Jack Pierce
Personal Info
Know For
Costume & Make-Up
Gender
Male
Birthday
1889-05-05 (79 years old)
Deathday
1968-07-19
Place of Birth
Valdetsyou, Greece
Also known As
Janus Piccoulas
Jack P. Pierce
Janus Piccoula
John Pierce
Jack P. Pearce
Jack Pearce
Jack Pierce
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 Laemmle, was won over with his creative abilities and hired full-time by the studio. Universal's first "talkie" horror film, Dracula (1931), eschewe...
Acting
2008
as Self (archive footage)
1929
as Second Reporter
1917
as Dwarf
1922
as Pete Gushard
2015
as Self (archive footage)
1928
as Man Operating Ropes (uncredited)
Production
1943
as Makeup Artist
1943
as Makeup Artist
1936
as Makeup Artist
1942
as Makeup Artist
1943
as Makeup Artist
1939
as Makeup Artist
1944
as Makeup Artist
1960
as Makeup Artist
1945
as Makeup Artist
1937
as Makeup Artist
1958
as Makeup Artist
1939
as Makeup Artist
1960
as Makeup Artist
1947
as Makeup Artist
1933
as Makeup Artist
1943
as Makeup Artist
1946
as Makeup Supervisor
1953
as Makeup Artist
1946
as Makeup Artist
1940
as Makeup Artist
1947
as Makeup Artist
1943
as Makeup Artist
1944
as Makeup Artist
1945
as Makeup Artist
1956
as Makeup Artist
1949
as Makeup Artist
1947
as Makeup Artist
1946
as Makeup Artist
1946
as Makeup Department Head
1945
as Makeup Artist
1945
as Makeup Artist
1943
as Makeup Artist
1925
as Makeup Artist
1934
as Makeup Artist
1930
as Makeup Artist
1934
as Makeup Artist
1932
as Makeup Artist
1947
as Makeup Artist
1945
as Makeup Artist
1946
as Makeup Artist
1948
as Makeup Artist
1946
as Makeup Artist
1936
as Makeup Artist
1933
as Makeup Artist
1926
as Makeup Artist
1957
as Makeup Artist
1946
as Makeup Department Head
1962
as Makeup Artist
1945
as Makeup Department Head
1946
as Makeup Department Head
1946
as Makeup Department Head
1936
as Makeup Artist
1941
as Makeup Artist
1931
as Makeup Artist
1946
as Makeup Artist
1932
as Makeup Artist
1944
as Makeup Artist
1944
as Makeup Artist
1942
as Makeup Artist
1940
as Makeup Artist
1946
as Makeup Artist
1935
as Makeup Artist
1946
as Makeup Artist
1938
as Makeup Artist
1950
as Makeup Artist
1958
as Makeup Artist
1944
as Makeup Artist
1944
as Makeup Artist
1945
as Makeup Artist
1951
as Makeup Artist
1943
as Makeup Artist
1928
as Makeup Artist
1932
as Makeup Artist
1946
as Makeup Artist
1955
as Makeup Department Head
1955
as Makeup Artist
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as Makeup Artist
1935
as Makeup Artist
1941
as Makeup Artist
1949
as Makeup Artist
1937
as Makeup Artist
1934
as Makeup Artist
1934
as Makeup Artist
1932
as Makeup Designer
1946
as Makeup Department Head
1946
as Makeup Artist
1946
as Makeup & Hair
1928
as Makeup Artist
1944
as Makeup Artist
1933
as Makeup Artist
1940
as Makeup Artist
1936
as Makeup Artist
1935
as Makeup Designer
1933
as Makeup Artist
1935
as Makeup Artist
1956
as Makeup Artist
1956
as Makeup Artist
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