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William J. Tuttle is a Actor, Makeup Designer and Makeup Effects American born on 13 april 1912 at Jacksonville (USA)

William J. Tuttle

William J. Tuttle
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Nationality USA
Birth 13 april 1912 at Jacksonville (USA)
Death 27 july 2007 (at 95 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

William J. Tuttle (April 13, 1912 – July 27, 2007) was an American make-up artist. Born in Jacksonville, Florida, at a young age he was forced to leave school to support his mother and younger brother. After a series of odd-jobs and a brief stint in his own band, Tuttle moved to Hollywood, California to work under makeup artist Jack Dawn at Twentieth Century Pictures.

In 1934, Tuttle and Dawn moved to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Working as Dawn's assistant, Tuttle supervised the makeup work in such movies as The Wizard of Oz and Father of the Bride.

Tuttle created makeup for many of Hollywood’s biggest stars, among them Judy Garland (“Summer Stock”, 1950); Gene Kelly (“Singin’ in the Rain”, 1952); Katharine Hepburn (“Pat and Mike”, 1952) and Esther Williams (“Million Dollar Mermaid”, 1952). Eventually he worked his way up to head of the studio's makeup department,

In the 1950s he would be responsible for the makeup in Singin' in the Rain, Forbidden Planet, North by Northwest and The Time Machine. He reused pieces he first created for The Time Machine in The Eye of the Beholder, one of his many Twilight Zone contributions.

In 1964, Tuttle received a special Academy Award for his work on George Pal's 7 Faces of Dr. Lao; this was 17 years before makeup became an official Oscar category. Later work included Logan's Run and Young Frankenstein. Tuttle is the subject of the 1968 MGM short The King of the Duplicators where he demonstrated some of his work.

William Tuttle died, aged 95, from natural causes at his home in Pacific Palisades, California, survived by his wife, Anita and his daughter, Teresa.

His remains were placed in Minneapolis, Minnesota's Lakewood Cemetery.

Best films

Young Frankenstein (1974)
(Makeup Designer)
Silver Streak (1976)
(Makeup Artist)
How the West Was Won (1962)
(Makeup Designer)
North by Northwest (1959)
(Makeup Artist)
I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955)
(Makeup Designer)
An American in Paris (1951)
(Makeup Designer)

Usually with

Cedric Gibbons
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(103 films)
Henry Grace
Henry Grace
(90 films)
George Davis
George Davis
(68 films)
Helen Rose
Helen Rose
(64 films)
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Filmography of William J. Tuttle (216 films)

