill (director of makeup)
 
1946 She-Wolf of London (director of makeup)
 
1946 The Cat Creeps (director of makeup)
 
1946 Night in Paradise (makeup artist)
 
1946 House of Horrors (makeup supervisor)
 
1946 Tangier (makeup artist)
 
1946 The Spider Woman Strikes Back (makeup artist)
 
1946 Little Giant (makeup director)
 
1946 Terror by Night (director of makeup)
 
1946 Because of Him (director of makeup)
 
1945 Scarlet Street (makeup director)
 
1945 Frontier Gal (makeup artist)
 
1945 House of Dracula (makeup artist)
 
1945 This Love of Ours (director of makeup)
 
1945 Pursuit to Algiers (director of makeup)
 
1945 That Night with You (makeup artist)
 
1945 The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry (makeup artist)
 
1945 The Jungle Captive (makeup artist - uncredited)
 
1945 The Naughty Nineties (makeup director)
 
1945 Sudan (makeup artist - as Jack Pierce)
 
1944 Can't Help Singing (makeup artist)
 
1944 The Mummy's Curse (makeup artist - uncredited)
 
1944 House of Frankenstein (makeup artist - uncredited)
 
1944 The Climax (makeup artist - as Jack Pierce)
 
1944 Gypsy Wildcat (makeup artist)
 
1944 The Mummy's Ghost (special makeup artist)
 
1944 Jungle Woman (makeup artist)
 
1944 The Scarlet Claw (makeup artist - uncredited)
 
1944 Cobra Woman (makeup artist - as Jack Pierce)
 
1944 Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (makeup artist - as Jack Pierce)
 
1943 The Mad Ghoul (special makeup artist - uncredited)
 
1943 Son of Dracula (special makeup effects artist - uncredited)
 
1943 Flesh and Fantasy (makeup artist)
 
1943 The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler (makeup artist - uncredited)
 
1943 Phantom of the Opera (makeup artist)
 
1943 Captive Wild Woman (makeup artist)
 
1943 Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (makeup artist)
 
