Dick’s Career Credits
Here are just some examples of the incredible work Dick did during his almost 60 year career in TV and film.
Of course, Dick could not have done all this work without expert assistance. He gave these colleagues his deepest gratitude for all their skill and devotion. They were Rick Baker, Carl Fullerton, Kevin Haney, Neal Martz, George Engel, Harvey Citron, David Smith, Doug Drexler, Craig Reardon, George Adamy.
FILM CREDITS
- 1962 – Requiem for a Heavyweight
- 1963 – All The Way Home
- 1963 – The Cardinal—Aging makeups
- 1963 – It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World—Created stunt men masks
- 1964 – The World of Henry Orient
- 1965 – Marco the Magnificent
- 1965 – Harvey Middleman, Fireman
- 1965 – Wrote THE MONSTER MAKEUP HANDBOOK
- 1968 – Midnight Cowboy—Designed “Ratso” makeup
- 1969 – Little Big Man
- 1969 – Me, Natalie—Homely to pretty makeup for Patty Duke
- 1970 – House of Dark Shadows
- 1970 – Who is Harry Kellerman and Why is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?
- 1971 – The Godfather
- 1973 – The Exorcist
- 1973 – The Godfather, Part 2—Aging makeup and blood effects
- 1974 – The Stepford Wives—Foam rubber breasts
- 1974 – Carnal Knowledge—Designed aging makeups (not used)
- 1975 – The Sunshine Boys
- 1975 – Taxi Driver
- 1975 – Marathon Man—Garroting effect
- 1975 – Burnt Offerings—Horror makeup
- 1976 – Exorcist II: The Heretic
- 1976 – The Sentinel—Horror makeup
- 1977 – The Fury—Designed effects
- 1977 – The Deer Hunter—Created DeNiro’s makeup and effects
- 1978-1979 – Altered States
- 1980 – The Dogs of War—Designed some bloody effects
- 1980 – Nighthawks—Created disguises and effects
- 1980 – The Formula—Created aging makeups
- 1981 – Ghost Story
- 1981 – Scanners—Designed and created makeup effects for finale
- 1981 – The Fan—Created bloody effects
- 1981 – Spasms—Created makeup effects
- 1982 – The Hunger
- 1983 – The Cotton Club—Designed character makeup
- 1983 – Amadeus
- 1984 – Starman—Created three-dimensional replacement animation sequence
- 1984 – Prizzi’s Honor—Designed old age makeup
- 1985-87 – Wrote THE ADVANCED PROFESSIONAL MAKEUP COURSE
- 1988 – Poltergeist III: The Other Side—Created special makeup and effects
- 1988 – Sweet Home (Japanese film)—Consultant on special makeup effects
- 1988 – Everybody’s All American
- 1989 – Dad—Designed old age makeups
- 1989 – Reversal of Fortune—Designed makeup for Jeremy Irons
- 1990 – True Identity—Consultant
- 1991 – Death Becomes Her—Consultant
- 1992 – Forever Young—Consultant
- 1992-2000 – YOYOGI Makeup EFX School, Japan
TELEVISION CREDITS
As head of the New York NBC-TV Makeup Department from 1945 to 1959, Dick was responsible for all the makeups and applied the most important ones.
