Jack Pierce

Career Overview

Jack Pierce has 101 screen credits in a career dating back to 1917. Their work spans 10 cinematic universes — most prominently The Mummy with 5 titles. Signature works include Dracula, The Wolf Man, Bride of Frankenstein. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Costume & Make-Up

Gender

male

Known Credits

101

Birth Date

1889-05-05

Birth Place

Valdetsyou, Greece

Known For

• 

  Dracula
• 

  The Wolf Man
• 

  Bride of Frankenstein
• 

  The Invisible Man
• 

  The Mummy
• 

  Frankenstein

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 10 universes

• The Mummy (5 titles)
• The Mummy (Universal) Collection (5 titles)
• Frankenstein (Universal) (5 titles)
• Dracula (Universal) (4 titles)
• Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) Collection (3 titles)
• The Ape Woman Collection (3 titles)
• The Wolf Man (2 titles)
• The Bowery Boys Collection (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Dwight Frye (4 collaborations)
• Edward Van Sloan (3 collaborations)
• Boris Karloff (3 collaborations)
• Ted Billings (3 collaborations)
• Mae Bruce (3 collaborations)
• Bela Lugosi (2 collaborations)
• David Manners (2 collaborations)
• John George (2 collaborations)
• Claude Rains (2 collaborations)
• Forrester Harvey (2 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (9 credits)

  • Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2015
  • He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • Midsomer Murders

    - Murder of Innocence (2012) ... Grady Felton actor actors
    1997
  • Masquerade

    Second Reporter

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • The Circus

    Man Operating Ropes (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1928
  • The Isle of Sunken Gold

    actor

    actors
    1927
  • Riders of the Law

    Pete Gushard

    actor

    actors
    1922
  • The Man Who Waited

    Black Pete

    actor

    actors
    1922
  • The Enchanted Kiss

    Dwarf

    actor

    actors
    1917

• costume & make-up (92 credits)

  • The Amazing Transparent Man

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1960
  • I Bury the Living

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1958
  • Giant from the Unknown

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1958
  • The Brain from Planet Arous

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1957
  • Affair in Sumatra

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1956
  • Prima Donna

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1956
  • No. 5 Checked Out

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1956
  • The Titanic Incident

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1955
  • No Escape

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1953
  • Tales of Robin Hood

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1951
  • Blades of the Musketeers

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1950
  • The Pilgrimage Play

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1949
  • Master Minds

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1949
  • Joan of Arc

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1948
  • Time Out of Mind

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1947
  • The Egg and I

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1947
  • Doctor Jim

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1947
  • Magnificent Doll

    makeup department head

    costume & make-up
    1946
  • Temptation

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1946
  • The Brute Man

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1946
  • The Killers

    makeup department head

    costume & make-up
    1946
  • Black Angel

    makeup supervisor

    costume & make-up
    1946
  • Canyon Passage

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1946
  • Tangier

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1946
  • Her Adventurous Night

    makeup & hair

    costume & make-up
    1946
  • Dressed to Kill

    makeup department head

    costume & make-up
    1946
  • The Cat Creeps

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1946
  • She-Wolf of London

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1946
  • House of Horrors

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1946
  • The Spider Woman Strikes Back

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1946
  • Little Giant

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1946
  • Terror by Night

    makeup department head

    costume & make-up
    1946
  • Little Miss Big

    makeup department head

    costume & make-up
    1946
  • Scarlet Street

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1945
  • House of Dracula

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1945
  • Pursuit to Algiers

    makeup department head

    costume & make-up
    1945
  • The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1945
  • The Jungle Captive

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1945
  • The Naughty Nineties

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1945
  • Sudan

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1945
  • The Mummy's Curse

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1944
  • House of Frankenstein

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1944
  • The Climax

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1944
  • Gypsy Wildcat

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1944
  • The Mummy's Ghost

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1944
  • Jungle Woman

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1944
  • Cobra Woman

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1944
  • Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1944
  • Flesh and Fantasy

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1943
  • Son of Dracula

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1943
  • Phantom of the Opera

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1943
  • Captive Wild Woman

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1943
  • White Savage

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1943
  • Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1943
  • The Mummy's Tomb

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1942
  • The Ghost of Frankenstein

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1942
  • The Wolf Man

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1941
  • Man-Made Monster

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1941
  • The Mummy's Hand

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1940
  • The House of the Seven Gables

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1940
  • Tower of London

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1939
  • Son of Frankenstein

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1939
  • Wives Under Suspicion

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1938
  • Let Them Live

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1937
  • Night Key

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1937
  • Two in a Crowd

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1936
  • Show Boat

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1936
  • Dracula's Daughter

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1936
  • The Invisible Ray

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1936
  • The Raven

    makeup designer

    costume & make-up
    1935
  • Werewolf of London

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1935
  • Bride of Frankenstein

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1935
  • The Good Fairy

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1935
  • Imitation of Life

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1934
  • Great Expectations

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1934
  • Half a Sinner

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1934
  • By Candlelight

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1933
  • The Invisible Man

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1933
  • The Kiss Before the Mirror

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1933
  • The Big Cage

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1933
  • The Mummy

    makeup designer

    costume & make-up
    1932
  • Back Street

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1932
  • White Zombie

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1932
  • Murders in the Rue Morgue

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1932
  • Frankenstein

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1931
  • Dracula

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1931
  • King of Jazz

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1930
  • The Last Warning

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1928
  • The Man Who Laughs

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1928
  • The White Black Sheep

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1926
  • The Lady of the Harem

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1926
  • The Wanderer

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1925