Ben Lane

Biography

Career Overview

Ben Lane has 85 screen credits in a career dating back to 1948. Their work spans 7 cinematic universes — most prominently Matt Helm Collection with 4 titles. Signature works include Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Who Was That Lady?, The Man with the Golden Arm. 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

85

Birth Date

1912-01-23 00:00:00

Birth Place

Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

Known For

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  Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
• 

  Who Was That Lady?
• 

  The Man with the Golden Arm
• 

  Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
• 

  Funny Girl
• 

  Three on a Couch

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 7 universes

• Matt Helm Collection (4 titles)
• The Quest TV Movie Collection (2 titles)
• The Shamus Collection (1 titles)
• The Gidget Collection (1 titles)
• Fanny Brice Collection (1 titles)
• Mother Superior Collection (1 titles)
• Cantinflas Collection (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Larri Thomas (3 collaborations)
• Garrett Cassell (2 collaborations)
• Janet Leigh (2 collaborations)
• Dyanne Thorne (2 collaborations)
• Kam Tong (2 collaborations)
• Emil Sitka (2 collaborations)
• Jack Benny (2 collaborations)
• Leon Alton (2 collaborations)
• Harry 'Snub' Pollard (2 collaborations)
• Arthur Tovey (2 collaborations)

Credits

• costume & make-up (85 credits)

  • Fallen Angel

    makeup supervisor

    costume & make-up
    1981
  • Goldie and the Boxer

    makeup supervisor

    costume & make-up
    1979
  • The Legend of the Golden Gun

    makeup supervisor

    costume & make-up
    1979
  • To Kill a Cop

    makeup supervisor

    costume & make-up
    1978
  • Fantasy Island

    - Class of '69 / The Pug (1979) ... makeup supervisor costume & make-up
    1978
  • A Killing Affair

    makeup supervisor

    costume & make-up
    1977
  • Cover Girls

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1977
  • In the Glitter Palace

    makeup supervisor

    costume & make-up
    1977
  • The Captive: The Longest Drive 2

    makeup supervisor

    costume & make-up
    1976
  • Kiss Me... Kill Me

    makeup supervisor

    costume & make-up
    1976
  • The Quest: The Longest Drive

    makeup supervisor

    costume & make-up
    1976
  • A Matter of Wife... and Death

    makeup supervisor

    costume & make-up
    1975
  • Cage Without a Key

    makeup supervisor

    costume & make-up
    1975
  • The Last Angry Man

    makeup supervisor

    costume & make-up
    1974
  • The Cat Creature

    makeup supervisor

    costume & make-up
    1973
  • Call Her Mom

    makeup supervisor

    costume & make-up
    1972
  • Gidget Gets Married

    makeup supervisor

    costume & make-up
    1972
  • Happy Birthday, Wanda June

    makeup supervisor

    costume & make-up
    1971
  • Black Noon

    makeup supervisor

    costume & make-up
    1971
  • The Sheriff

    makeup supervisor

    costume & make-up
    1971
  • Mean Justice

    makeup department head

    costume & make-up
    1971
  • The Feminist and the Fuzz

    makeup supervisor

    costume & make-up
    1971
  • I Walk the Line

    makeup department head

    costume & make-up
    1970
  • Watermelon Man

    makeup supervisor

    costume & make-up
    1970
  • Getting Straight

    makeup supervisor

    costume & make-up
    1970
  • The Liberation of L.B. Jones

    makeup supervisor

    costume & make-up
    1970
  • In Name Only

    makeup supervisor

    costume & make-up
    1969
  • The Comic

    makeup supervisor

    costume & make-up
    1969
  • Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

    makeup supervisor

    costume & make-up
    1969
  • Hook, Line and Sinker

    makeup supervisor

    costume & make-up
    1969
  • The Mad Room

    makeup supervisor

    costume & make-up
    1969
  • Pendulum

    makeup supervisor

    costume & make-up
    1969
  • The Wrecking Crew

    makeup supervisor

    costume & make-up
    1968
  • Shadow on the Land

    makeup supervisor

    costume & make-up
    1968
  • Funny Girl

    makeup supervisor

    costume & make-up
    1968
  • Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows

    makeup supervisor

    costume & make-up
    1968
  • How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life

    makeup supervisor

    costume & make-up
    1968
  • The Ambushers

    makeup supervisor

    costume & make-up
    1967
  • Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1967
  • A Time for Killing

    makeup supervisor

    costume & make-up
    1967
  • Luv

    makeup supervisor

    costume & make-up
    1967
  • The Big Mouth

    makeup supervisor

    costume & make-up
    1967
  • Divorce American Style

    makeup supervisor

    costume & make-up
    1967
  • Enter Laughing

    makeup supervisor

    costume & make-up
    1967
  • Murderers' Row

    makeup supervisor

    costume & make-up
    1966
  • Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round

    makeup supervisor

    costume & make-up
    1966
  • Walk Don't Run

    makeup supervisor

    costume & make-up
    1966
  • Three on a Couch

    makeup supervisor

    costume & make-up
    1966
  • The Silencers

    makeup supervisor

    costume & make-up
    1966
  • King Rat

    makeup supervisor

    costume & make-up
    1965
  • Ship of Fools

    makeup supervisor

    costume & make-up
    1965
  • Cat Ballou

    makeup supervisor

    costume & make-up
    1965
  • The Collector

    makeup supervisor

    costume & make-up
    1965
  • Major Dundee

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1965
  • Baby the Rain Must Fall

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1965
  • Good Neighbor Sam

    makeup supervisor

    costume & make-up
    1964
  • The New Interns

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1964
  • The Best Man

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1964
  • Strait-Jacket

    makeup designer

    costume & make-up
    1964
  • 13 Frightened Girls

    makeup supervisor

    costume & make-up
    1963
  • The Underwater City

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1962
  • The Notorious Landlady

    makeup supervisor

    costume & make-up
    1962
  • 13 West Street

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1962
  • Walk on the Wild Side

    makeup supervisor

    costume & make-up
    1962
  • Valley of the Dragons

    makeup supervisor

    costume & make-up
    1961
  • Mr. Sardonicus

    makeup supervisor

    costume & make-up
    1961
  • Homicidal

    makeup supervisor

    costume & make-up
    1961
  • A Raisin in the Sun

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1961
  • Two Rode Together

    makeup supervisor

    costume & make-up
    1961
  • Cry for Happy

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1961
  • Underworld U.S.A.

    makeup supervisor

    costume & make-up
    1961
  • The Wackiest Ship in the Army

    makeup supervisor

    costume & make-up
    1960
  • Pepe

    makeup supervisor

    costume & make-up
    1960
  • Let No Man Write My Epitaph

    makeup supervisor

    costume & make-up
    1960
  • 13 Ghosts

    makeup supervisor

    costume & make-up
    1960
  • Who Was That Lady?

    makeup supervisor

    costume & make-up
    1960
  • The Gene Krupa Story

    makeup supervisor

    costume & make-up
    1959
  • They Came to Cordura

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1959
  • Bell, Book and Candle

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1958
  • Pal Joey

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1957
  • Jeanne Eagels

    hair designer

    costume & make-up
    1957
  • The Man with the Golden Arm

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1955
  • Guys and Dolls

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1955
  • Oklahoma!

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1955
  • Easter Parade

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1948