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Harry Thomas(1909-1996)

  • Make-up Department
  • Actor
  • Art Department
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During the horror/sci-fi boom of the 1950s, makeup man Harry Thomas was associated with some of the most memorable personalities and pictures of the period. He worked with Roger Corman, Edward D. Wood Jr., Tor Johnson and Richard E. Cunha, and contributed to such films as Frankenstein's Daughter (1958), Cat-Women of the Moon (1953), Killers from Space (1954), The Neanderthal Man (1953), The Little Shop of Horrors (1960) and many more. Thomas began his career in the 1930s when one of his first jobs was at MGM working under renowned makeup artist Jack Dawn and his assistant William Tuttle. Thomas is best-known for his work on horror movies, in which he almost invariably had to make something out of nothing.
BornSeptember 22, 1909
DiedOctober 21, 1996(87)
BornSeptember 22, 1909
DiedOctober 21, 1996(87)
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Mala and Gloria Saunders in Red Snow (1952)
Red Snow
6.5
  • Makeup Department
  • 1952
George Reeves, John T. Bambury, Tony Boris, Phyllis Coates, Billy Curtis, and Jerry Maren in Superman and the Mole-Men (1951)
Superman and the Mole-Men
5.5
  • Makeup Department
  • 1951
Frankenstein's Daughter (1958)
Frankenstein's Daughter
4.3
  • Makeup Department
  • 1958
Craig Hill, Dayton Lummis, and Paula Raymond in Flight That Disappeared (1961)
Flight That Disappeared
5.8
  • Makeup Department
  • 1961

Credits

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Makeup Department



  • Bob Terry in The Forsaken Westerns (2017)
    The Forsaken Westerns
    8.0
    TV Series
    • makeup artist
    • 2017
  • The New Adventures of Heidi (1978)
    The New Adventures of Heidi
    4.7
    TV Movie
    • makeup artist
    • 1978
  • The Chicken Chronicles (1977)
    The Chicken Chronicles
    5.3
    • makeup artist
    • 1977
  • Steve Bonino, Cosie Costa, John Lansing, and Biff Warren in The Kids from C.A.P.E.R. (1976)
    The Kids from C.A.P.E.R.
    7.7
    TV Series
    • makeup artist
    • 1976
  • Liz Renay in Virgin Cowboy (1975)
    Virgin Cowboy
    4.8
    • makeup artist
    • 1975
  • Gable: The King Remembered (1975)
    Gable: The King Remembered
    6.3
    TV Movie
    • makeup artist
    • 1975
  • James Dean in James Dean Remembered (1974)
    James Dean Remembered
    6.5
    TV Movie
    • makeup artist
    • 1974
  • Betty Grable in Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals (1974)
    Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals
    7.7
    TV Movie
    • makeup artist
    • 1974
  • The Trial of Socrates (1971)
    The Trial of Socrates
    7.7
    Short
    • makeup artist
    • 1971
  • Bunny Allister, Charlene Jones, Angelique Pettyjohn, and David Westberg in The Curious Female (1969)
    The Curious Female
    4.2
    • makeup artist
    • 1969
  • Run, Angel, Run! (1969)
    Run, Angel, Run!
    5.3
    • makeup artist
    • 1969
  • Sofi (1968)
    Sofi
    8.6
    • makeup artist
    • 1968
  • She Freak (1967)
    She Freak
    3.7
    • makeup artist
    • 1967
  • The Bubble (1966)
    The Bubble
    4.7
    • makeup artist
    • 1966
  • Anthony Eisley and Mamie Van Doren in The Navy vs. the Night Monsters (1966)
    The Navy vs. the Night Monsters
    3.7
    • makeup artist
    • 1966

Actor



  • Edward D. Wood Jr., Timothy Farrell, and Dolores Fuller in Glen or Glenda (1953)
    Glen or Glenda
    4.3
    • Man in Nightmare (uncredited)
    • 1953
  • Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel, and Hal Roach in Pardon Us (1931)
    Pardon Us
    6.8
    • Prison Inmate (uncredited)
    • 1931

Art Department



  • Brian Bosworth in Virus (1996)
    Virus
    3.2
    • art department assistant
    • 1996

Personal details

  • Born
    • September 22, 1909
    • Pennsylvania, USA
  • Died
    • October 21, 1996
    • Los Angeles, California, USA
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    • 1 Print Biography
    • 3 Interviews

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    He was a freelance makeup artist. Throughout a forty-plus year career, he worked on major Hollywood productions as well ultra low budget films.

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