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Jack Pierce

Costume & Make-Up

Born May 5, 1889 · Valdetsyou, Greece

Died July 19, 1968

Also known as Janus Piccoulas · Jack P. Pierce · Janus Piccoula

Biography

Jack Pierce was a Hollywood make-up artist known for creating the makeup worn by Boris Karloff in Frankenstein (1931), along with various other classic monster make-ups for Universal Studios.

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Filmography50+ titles

Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters

2015as Self (archive footage)

The Circus

1928as Man Operating Ropes (uncredited)

Scarlet Street

1945Makeup Artist

Midsomer Murders

1997as Grady Felton

Bride of Frankenstein

1935Makeup Artist

The Invisible Man

1933Makeup Artist

Frankenstein

1931Makeup Artist

The Killers

1946Makeup Department Head

The Man Who Laughs

1928Makeup Artist

Dracula

1931Makeup Artist

The Egg and I

1947Makeup Artist

The Wolf Man

1941Makeup Artist

The House of the Seven Gables

1940Makeup Artist

Imitation of Life

1934Makeup Artist

Pursuit to Algiers

1945Makeup Department Head

The Mummy

1932Makeup Designer

Canyon Passage

1946Makeup Artist

The Naughty Nineties

1945Makeup Artist

Son of Frankenstein

1939Makeup Artist

The Black Cat

1934Makeup Artist

Terror by Night

1946Makeup Department Head

Dressed to Kill

1946Makeup Department Head

The Raven

1935Makeup Designer

The Creation of the Humanoids

1962Makeup Artist

Master Minds

1949Makeup Artist

Buck Privates Come Home

1947Makeup Artist

The Invisible Ray

1936Makeup Artist

King of Jazz

1930Makeup Artist

I Bury the Living

1958Makeup Artist

The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry

1945Makeup Artist

Phantom of the Opera

1943Makeup Artist

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

1943Makeup Artist

Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man

1943Makeup Artist

Man-Made Monster

1941Makeup Artist

Night Key

1937Makeup Artist

Joan of Arc

1948Makeup Artist

Black Angel

1946Makeup Supervisor

House of Frankenstein

1944Makeup Artist

Werewolf of London

1935Makeup Artist

Murders in the Rue Morgue

1932Makeup Artist

Beyond the Time Barrier

1960Makeup Artist

The Mad Ghoul

1943Makeup Artist

Black Friday

1940Makeup Artist

Dracula's Daughter

1936Makeup Artist

White Zombie

1932Makeup Artist

Son of Dracula

1943Makeup Artist

The Ghost of Frankenstein

1942Makeup Artist

The Mummy's Hand

1940Makeup Artist

She-Wolf of London

1946Makeup Artist

The Mummy's Ghost

1944Makeup Artist