Known for Costume & Make-Up
Born
February 12, 1908
Died
June 13, 1993 (age 85)
Birthplace
Humberstone, Ontario, Canada
Filmography
20 films


Women of the Prehistoric Planet
1966 · 1h 30m
country: United States
A space ship crash lands on the third planet of a distant solar system, killing all hands except for a young boy named Tang. The rescue ship arrives some 20 years later. One of the crew, a girl named Linda meets Tang and falls in love with him. They are attacked by the native humanoids of the planet and many of them are killed off. Also, the crew encounters many strange beasts on this strange, but somewhat familiar world.


Days of Wine and Roses
1963 · 1h 57m
country: United States
An alcoholic falls in love with and gets married to a young woman, whom he systematically addicts to booze so they can share his "passion" together.


The Music Man
1962 · 2h 31m
country: United States
Traveling con artist Harold Hill targets the naïve residents of a small town in 1910s Iowa by posing as a boys' bandleader to raise money before he can skip town.


Advise & Consent
1962 · 2h 19m
country: United States
Proposed by the President of the United States to fill the post of Secretary of State, Robert Leffingwell appears before a Senate committee, chaired by the idealistic Senator Brig Anderson, which must decide whether he is the right person for the job.


Pepe
1960 · 3h
country: United States
Mario "Cantinflas" Moreno is a hired hand, Pepe, employed on a ranch. A boozing Hollywood director buys a white stallion that belongs to Pepe's boss. Pepe, determined to get the horse back (as he considers it his family), decides to take off to Hollywood. There he meets film stars including Jimmy Durante, Frank Sinatra, Zsa Zsa Gabór, Bing Crosby, Maurice Chevalier and Jack Lemmon in drag as Daphne from Some Like It Hot. He is also surprised by things that were new in America at the time, such as automatic swinging doors. When he finally reaches the man who bought the horse, he is led to believe there is no hope of getting it back. However, the last scene shows both him and the stallion back at the ranch with several foals.


Seven Thieves
1960 · 1h 42m
country: United States
A discredited professor and a sophisticated thief decide to join together and pick a team to pull off one last job--the casino vault in Monte Carlo.


Can-Can
1960 · 2h 22m
country: United States
A Parisian nightclub owner known for her performances of the can-can attracts the ire of a self-righteous judge. He hatches a plot to photograph her in the act but ends up falling for her — much to the chagrin of her lawyer boyfriend.


The Story on Page One
1959 · 2h 3m
country: United States
An adulterous couple is accused of murder after the woman's husband is shot and killed during a scuffle. A high-profile court case tells the story.


The Young Land
1959 · 1h 29m
country: United States
An American gunslinger kills a Mexican man in California immediately after the Mexican-American war. The killer is arrested and put on trial for murder with the Hispanic population waiting to learn of American justice.


Auntie Mame
1958 · 2h 23m
country: United States
Mame Dennis, a progressive and independent woman of the 1920s, is left to care for her nephew Patrick after his wealthy father dies. Conflict ensues when the executor of the father's estate objects to the aunt's lifestyle and tries to force her to send Patrick to prep school.


Bailout at 43,000
1957 · 1h 18m
country: United States
An Air Force major feels a volatile mixture of relief and anger when he is excused from performing a dangerous test in a new aircraft.


Nightmare
1956 · 1h 29m
country: United States
Clarinetist Stan has a nightmare about killing a man in a mirrored room. But when he wakes up and finds blood marks on himself and a key from the dream, he suspects that it may have truly happened.


Pearl of the South Pacific
1955 · 1h 26m
country: United States
Two beachcombers with a yacht join woman-with-a-past Rita on a quest for black pearls on a secret island. Arrived, they find another white man has made himself high priest; but George, the latter's handome son, is fair game for Rita, who lands in the guise of a missionary! The inevitable conflict over the pearls brings violence and corruption to the quiet island.


Drum Beat
1954 · 1h 51m
country: United States
President Grant orders Indian fighter MacKay to negotiate with the Modocs of northern California and southern Oregon. On the way he must escort Nancy Meek to the home of her aunt and uncle. After Modoc renegade Captain Jack engages in ambush and other atrocities, MacKay must fight him one-on-one with guns, knives and fists.


Rocky Mountain
1950 · 1h 23m
country: United States
A Confederate troop, led by Captain Lafe Barstow, is prowling the far ranges of California and Nevada in a last desperate attempt to build up an army in the West for the faltering Confederacy. Because the patrol saves a stagecoach, with Johanna Carterr as one of the passengers, from an Indian attack, and is marooned on a rocky mountain, it fails in its mission but the honor of the Old South is upheld.


The Breaking Point
1950 · 1h 37m
country: United States
A fisherman with money problems hires out his boat to transport criminals.


Bright Leaf
1950 · 1h 50m
country: United States
Two tobacco growers battle for control of the cigarette market.


Caged
1950 · 1h 36m
country: United States
A single mistake puts a 19-year old girl behind bars, where she experiences the terrors and torments of women in prison.