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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 full-time by the studio. Universal's first "talkie" horror film, Dracula (1931), eschewed elaborate horror make-up. Pierce designed a special color greasepaint for Bela Lugosi for his vampire character, but Lugosi insisted on applying his own make-up. For all film appearances of the character thereafter, Pierce instituted a different look entirely, recasting Dracula as a man with graying hair and a mustache. The most significant creation during Pierce's time at the studio was Frankenstein (1931), with Lugosi originally cast as the Monster. Pierce came up with a design which was horrific as well as logical in the context of the story. So, where Henry Frankenstein has accessed the brain cavity, there is a scar and a seal, and the now famous "bolts" on the neck are actually electrodes: carriers for the electricity used to revive the stitched-up corpse. As the head of Universal's make-up department, Pierce is credited with designing and creating the iconic make-ups for films like Frankenstein, The Mummy (1932), The Wolf Man (1941), and their various sequels associated with the characters. Utilizing his "out-of-the-kit" techniques, Pierce's make-ups were often very grueling and took a considerable amount of time to apply. Pierce was always reluctant to use latex appliances, favoring his technique of building facial features out of cotton and collodion, or nose putty. Pierce eventually started using latex appliances, most notably a rubber nose for Lon Chaney Jr. in The Wolf Man (1941) (the edges of the appliance are clearly visible through most of the film), and a rubber head piece for Boris Karloff in Bride of Frankenstein (1935) and Son of Frankenstein (1939). He did a great many historical, old age and character make-ups in TV anthology series such as Screen Directors Playhouse, You Are There and Telephone Time. One episode of that show, a drama called The Golden Junkman, featured Lon Chaney Jr. as an unlettered but kindly Armenian junk dealer who ages from his 30s to his 70s in the course of the story, which Pierce handled with aplomb. Pierce died in 1968 from uremia. Jack Pierce's enduring work at Universal has become a huge influence to many in the entertainment field, including make-up artists Rick Baker and Tom Savini. In 2003, Pierce was recognized with a lifetime achievement award from the Hollywood Make-up Artist and Hair Stylist Guild. In May 2013, Cinema Makeup School in Los Angeles dedicated a memorial gallery in his honor.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1889-05-05
- event Death Date 1968-07-19
- school Known for: Costume & Make-Up
- star Popularity: 1
- info Birth Place Valdetsyou, Greece
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Jack Pierce
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He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce
2008-07-09
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Masquerade
1929-07-14
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The Isle of Sunken Gold
1927-08-31
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The Enchanted Kiss
1917-12-22
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Riders of the Law
1922-12-15
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Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters
2015-10-02
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The Circus
1928-01-06
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Midsomer Murders
1997-03-23
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The Mad Ghoul
1943-11-12
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Dracula's Daughter
1936-05-11
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Son of Dracula
1943-11-05
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The Ghost of Frankenstein
1942-03-13
7.5
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
1943-03-05
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Son of Frankenstein
1939-01-13
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House of Frankenstein
1944-12-01
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The Amazing Transparent Man
1960-02-01
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The Jungle Captive
1945-06-25
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Night Key
1937-04-18
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I Bury the Living
1958-07-01
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Tower of London
1939-11-17
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Beyond the Time Barrier
1960-09-08
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The Egg and I
1947-05-01
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The Kiss Before the Mirror
1933-05-04
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Flesh and Fantasy
1943-10-29
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Black Angel
1946-08-02
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No Escape
1953-07-31
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Tangier
1946-06-06
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The House of the Seven Gables
1940-04-12
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Time Out of Mind
1947-05-03
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Gypsy Wildcat
1944-08-02
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White Savage
1943-04-23
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Sudan
1945-04-18
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No. 5 Checked Out
1956-01-18
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Master Minds
1949-11-27
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Doctor Jim
1947-01-01
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Temptation
1946-12-02
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Little Miss Big
1946-01-01
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The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
1945-08-17
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Scarlet Street
1945-12-25
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Captive Wild Woman
1943-06-04
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The Wanderer
1925-08-19
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Imitation of Life
1934-11-23
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King of Jazz
1930-04-20
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The Black Cat
1934-05-07
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Murders in the Rue Morgue
1932-01-27
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Buck Privates Come Home
1947-04-04
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The Naughty Nineties
1945-06-20
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Little Giant
1946-02-22
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Joan of Arc
1948-12-22
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Canyon Passage
1946-07-17
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Two in a Crowd
1936-10-03
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By Candlelight
1933-12-18
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The Lady of the Harem
1926-11-01
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The Brain from Planet Arous
1957-10-01
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The Killers
1946-08-30
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The Creation of the Humanoids
1962-07-03
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Pursuit to Algiers
1945-10-26
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Dressed to Kill
1946-05-24
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Terror by Night
1946-02-01
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Show Boat
1936-05-17
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The Wolf Man
1941-12-12
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Dracula
1931-02-12
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The Brute Man
1946-10-01
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Back Street
1932-08-04
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Cobra Woman
1944-05-12
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The Climax
1944-10-20
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The Mummy's Tomb
1942-10-23
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The Mummy's Hand
1940-09-20
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Werewolf of London
1935-05-13
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She-Wolf of London
1946-05-17
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House of Horrors
1946-03-29
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Wives Under Suspicion
1938-06-03
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Blades of the Musketeers
1950-11-24
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Giant from the Unknown
1958-01-03
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The Mummy's Curse
1944-12-22
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The Mummy's Ghost
1944-07-07
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House of Dracula
1945-12-07
7.5
Tales of Robin Hood
1951-12-21
7.5
Phantom of the Opera
1943-08-12
7.5
The Last Warning
1928-12-25
7.5
White Zombie
1932-07-28
7.5
The Cat Creeps
1946-05-17
7.5
Lincoln's Doctor's Dog
1955-12-14
7.5
The Silent Partner
1955-12-21
7.5
The Titanic Incident
1955-12-28
7.5
It's Always Sunday
7.5
Bride of Frankenstein
1935-04-20
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Man-Made Monster
1941-03-28
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The Pilgrimage Play
1949-12-12
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Let Them Live
1937-04-25
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Half a Sinner
1934-06-01
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Great Expectations
1934-10-22
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The Mummy
1932-12-22
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Magnificent Doll
1946-12-08
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The Spider Woman Strikes Back
1946-03-22
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Her Adventurous Night
1946-06-05
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The Man Who Laughs
1928-04-27
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Jungle Woman
1944-06-01
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The Big Cage
1933-05-01
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Black Friday
1940-02-29
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The Invisible Ray
1936-01-20
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The Raven
1935-07-08
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The Invisible Man
1933-11-03
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The Good Fairy
1935-02-18