Dick Smith

Person · Open Library

Works

30

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Film & TV

Larchmont, New York, USA

Richard Emerson Smith (June 26, 1922 – July 30, 2014) was an American special make-up effects artist and author, (nicknamed "The Godfather of Make-Up") known for his work on such films as Little Big Man, The Godfather, The Exorcist, Taxi Driver, Scanners and Death Becomes Her. He won a 1985 Academy Award for Best Makeup for his work on Amadeus and received a 2012 Academy Honorary Award for his…

Known for

• Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX — Self2008
• Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills — Self2006
• Making 'Taxi Driver' — Self1999
• The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist — Self - Make-Up Artist1998
• Monster Make-Up — Himself1989
• Great SFX Adventure: Take Me to 'Sweet Home' — Self1989
• Dick Smith Make Up Artist — Self1976
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self1961
• The New Inventors — Self
• The New Inventors — Self - Guest Judge

via TMDB

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

1,840

Total plays

11,068

Who the *&$#!! is Dick Smith? Well, they WERE three fellers from the Chicago regions who play a greasy, swampy, acoustic roots style o’ music, yessiree. But now they are four. The core of the band is Dave Nelson on Dobro and other various reso-guitars, jawharp, harmonica, and chortlin’. He plays with lotsa lucky folks and likes to soak things in brine. Dave Ramont vocalizes and plays banjo, concertina, and jug. Now and again he gets out and plays behind his own CDs when the fellers are sick of e

via Last.fm · Dick Smith

Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Dick

Family name

Smith

Gender

male

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

Larchmont

Place of death

Los Angeles

Occupation

make-up artist

Educated at

Yale University

Award

Academy Honorary Award

Official website

dicksmithmake-up.com

Image

Richard Emerson Smith.jpg

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