Bud Westmore

Biography

Bud Westmore (January 13, 1918 – June 24, 1973) was a make-up artist in Hollywood and a member of the Westmore family of makeup.

Son of George Westmore, a member of the Westmore family prominent in Hollywood make-up, he is credited on over 450 movies and television shows, including To Kill a Mockingbird, Man of a Thousand Faces, The Andromeda Strain, Creature from the Black Lagoon and Stanley Kubrick's Spartacus. He was sometimes credited as George Hamilton Westmore.

Westmore was head of the Universal Studios make-up department during the production of Creature from the Black Lagoon. Although he was credited for the design of the creature, it was designed by Milicent Patrick.

In addition to film, Bud worked extensively in television, on shows such as The Virginian, The Munsters, Rod Serling's Night Gallery, and Dragnet.

In 1957, Mattel asked Bud to design the makeup look of their soon-to-be-iconic doll, Barbie.