- 1946 – Blythe Spirit
- 1946 – Abe Lincoln in Illinois
- 1946 – The Last War
- 1947 – Othello
- 1947 – Twelfth Night
- 1947 – Angel Street
- 1948 – Macbeth (1948)
- 1948 – Angel Street (repeat)
- 1948 – The Late George Appley
- 1948 – Catherine The Great
- 1948 – A Christmas Carol
- 1948 – Democratic National Convention – First covered on TV
- 1949 – Napoleon
- 1949 – Man on Half Moon Street
- 1949 – The Milton Berle Show
- 1949 – Believe It or Not
- 1949 – Cyrano de Bergerac (1949)
- 1950 – Tales of Hoffman, opera
- 1950 – Van Gogh
- 1950 – A Christmas Carol
- 1951 – The Fast Dollar
- 1951 – Of Famous Memory
- 1952 – Brat Farrar
- 1952 – Pique Dame
- 1953 – Marty
- 1953 – The Ford 50th Anniversary Show
- 1953 – To Live in Peace
- 1954 – Macbeth (1954)
- 1955 – Grifflekin
- 1955 – The Four Poster
- 1955 – Darkness at Noon
- 1955 – The Magic Flute, opera
- 1955 – Alice in Wonderland
- 1955 – Cyrano de Bergerac (1955)
- 1956 – La Boheme, opera
- 1956 – Happy Birthday
- 1956 – Barretts of Wimpole Street
- 1956 – The Taming of the Shrew
- 1956 – Man and Superman
- 1956 – Born Yesterday
- 1956 – Peter Pan
- 1956 – Caesar and Cleopatra
- 1956 – The Little Foxes
- 1956 – Dodsworth
- 1956 – Jack and the Beanstalk
- 1957 – Mayerling
- 1957 – Victoria Regina
- 1957 – Rigoletto, opera
- 1957 – War and Peace
- 1957 – Pinocchio
- 1957 – Samuel Johnson
- 1958 – Hansel and Gretel
- 1958 – Hans Brinker
- 1958 – Little Moon of Alban
- 1958 – Dial M for Murder
- 1959 – The Moon and Sixpence
- 1959 – I, Don Quixote
- 1959 – Body and Soul
- 1959 – Medea
- 1959 – Miracle on 34th Street
- 1959 – The Bells of St. Mary
- 1960 – The Scarlet Pimpernel
- 1960 – The Devil and Daniel Webster
- 1960 – The Datchet Diamonds
- 1960 – The Prisoner of Zenda
- 1960 – Treasure Island
- 1960 – Arrowsmith
- 1960 – Valley of Decision
- 1960 – Mrs. Miniver
- 1960 – Ninotchka
- 1960 – Ethan Frome
- 1961 – The Picture of Dorian Gray
- 1961 – The Lincoln Murder Case
- 1961 – The Power and the Glory
- 1961 – Way Out Television Series
- 1961 – The Heiress
- 1961 – Jane Eyre
- 1966 – Star WagonAging makeups
- 1966 – The Diary of Anne Frank
- 1966 – The Good Lieutenant
- 1966 – The Lesson
- 1967 – The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
- 1967 – Soldier in Love
- 1967 – Mark Twain Tonight!
- 1967 – Dorothy Gray Cosmetics
- 1967 – Dark Shadows, Television Series
- 1968 – Arsenic and Old Lace
- 1971 – Harriet—Extensive aging
- 1972 – Particular Men—Stacey Keach as “Oppenheimer”
- 1976 – Harry Truman, Plain Speaking
- 1985 – North and South
Lee Romaire Studios, Inc., founded in 2004, designs and produces extraordinary live action creature, character and mechanical effects for the entertainment industry.
Mike Elizalde is an Academy Award nominated prosthetic makeup designer, animatronics designer, and Screen Actors Guild puppeteer. He is also President and Creative Director of Spectral Motion, Incorporated.
Weta Workshop was established in 1994 in Wellington, New Zealand by Richard and Tania Taylor, Peter Jackson, and Jamie Selkirk. Their goal: to provide special makeup effects, props and other services to local film and television productions. Today Weta Workshop is a 65,000 square foot dream factory employing over 200 artists and craftspeople, creating everything from weird creature makeups to the design for fantasy vehicles, weapons, and entire worlds for blockbusters like The Hobbit, King Kong, and Avatar. The Workshop’s extraordinary work has earned it five Academy Awards.
At a young age Mike Marino became a student and protege of legendary make-up artist Dick Smith. Through Dick’s Advanced Professional Makeup Course, Mike built the foundation and inspiration needed to excel in the field of Special Makeup Effects. Now, with over 20 years of experience in the film industry, Mike has worked with leading artists in the field, including Rob Bottin, Rick Baker and many others. As owner and designer of Prosthetic Renaissance, Mike has been able to realize his goal of leading a first rate team, elevating the art of special makeup effects.
Raised in Connecticut, a few miles from New York, Andrew Clement was taking the train into the city to work in the effects business even before graduating high school. He gathered any experience he could in the east coast effects community, sometimes even working for free, until it was time to attend S.U.N.Y. Purchase. While working towards his Visual Arts/Theatre Design degree, he began working on shows such as Saturday Night Live, and the films, The Princess Bride and Ridley Scott’s Black Rain. In 1985, Dick Smith began his legendary Advanced Professional Make-Up Course, and Andrew became his very first student. Armed with this life changing knowledge, he began commanding larger and more lucrative jobs.
In 1988 Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff Jr. formed Amalgamated Dynamics, Inc., which was destined to become one of the top effects labs in the industry. In 1988 Alec had enrolled in Dick Smith’s Advanced Course and found it to be a tremendous help in ADI’s quest for artistic excellence.