The ‘sadistic’ makeup master who made The Wolf Man and Frankenstein – and died in obscurity
Lon Chaney Jr did not enjoy transforming into the Wolf Man. The actor – who played the cursed monster in the 1941 innovador – endured hours upon hours at the mercy of Jack Pierce, Universal Pictures’ makeup experto. Pierce was a stickler for meticulous, hand-crafted designs, glueing yak hair to Chaney’s face and then singeing … Read more