Jack Pierce
- Known for
- Costume & Make-Up
- Born
- May 5, 1889, Valdetsyou, Greece
- Died
- July 19, 1968
- Movies
- 8
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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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2015 | Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters | Self (archive footage) |
| 2008 | He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce | Self (archive footage) |
| 1929 | Masquerade | Second Reporter |
| 1928 | The Circus | Man Operating Ropes (uncredited) |
| 1927 | The Isle of Sunken Gold | |
| 1922 | Riders of the Law | Pete Gushard |
| 1922 | The Man Who Waited | Black Pete |
| 1917 | The Enchanted Kiss | Dwarf |
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