Ben Nye

Personal Info

Know For

Costume & Make-Up

Gender

Male

Birthday

1907-01-12 (79 years old)

Deathday

1986-02-09

Place of Birth

Fremont, Nebraska, USA

Ben Nye

Biography

Benjamin Emmet "Ben" Nye, Sr. was an American makeup artist for the Hollywood film industry for over four decades, from the 1930s to the early 1980s. He worked on over five hundred 20th Century Fox films both in and out of Hollywood.

Production

1950

Mother Didn't Tell Me

as Makeup Artist

1959

The Diary of Anne Frank

as Makeup Artist

1960

The Lost World

as Makeup Artist

1950

The Jackpot

as Makeup Artist

1950

Broken Arrow

as Makeup Artist

1945

A Bell for Adano

as Makeup Artist

1950

Love That Brute

as Makeup Artist

1967

In Like Flint

as Makeup Artist

1960

Can-Can

as Makeup Artist

1960

Wild River

as Makeup Artist

1955

House of Bamboo

as Makeup Artist

1949

Come to the Stable

as Makeup Artist

1965

The Sound of Music

as Makeup Artist

1955

A Man Called Peter

as Makeup Artist

1965

Rapture

as Makeup Artist

1959

Holiday for Lovers

as Makeup Artist

1957

Desk Set

as Makeup Artist

1951

Fourteen Hours

as Makeup Artist

1950

Mister 880

as Makeup Artist

1958

The Hunters

as Makeup Artist

1953

The Glory Brigade

as Makeup Artist

1967

Valley of the Dolls

as Makeup Artist

1946

The Dark Corner

as Makeup Artist

1952

Les Miserables

as Makeup Artist

1953

The Girl Next Door

as Makeup Artist

1961

Wild in the Country

as Makeup Artist

1958

From Hell to Texas

as Makeup Artist

1949

The Fan

as Makeup Artist

1960

From the Terrace

as Makeup Artist

1955

The Seven Year Itch

as Makeup Artist

1954

River of No Return

as Makeup Artist

1960

Seven Thieves

as Makeup Artist

1952

1953

White Witch Doctor

as Makeup Artist

1948

The Street with No Name

as Makeup Artist

1949

I Was a Male War Bride

as Makeup Designer

1950

Two Flags West

as Makeup Artist

1966

Jan & Dean: On the Run

as Makeup Supervisor

1935

Mutiny on the Bounty

as Makeup Artist

1948

The Snake Pit

as Makeup Artist

1959

Beloved Infidel

as Makeup Artist

1952

Return of the Texan

as Makeup Artist

1953

Dangerous Crossing

as Makeup Artist

1957

The Three Faces of Eve

as Makeup Artist

1953

Taxi

as Makeup Artist

1953

The I Don't Care Girl

as Makeup Artist

1951

The Guy Who Came Back

as Makeup Artist

1953

Vicki

as Makeup Artist

1964

The Pleasure Seekers

as Makeup Artist

1955

Untamed

as Makeup Artist

1951

1951

As Young as You Feel

as Makeup Artist

1951

Follow the Sun

as Makeup Artist

1948

Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!

