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Richard Emerson Smith (June 26, 1922 – July 30, 2014) was an American special make-up effects artist and author, (nicknamed "The Godfather of Make-Up") known for his work on such films as Little Big Man, The Godfather, The Exorcist, Taxi Driver, Scanners and Death Becomes Her.
- Alice in Wonderland – 1955. The Alice in Wonderland TV film was broadcast October 23, 1955, featuring Dick Smith makeups that scare the living hell out of me more than anything from The Exorcist.
- The Alligator People – 1959. Dick Smith worked alongside makeup man Ben Nye to create the world’s first trousers-wearing reptile—the epitome of terror.
- The Moon and Sixpence – 1959. If you can turn Sir Laurence Olivier into a leper, there’s no stopping you. Olivier plays a man who moves to Tahiti and contracts the disease, which Dick Smith recreated on the actor’s face with obvious relish.
- Way Out – 1961. Dick Smith worked on 9 episodes of this Roald Dahl-hosted horror show, but his most notable work was on the episode “Soft Focus”, where a photographer (Barry Morse) accidentally erases half his face.
Dick Smith. The haunting leer of a demonically possessed girl in The Exorcist (1973) is one of the more terrifying examples of the work of makeup artist Dick Smith. Widely considered the 20th century’s maestro of movie makeup and affectionately called the Godfather of Makeup, Smith has influenced and inspired generations of artists.
Aug 1, 2014 · Academy Award-winning makeup artist Dick Smith has died at age 92. In a career that spanned more than six decades, Smith was responsible for bringing some of Hollywood's iconic characters...
Makeup artist, that is. J.J. Abrams, the movie and TV producer who admired Smith from his teens, said that Smith “created iconic images using human faces as his canvas” — a painter using ...
Aug 24, 2023 · To highlight Smith’s work on Marlon Brando’s makeup for The Godfather (1972), currently celebrated in our gallery The Art of Moviemaking: The Godfather, on view through January 5, 2025, this screening series showcases some of Smith’s greatest achievements in movie makeup magic.
Aug 1, 2014 · He was 92. His death was confirmed in a Twitter message by his friend Rick Baker, an Academy Award-winning makeup artist who was once his assistant. Before computers claimed so much of the...