1942 The Mummy's Tomb (special makeup)
 
1942 The Ghost of Frankenstein (makeup artist)
 
1941 The Wolf Man (makeup artist)
 
1941 Man Made Monster (makeup artist - uncredited)
 
1940 The Mummy's Hand (makeup creator - uncredited)
 
1940 The House of the Seven Gables (makeup artist - uncredited)
 
1940 Black Friday (makeup artist - uncredited)
 
1939 Tower of London (makeup artist - uncredited)
 
1939 Unexpected Father (makeup artist - as Jack Pierce)
 
1939 Son of Frankenstein (makeup artist - uncredited)
 
1938 Newsboys' Home (makeup artist - uncredited)
 
1938 His Exciting Night (makeup artist - uncredited)
 
1938 Little Tough Guys in Society (makeup artist - uncredited)
 
1938 Personal Secretary (makeup artist - uncredited)
 
1938 Freshman Year (makeup artist - uncredited)
 
1938 Letter of Introduction (makeup artist - uncredited)
 
1938 Wives Under Suspicion (makeup artist - uncredited)
 
1938 The Crime of Doctor Hallet (makeup artist - uncredited)
 
1937 The Road Back (makeup artist)
 
1937 Let Them Live (makeup artist - uncredited)
 
1937 Night Key (makeup artist - uncredited)
 
1937 When Love Is Young (makeup supervisor - as Jack Pierce)
 
1936 Three Smart Girls (makeup artist - uncredited)
 
1936 Magnificent Brute (makeup artist - uncredited)
 
1936 Two in a Crowd (makeup artist - uncredited)
 
1936 Show Boat (makeup - uncredited)
 
1936 Dracula's Daughter (special makeup effects artist - uncredited)
 
1936 Love Before Breakfast (makeup artist - uncredited)
 
1936 Sutter's Gold (makeup artist: Lee Tracy - uncredited)
 
1936 Next Time We Love (makeup artist - uncredited)
 
1936 The Invisible Ray (makeup artist - uncredited)
 
1935 Magnificent Obsession (makeup artist - uncredited)
 
1935 The Great Impersonation (makeup artist - uncredited)
 
1935 Remember Last Night? (makeup artist - uncredited)
 
1935 Diamond Jim (makeup artist)
 
1935 The Raven (makeup designer - uncredited)
 
1935 Werewolf of London (makeup artist - uncredited)
 
1935 The Bride of Frankenstein (makeup artist - uncredited)
 
1935 Night Life of the Gods (makeup artist - uncredited)
 
1935 The Good Fairy (makeup artist - uncredited)
 
1934 Imitation of Life (makeup artist - uncredited)
 
1934 Great Expectations (makeup artist)
 
1934 Embarrassing Moments (makeup artist - uncredited)
 
1934 The Love Captive (makeup artist - uncredited)
 
1934 Half a Sinner (makeup artist - uncredited)
 
1934 Love Birds (makeup artist - uncredited)
 
1934 The Black Cat (makeup artist - uncredited)
 
1933 By Candlelight (makeup artist - uncredited)
 
1933 The Invisible Man (makeup artist - uncredited)
 
1933 The Kiss Before the Mirror (makeup artist - uncredited)
 
1933 The Big Cage (makeup artist - uncredited)
 
1932 They Just Had to Get Married (makeup artist)
 
1932 The Mummy (makeup designer - uncredited)
 
1932 The Old Dark House (makeup artist - uncredited)
 
1932 Back Street (makeup artist - uncredited)
 
1932 White Zombie (makeup artist - as Jack Pierce)
 
1932 The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood (makeup artist - uncredited)
 
1932 The Impatient Maiden (makeup artist - uncredited)
 
1932 Murders in the Rue Morgue (makeup artist - uncredited)
 
1931 Strictly Dishonorable (makeup artist - uncredited)
 
1931 Frankenstein (makeup artist - uncredited, makeup designer - uncredited)
 
1931 Dracula (makeup artist - uncredited)
 
1930 East Is West (makeup artist - uncredited)
 
1929 Broadway (makeup artist - uncredited)
 
1928 The Man Who Laughs (makeup artist - uncredited)
 
1927 She's a Sheik (makeup artist - uncredited)
 
1927 The Monkey Talks (makeup artist - uncredited)
 
Show ShowActor (12 titles)
1929 Masquerade
Second Reporter (as Jack Pierce)
 
1928 The Circus
Man Operating Ropes (uncredited)
 
1927 Isle of Sunken Gold (as John Pierce)
 
1925 The Speed Demon
Pickles Rankin (as Jack Pierce)
 
1925 The Gambling Fool
Bud Fitzroy (as Jack Pearce)
 
1922 Riders of the Law
Pete Gushard (as Jack Pierce)
 
1922 The Man Who Waited
Black Pete (as Jack Pierce)
 
1917 The Enchanted Kiss (short) (as Jack Pierce)
 
1917 One Dollar's Worth (short) (as Jack Pierce)
 
1917 Law and Order (short) (as Jack Pierce)
 
1916/I The Dupe (short) (as Jack Pierce)
 
1915 Misjudged (short)
Baldy Joe - a Thief (as Jack Pierce)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
1926 With Buffalo Bill on the U. P. Trail (technical director - as Jack Pierce)
 
Show ShowSelf (1 title)
1957 This Is Your Life (TV series)
Himself
– Boris Karloff (1957) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (7 titles)
2008 He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce (video short)
Himself
 
1999 Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed (video documentary short)
Himself (Make-Up Artist)
 
1998 Universal Horror (TV documentary)
 
1996 100 Years of Horror: The Frankenstein Family (video documentary)
Himself
 
1996 100 Years of Horror: Boris Karloff (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1996 100 Years of Horror: Frankenstein's Friends (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1995 The Interactive History of Frankenstein (Video Game)
Himself
 
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Personal Quote:

There are six ways a surgeon can cut the skull, and I figured Dr. Frankenstein, who was not a practicing surgeon, would take the easiest. That is, he would cut the top of the skull off straight across like a pot lid, hinge it, pop the brain in and clamp it tight. That's the reason I decided to make... See more »

Trivia:

Despite having created most of the famous make-up designs for the monsters in the Universal Studios horror classics, almost of this work was uncredited. See more »

Trademark:

Always used "out of the kit" makeups and always did the makeup applications himself. This ultimately led to his unceremonious dismissal from Universal Studios See more »

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