as Makeup Artist

1948

The Walls of Jericho

as Makeup Artist

1951

1953

Mister Scoutmaster

as Makeup Artist

1953

Tonight We Sing

as Makeup Artist

1951

Love Nest

as Makeup Artist

1951

Let's Make It Legal

as Makeup Artist

1950

My Blue Heaven

as Makeup Artist

1956

Carousel

as Makeup Artist

1948

That Lady in Ermine

as Makeup Artist

1950

A Ticket to Tomahawk

as Makeup Artist

1951

David and Bathsheba

as Makeup Artist

1951

People Will Talk

as Makeup Artist

1952

The Snows of Kilimanjaro

as Makeup Artist

1953

Beneath the 12-Mile Reef

as Makeup Artist

1952

With a Song in My Heart

as Makeup Artist

1954

The Egyptian

as Makeup Artist

1939

Wife, Husband and Friend

as Makeup Artist

1955

Seven Cities of Gold

as Makeup Artist

1955

Good Morning, Miss Dove

as Makeup Artist

1956

1956

The King and I

as Makeup Artist

1948

The Iron Curtain

as Makeup Artist

1953

1944

Winged Victory

as Makeup Artist

1946

Dragonwyck

as Makeup Artist

1945

Leave Her to Heaven

as Makeup Artist

1946

Somewhere in the Night

as Makeup Artist

1946

The Razor's Edge

as Makeup Artist

1947

1947

Moss Rose

as Makeup Artist

1947

The Foxes of Harrow

as Makeup Artist

1947

The Homestretch

as Makeup Artist

1947

Forever Amber

as Makeup Artist

1947

Captain from Castile

as Makeup Artist

1947

Nightmare Alley

as Makeup Artist

1947

Gentleman's Agreement

as Makeup Artist

1948

Fury at Furnace Creek

as Makeup Artist

1948

Call Northside 777

as Makeup Artist

1948

Sitting Pretty

as Makeup Artist

1948

Road House

as Makeup Artist

1948

Cry of the City

as Makeup Artist

1948

1948

Apartment for Peggy

as Makeup Artist

1948

That Wonderful Urge

as Makeup Artist

1949

It Happens Every Spring

as Makeup Artist

1949

Sand

as Makeup Artist

1949

Slattery's Hurricane

as Makeup Artist

1949

Pinky

as Makeup Artist

1949

Father Was a Fullback

as Makeup Artist

1950

Under My Skin

as Makeup Artist

1949

Twelve O'Clock High

as Makeup Artist

1950

Cheaper by the Dozen

as Makeup Artist

1949

A Letter to Three Wives

as Makeup Artist

1963

The Stripper

as Makeup Artist

1947

Mother Wore Tights

as Makeup Artist

1959

A Private's Affair

as Makeup Artist

1946

Margie

as Makeup Artist

1953

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

as Makeup Artist

1953

The Desert Rats

as Makeup Artist

1945

A Royal Scandal

as Makeup Artist

1958

The Bravados

as Makeup Artist

1951

Golden Girl

as Makeup Artist

1966

The Sand Pebbles

as Makeup Artist

1952

5 Fingers

as Makeup Artist

1950

Panic in the Streets

as Makeup Artist

1954

Black Widow

as Makeup Artist

1965

Von Ryan's Express

as Makeup Artist

1950

Stella

as Makeup Artist

1966

Our Man Flint

as Makeup Artist

1951

Halls of Montezuma

as Makeup Artist

1965

The Flight of the Phoenix

as Makeup Supervisor

1959

The Story on Page One

as Makeup Artist

1953

Pickup on South Street

as Makeup Artist

1968

Planet of the Apes

as Makeup Artist

1946

Cluny Brown

as Makeup Artist

1947

Miracle on 34th Street

as Makeup Artist

1950

All About Eve

as Makeup Artist

1941

The Lady Eve

as Makeup Artist

1951

Fixed Bayonets!

as Makeup Artist

1958

The Fly

as Makeup Artist

1965

War Party

as Makeup Artist

1943

Five Graves to Cairo

as Makeup Artist

1952

Diplomatic Courier

as Makeup Artist

1945

The Caribbean Mystery

as Makeup Artist

1952

Night Without Sleep

as Makeup Artist

1953

City of Bad Men

as Makeup Artist

1959

The Alligator People

as Makeup Artist

1960

Let's Make Love

as Makeup Artist

1954

Garden of Evil

as Makeup Artist

1960

Flaming Star

as Makeup Artist

1956

Love Me Tender

as Makeup Artist

1947

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

as Makeup Artist

1953

Niagara

as Makeup Artist

1950

Where the Sidewalk Ends

as Makeup Artist

1950

The Gunfighter

as Makeup Artist

1951

1946

My Darling Clementine

as Makeup Artist

1954

Broken Lance

as Makeup Artist

1957

The Enemy Below

as Makeup Artist

1946

Colonel Effingham's Raid

as Makeup Artist

1954

1958

The Long, Hot Summer

as Makeup Artist

1955

The Tall Men

as Makeup Artist

1966

Fantastic Voyage

as Makeup Artist

1948

Yellow Sky

as Makeup Artist

1949

Down to the Sea in Ships

as Makeup Artist

1951

The Frogmen

as Makeup Artist

1952

We're Not Married!

