Ben Nye, Sr.

• Active: '40s-'60s
• Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
• Career Highlights: Planet of the Apes, All About Eve, My Darling Clementine
• First Major Screen Credit: It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog (1942)

Biography

For over 20 years, makeup artist Ben Nye Sr. beautified the faces of numerous 20th Century Fox stars for films and television shows. A native of Broken Bow, NE, and initially a commercial artist, he became a makeup man after studying in the 20th Century Fox makeup apprenticeship program. Before that, he had reproduced sheet music in the studio's music department. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

The Witches of Eastwick Buy this Movie	Marathon Man Buy this Movie	Planet of the Apes Buy this Movie	The Flim-Flam Man Buy this Movie
A Guide for the Married Man Buy this Movie	Hombre Buy this Movie	In Like Flint Buy this Movie	The St. Valentine's Day Massacre Buy this Movie

Show More Movies Show Fewer Movies