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Zorro, The Gay Blade, 1h33
Directed by Peter Medak
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Swashbuckler, Action, Adventure, Historical, Romance, Western
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Superhero films, Films about disabilities, LGBT-related films, Personne sourde ou muette, Zorro, LGBT-related film
Actors George Hamilton, Lauren Hutton, Ron Leibman, Brenda Vaccaro, Donovan Scott, Clive Revill
Roles Makeup Artist
Rating61% 3.0986053.0986053.0986053.0986053.098605
Set in an indeterminate year of the 1840s, the film opens in a villa in Madrid, Spain, where Don Diego Vega (George Hamilton), the archetypal Spanish Don Juan, is in bed with a beautiful woman who, we learn shortly, is not his wife, but someone else's. The couple are caught by her husband, Garcia, who "is not in Barcelona", as they had previously thought. Diego, with considerable panache, fights Garcia and his five brothers with swords. During the fight, Diego's mute servant Paco (Donovan Scott) reads a letter (via gestures) from Diego's father requesting that Diego return to California [then a part of Mexico]. Diego and Paco escape by jumping from a high wall directly into a waiting carriage.
A Change of Seasons, 1h35
Directed by Stephen Frears, Noel Black, Richard Lang
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Shirley MacLaine, Anthony Hopkins, Bo Derek, Michael Brandon, Mary Beth Hurt, K Callan
Roles Makeup Artist
Rating52% 2.6098252.6098252.6098252.6098252.609825
When fortysomething Karen Evans discovers her arrogantly self-centered professor husband Adam is having an affair with student Lindsey Rutledge, she retaliates by having a dalliance of her own with young, philosophical campus carpenter Pete Lachappelle. Adam is infuriated when he learns about his wife's new relationship, and she in turn defends her right to enjoy the same carnal pleasures he does. The four decide to share a Vermont ski house, where their efforts to behave like liberal adults are tested by middle-aged angst, hurt feelings, and teenager Kasey Evans, who unexpectedly arrives to confront her parents with their outrageous behavior.
Resurrection, 1h43
Directed by Daniel Petrie
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy
Themes Films about religion
Actors Ellen Burstyn, Sam Shepard, Richard Farnsworth, Pamela Payton-Wright, Roberts Blossom, Jeffrey DeMunn
Roles Makeup Artist
Rating70% 3.544493.544493.544493.544493.54449
À la suite d'un accident d'automobile où elle perd son mari, Edna Mae Macaulay se découvre un pouvoir de guérison. Certaines personnes de la petite ville où elle s'est retirée acceptent cet étrange pouvoir tandis que d'autres s'en méfient...
The Fury
The Fury (1978)
, 1h58
Directed by Brian De Palma, Frank Yablans
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Horror
Themes Children's films
Actors Kirk Douglas, John Cassavetes, Carrie Snodgress, Charles Durning, Amy Irving, Rutanya Alda
Roles Makeup Supervisor
Rating62% 3.1498753.1498753.1498753.1498753.149875
Peter Sandza (Kirk Douglas), a former CIA agent, is searching for his son Robin, who was kidnapped by a secret intelligence organization inside the CIA led by Ben Childress. This organization kidnaps psychics to turn them into weapons in the service of the United States government. To better control the psychics, they also kill their families. Peter survived the attempt on his life, but his son believes he was killed by Arab terrorists. After that they begin to systematically experiment with him to increase his powers and develop ability to control them, and these experiments make him progressively more mentally unstable.
The Greatest, 1h38
Directed by Monte Hellman, Tom Gries
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Films about the Olympic Games, Le boxe anglaise
Actors Ernest Borgnine, David Clennon, Lucille Benson, Drew Bundini Brown, James Gammon, Lloyd Haynes
Roles Makeup Artist
Rating58% 2.949812.949812.949812.949812.94981
L'histoire retrace la carrière de Mohamed Ali, de sa victoire aux Jeux olympiques de Rome à sa reconquête de son titre de champion face à George Foreman, en passant par sa conversion à l'Islam et à son refus d'incorporation dans l'armée.
The World's Greatest Lover, 1h26
Directed by Gene Wilder
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about films, Children's films
Actors Gene Wilder, Carol Kane, Dom DeLuise, Carol Arthur, Fritz Feld, Lupe Ontiveros
Roles Makeup Artist
Rating57% 2.8520052.8520052.8520052.8520052.852005
Set in the silent film era, Rainbow Studios figures they are losing revenue to a rival studio because they don't have Rudolph Valentino. Led by studio head Adolph Zitz, they decide to hold a contest for the World's Greatest Lover in order to find a star to combat Valentino's popularity.
Logan's Run, 2h