as Makeup Artist

1953

1952

Deadline - U.S.A.

as Makeup Artist

1953

The Robe

as Makeup Artist

1945

The Bullfighters

as Makeup Artist

1956

D-Day the Sixth of June

as Makeup Artist

1958

Fraulein

as Makeup Artist

1959

Say One for Me

as Makeup Artist

1950

Wabash Avenue

as Makeup Artist

1958

1952

Viva Zapata!

as Makeup Artist

1946

Do You Love Me

as Makeup Artist

1956

Bus Stop

as Makeup Artist

1953

Inferno

as Makeup Artist

1963

Take Her, She's Mine

as Makeup Artist

1951

1958

South Pacific

as Makeup Artist

1957

An Affair to Remember

as Makeup Artist

1946

1955

Daddy Long Legs

as Makeup Artist

1951

Anne of the Indies

as Makeup Artist

1962

State Fair

as Makeup Artist

1956

Three Brave Men

as Makeup Artist

1952

My Wife's Best Friend

as Makeup Artist

1952

Way of a Gaucho

as Makeup Artist

1956

23 Paces to Baker Street

as Makeup Artist

1953

Powder River

as Makeup Artist

1951

On the Riviera

as Makeup Artist

1953

1966

1958

The Young Lions

as Makeup Artist

1961

The Second Time Around

as Makeup Artist

1965

The Reward

as Makeup Artist

1951

Elopement

as Makeup Artist

1965

Dear Brigitte

as Makeup Artist

1952

1962

1949

Thieves' Highway

as Makeup Artist

1947

The Brasher Doubloon

as Makeup Artist

1948

Deep Waters

as Makeup Artist

2020

1947

Daisy Kenyon

as Makeup Artist

1953

Call Me Madam

as Makeup Artist

1947

1956

Between Heaven and Hell

as Makeup Artist

1951

1947

The Late George Apley

as Makeup & Hair

1976

Marathon Man

as Makeup Artist

1980

Heaven's Gate

as Makeup Artist

1945

Hangover Square

as Makeup Artist

1951

The 13th Letter

as Makeup Artist

1952

Monkey Business

as Makeup Artist

1949

Dancing in the Dark

as Makeup Artist

1956

Bigger Than Life

as Makeup Artist

1946

Behind Green Lights

as Makeup Artist

1963

Move Over, Darling

as Makeup Artist

1952

Don't Bother to Knock

as Makeup Artist

1950

Three Came Home

as Makeup Artist

1961

Bachelor Flat

as Makeup Artist

1951

Rawhide

as Makeup Artist

1955

The Left Hand of God

as Makeup Artist

1955

Soldier of Fortune

as Makeup Artist

1945

Fallen Angel

as Makeup Artist

1950

Whirlpool

as Makeup Artist

1965

Morituri

as Makeup Artist

1962

Tender Is the Night

as Makeup Artist

1956

The Proud Ones

as Makeup Artist

1953

A Blueprint for Murder

as Makeup Artist

1947

Kiss of Death

as Makeup Artist

1961

Swingin' Along

as Makeup & Hair

1946

Shock

as Makeup Artist

1968

The Detective

as Makeup Artist

1964

What a Way to Go!

as Makeup Artist

1966

Way... Way Out

as Makeup Artist

1950

No Way Out

as Makeup Artist

1959

1956

The Girl Can't Help It

as Makeup Artist

1961

Misty

as Makeup Artist

1949

House of Strangers

as Makeup Artist

1945

Molly and Me

as Makeup Artist

1957

The Wayward Bus

as Makeup Artist

1952

What Price Glory

as Makeup Artist

1955

Violent Saturday

as Makeup Artist

1964

Shock Treatment

as Makeup Artist

1964

Goodbye Charlie

as Makeup Artist

1954

Woman's World

as Makeup Artist

1964

Fate Is the Hunter

as Makeup Artist

1956

The Last Wagon

as Makeup Artist

1967

Tony Rome

as Makeup Artist

1967

Doctor Dolittle

as Makeup Artist

1955

Oklahoma!

as Makeup Artist

1968

The Boston Strangler

as Makeup Artist

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