Jack Pierce
Costume & Make-Up
9
Acting Credits
Biography
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...
Known For
Midsomer Murders
Grady Felton
The Circus
Man Operating Ropes (uncredited)
He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce
Self (archive footage)
The Isle of Sunken Gold
The Man Who Waited
Black Pete
Masquerade
Second Reporter
Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters
Self (archive footage)
Riders of the Law
Pete Gushard
Filmography
Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters
2015
as Self (archive footage)
He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce
2008
as Self (archive footage)
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Grady Felton
Masquerade
1929
as Second Reporter
The Circus
1928
as Man Operating Ropes (uncredited)
The Isle of Sunken Gold
1927
Riders of the Law
1922
as Pete Gushard
The Man Who Waited
1922
as Black Pete
The Enchanted Kiss
1917
as Dwarf