Directed by Michael Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Actors Michael York, Jenny Agutter, Richard Jordan, Roscoe Lee Browne, Farrah Fawcett, Peter Ustinov
Roles Makeup Artist
Rating67% 3.3983653.3983653.3983653.3983653.398365
In the year 2274, the remnants of human civilization live in a sealed domed city, a utopia run by a computer that takes care of all aspects of their life, including reproduction. The citizens live a hedonistic life but, to maintain the city, everyone must undergo the ritual of "Carrousel" [sic] when they reach the age of 30. There, they are vaporized and ostensibly "renewed". To track this, they are implanted at birth with a "life-clock" crystal in the palm of their hand that changes color as they approach their "Last Day." Most residents accept this promise of rebirth, but those who do not are known as "Runners" and "Sandmen" are assigned to pursue and terminate them.
Silver Streak, 1h54
Directed by Arthur Hiller
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime, Romance
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films, Buddy films, Children's films
Actors Gene Wilder, Jill Clayburgh, Patrick McGoohan, Richard Pryor, Ned Beatty, Richard Kiel
Roles Makeup Artist
Rating68% 3.44833.44833.44833.44833.4483
Book editor George Caldwell (Wilder) travels from Los Angeles to Chicago for his sister's wedding aboard a train called the Silver Streak. On board, George meets a vitamin salesman named Bob Sweet (Beatty) and a woman named Hilly Burns (Clayburgh). Hilly works for Professor Schreiner, a well-known art historian who is on a publicity tour for his new book about Rembrandt.
Young Frankenstein, 1h41
Directed by Mel Brooks, Gene Wilder
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Films about computing, Films based on science fiction novels, Comedy science fiction films, Frankenstein films, Comedy horror films, Cyberpunk films, Children's films
Actors Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman, Teri Garr
Roles Makeup Designer
Rating79% 3.9988653.9988653.9988653.9988653.998865
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein (Gene Wilder) is a physician lecturer at an American medical school and engaged to the tightly wound socialite Elizabeth (Madeline Kahn). He becomes exasperated when anyone brings up the subject of his grandfather, the infamous mad scientist. To disassociate himself from his forebear, Frederick insists that his surname is pronounced "Fronkensteen."
The Phantom of Hollywood, 1h14
Directed by Gene Levitt
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Actors Jack Cassidy, Peter Lawford, Jackie Coogan, Broderick Crawford, John Ireland, Corinne Calvet
Roles Makeup Artist
Rating56% 2.8081652.8081652.8081652.8081652.808165
Murders taking place on the back lot of Worldwide Studios turn out to be the work of a disfigured actor who has been living there for years and will stop at nothing to cease the sale of the back lot to developers. The film seems to place a lot of emphasis on the chalk outline and one character is even heard to quip, "We're going to be running out of chalk," while standing over a murder scene in a dry pool on the set.
Goodnight, My Love, 1h13
Directed by Peter Hyams
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Crime
Actors Richard Boone, Barbara Bain, Michael Dunn, Victor Buono, Gianni Russo, John Quade
Roles Makeup Artist
Rating66% 3.3263653.3263653.3263653.3263653.326365
Moon of the Wolf, 1h15
Directed by Daniel Petrie
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Fantastic, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Wolves in film, Werewolves in film
Actors David Janssen, Barbara Rush, Bradford Dillman, John Beradino, Geoffrey Lewis, Royal Dano
Roles Makeup Artist
Rating51% 2.5514652.5514652.5514652.5514652.551465
In the Louisiana Bayou town of Marsh Island, two farmers discover the mauled, dead body of a local young woman. Sheriff Aaron Whitaker (David Janssen) is called. The victim's temperamental brother Lawrence Burrifors (Geoffrey Lewis) arrives at the crime scene and jumps to the conclusion that the girl's lover committed the murder, a man whose name her brother does not know. The town's Dr. Drutan (John Beradino) examines the body and pronounces the girl died of a blow to the head.
What's the Matter with Helen?, 1h41
Directed by Curtis Harrington
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Musical, Crime, Romance
Actors Debbie Reynolds, Shelley Winters, Dennis Weaver, Agnes Moorehead, Harry Dean Stanton, Peggy Rea
Roles Makeup Artist
Rating62% 3.14573.14573.14573.14573.1457
Leonard Hill and Wesley Bruckner are seen being loaded into a paddywagon to face life sentences in prison for the Iowa murder of Ellie Banner. Their mothers, Helen Hill (Shelley Winters) and Adelle Bruckner (Debbie Reynolds) fight a crowd to their car.