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William Tuttle
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He was the very first makeup artist to ever receive an Oscar. He earned an honorary award for his work on
7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)
. Sixteen years later,
Rick Baker
received the first award in the category of Best Makeup for
An American Werewolf in London (1981)
.
Survived by his wife of 40 years and daughter (Teresa); a son, John, predeceased him.
Older brother of
Thomas Tuttle
.
It was Tuttle's idea of fastening the monster's head to his neck with a zipper in the film Young Frankenstein, as Mel Brooks did not want to use the iconic bolts and have copyright issues with the original Frankenstein.
Mel Brooks called Tuttle a master.
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