Jack P. Pierce

Jack P. Pierce was born on May 05, 1889 in Greece. Jack P. Pierce's big-screen debut came with The Speed Demon directed by Robert N. Bradbury in 1925, strarring Pickles Rankin (as Jack Pierce). Jack P. Pierce is known for The Circus directed by Charles Chaplin, Charles Chaplin stars as A Tramp and Al Ernest Garcia as The Circus Proprietor and Ring Master. The most recent award Jack P. Pierce achieved is Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Awards. The upcoming new movie Jack P. Pierce plays is The Circus which will be released on Nov 16, 1928.

As we look back on the cinematic pioneers of the 20th century, no individual is more significant in his field than genius makeup artist Jack Pierce, the legendary monster-maker who worked in the 1930s and 1940s at Universal Studios during its classic horror period. Pierce's story is equal parts triumph and tragedy. After emigrating to the US from Greece at the turn of the century, he attempted to play baseball, unsuccessfully trying out for a semi-professional team in California after achieving some notoriety as a shortstop in Chicago. He next worked in the fledgling motion picture industry in the 1910s and 1920s, trying his hand at a variety of jobs from nickelodeon manager to stuntman to assistant cameraman. At this time Universal was a nascent little studio in the San Fernando Valley, referred to as "Universal City" in 1915, after only three years in business. The brainchild of former haberdasher