Dick Smith(1922-2014)

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Makeup artist Dick Smith receives his Governors Award.

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Dick Smith Is Introduced by Rick Baker

Dick Smith was born on 26 June 1922 in Larchmont, New York, USA. He is known for The Exorcist (1973), Altered States (1980) and Amadeus (1984). He was married to Jocelyn DeRosa. He died on 30 July 2014 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

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Won 1 Oscar
- 8 wins & 9 nominations total

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Known for

The Exorcist

8.1

Makeup Department

1973

Altered States

6.9

Makeup Department

1980

Amadeus

8.4

Makeup Department(old Salieri)

1984

Scanners

6.7

Makeup Department

1981

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Makeup Department

House on Haunted Hill
5.6
- special makeup effects design: eyeless apparition
- 1999
Betrayal of the Dove
4.6
- assistant hair
- assistant makeup (as Richard Smith)
- 1993
Forever Young
6.3
- special makeup effects artist
- 1992
Death Becomes Her
6.7
- makeup designer
- 1992
Golden Years
5.2
TV Series
- special makeup effects consultant
- 1991
Monsters
7.3
TV Series
- special effects makeup consultant
- special effects makeup consultant: series
- 1988–1991
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
6.2
- makeup effects consultant
- 1990
Dad
6.3
- makeup artist: Jack Lemmon
- 1989
Sweet Home
6.5
- special makeup effects head (as Dikku Sumisu)
- 1989
Everybody's All-American
6.2
- special makeup design
- 1988
Poltergeist III
4.7
- special makeup consultant
- 1988
North & South: Book 2, Love & War
8.0
TV Mini Series
- makeup artist: Abraham Lincoln makeup
- 1986
North & South: Book 1, North & South
8.1
TV Mini Series
- special makeup effects artist: Abraham Lincoln makeup
- 1985
Starman
7.0
- starman transformation
- 1984
Amadeus
8.4
- makeup: old Salieri
- 1984

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Special Effects

Trivia
Dick Smith only had 4 fingers on his left hand because his ring finger was lost due to an infection after an injury. Smith referred to it as his "Mickey Mouse Hand" because the ring finger bones in the hand were removed at his request to make it look more natural.

Quotes
[on how to make wrinkles:] It's simple. We stipple a special latex formula on with a sponge, then while it's drying, we stretch the actor's own skin -- you know, maybe pull it up from the cheekbones. We use a hair dryer to dry the latex quickly and when we let go of the real skin, the face will be as wrinkled as a prune. If we want deeper wrinkles, we just add another layer of liquid latex. [New York Sunday News, July 13, 1958]