Trivia

Attended Santa Rosa High School in Santa Rosa, California.

Has worked very closely with Tom Hanks since Dragnet (1987).

Worked on 16 films with Tom Hanks who called him "his cosmetic consigliere".

Former head of the makeup department at 20th Century Fox, having succeeded Ben Nye in that capacity in 1967.

Arrived in Los Angeles at the age of 19 and got his first job there at the fledgling TV station KTTV.

Served four years in the U.S. Air Force.

He contributed with 9 films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Le tour du monde en 80 jours (1956), Butch Cassidy et le Kid (1969), Patton (1970), M*A*S*H (1970), Voyage au bout de l'enfer (1978), Forrest Gump (1994), Apollo 13 (1995), Il faut sauver le soldat Ryan (1998) and La Ligne verte (1999). Of those, Le tour du monde en 80 jours (1956), Patton (1970), Voyage au bout de l'enfer (1978) and Forrest Gump (1994) are winners in the category.