William Tuttle

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born: 13/Apr/1912 (Jacksonville, Florida, USA)
died: 27/Jul/2007 (Pacific Palisades, California, USA)

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William J. Tuttle 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 MGM to continue his apprenticeship, eventually working his way up to head of the studio's makeup department. 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).

In the fifties he would be responsible for the makeup in "Singin' in the Rain", "Forbidden Planet" 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", a full 17 years before makeup became an official Oscar category. Later work included "Logan's Run" and "Young Frankenstein".

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

(Wikipedia)