Jack Pierce
Costume & Make-Up·May 5, 1889·† July 19, 1968 — 79 years old·Valdetsyou, Greece
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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 full-time by the studio.
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2015Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the MonstersSelf (archive footage)2008He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack PierceSelf (archive footage)1997Midsomer MurdersTVGrady Felton1962The Creation of the HumanoidsMakeup Artist1960Beyond the Time BarrierMakeup Artist1960The Amazing Transparent ManMakeup Artist1958I Bury the LivingMakeup Artist1958Giant from the UnknownMakeup Artist1957The Brain from Planet ArousMakeup Artist1956Affair in SumatraMakeup Artist1956Prima DonnaMakeup Artist1956No. 5 Checked OutMakeup Artist1955The Titanic IncidentMakeup Artist1953No EscapeMakeup Artist1951Tales of Robin HoodMakeup Artist1950Blades of the MusketeersMakeup Artist1949The Pilgrimage PlayMakeup Artist1949Master MindsMakeup Artist1948Joan of ArcMakeup Artist1947Time Out of MindMakeup Artist1947The Egg and IMakeup Artist1947Buck Privates Come HomeMakeup Artist1947Doctor JimMakeup Artist1946Magnificent DollMakeup Department Head1946TemptationMakeup Artist1946The Brute ManMakeup Artist1946The KillersMakeup Department Head1946Black AngelMakeup Supervisor1946Canyon PassageMakeup Artist1946TangierMakeup Artist1946Her Adventurous NightMakeup & Hair1946Dressed to KillMakeup Department Head1946She-Wolf of LondonMakeup Artist1946The Cat CreepsMakeup Artist1946House of HorrorsMakeup Artist1946The Spider Woman Strikes BackMakeup Artist1946Little GiantMakeup Artist1946Terror by NightMakeup Department Head1946Little Miss BigMakeup Department Head1945Scarlet StreetMakeup Artist1945House of DraculaMakeup Artist1945Pursuit to AlgiersMakeup Department Head1945The Strange Affair of Uncle HarryMakeup Artist1945The Jungle CaptiveMakeup Artist1945The Naughty NinetiesMakeup Artist1945SudanMakeup Artist1944The Mummy's CurseMakeup Artist1944House of FrankensteinMakeup Artist1944The ClimaxMakeup Artist1944Gypsy WildcatMakeup Artist1944The Mummy's GhostMakeup Artist1944Jungle WomanMakeup Artist1944Cobra WomanMakeup Artist1944Ali Baba and the Forty ThievesMakeup Artist1943The Mad GhoulMakeup Artist1943Flesh and FantasyMakeup Artist1943Son of DraculaMakeup Artist1943Phantom of the OperaMakeup Artist1943Captive Wild WomanMakeup Artist1943White SavageMakeup Artist1943Frankenstein Meets the Wolf ManMakeup Artist1942The Mummy's TombMakeup Artist1942The Ghost of FrankensteinMakeup Artist1941The Wolf ManMakeup Artist1941Man-Made MonsterMakeup Artist1940The Mummy's HandMakeup Artist1940The House of the Seven GablesMakeup Artist1940Black FridayMakeup Artist1939Tower of LondonMakeup Artist1939Son of FrankensteinMakeup Artist1938Wives Under SuspicionMakeup Artist1937Let Them LiveMakeup Artist1937Night KeyMakeup Artist1936Two in a CrowdMakeup Artist1936Show BoatMakeup Artist1936Dracula's DaughterMakeup Artist1936The Invisible RayMakeup Artist1935The RavenMakeup Designer1935Werewolf of LondonMakeup Artist1935Bride of FrankensteinMakeup Artist1935The Good FairyMakeup Artist1934Imitation of LifeMakeup Artist1934Great ExpectationsMakeup Artist1934Half a SinnerMakeup Artist1934The Black CatMakeup Artist1933By CandlelightMakeup Artist1933The Invisible ManMakeup Artist1933The Kiss Before the MirrorMakeup Artist1933The Big CageMakeup Artist1932The MummyMakeup Designer1932Back StreetMakeup Artist1932White ZombieMakeup Artist1932Murders in the Rue MorgueMakeup Artist1931FrankensteinMakeup Artist1931DraculaMakeup Artist1930King of JazzMakeup Artist1929MasqueradeSecond Reporter1928The Last WarningMakeup Artist1928The Man Who LaughsMakeup Artist1928The CircusMan Operating Ropes (uncredited)1927The Isle of Sunken Gold1926The White Black SheepMakeup Artist1926The Lady of the HaremMakeup Artist1925The WandererMakeup Artist1922Riders of the LawPete Gushard1922The Man Who WaitedBlack Pete1917The Enchanted KissDwarf