Anecdotes

He discovered the technique of using the skin of an egg over an actor's eyeball, like a contact lens, to give the impression of blindness.

His first career, as a sailor, ended due to seasickness.

One of his specialties was making actors look Asian.

His first job in the industry was as an actor in a small theatre company. This is where he began to learn makeup techniques.

Wrote the first known book dealing with the subject of makeup for motion pictures - "The Art of Make-Up for Stage & Screen" (1927).