Personal Info

Known For

Costume & Make-Up

Known Credits

268

Gender

Male

Birthday

1907-01-12

Deathday

1986-02-09 (79 years old)

Place of Birth

Fremont, Nebraska, USA

Ben Nye

Biography

Benjamin Emmet "Ben" Nye, Sr. was an American makeup artist for the Hollywood film industry for over four decades, from the 1930s to the early 1980s. He worked on over five hundred 20th Century Fox films both in and out of Hollywood.

Known For

7.6%

Planet of the Apes

Feb 7, 1968

7.7%

The Sound of Music

Mar 2, 1965

8.1%

All About Eve

Nov 9, 1950

7.4%

The Day the Earth Stood Still

Sep 28, 1951

7.2%

Marathon Man

Oct 8, 1976

7.3%

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Jul 14, 1953

7.1%

The Seven Year Itch

Jun 3, 1955

7.4%

Miracle on 34th Street

Jun 4, 1947

7.0%

The Fly

Jul 16, 1958

6.8%

How to Marry a Millionaire

Oct 29, 1953

7.4%

An Affair to Remember

Jul 11, 1957

6.9%

Journey to the Center of the Earth

Dec 15, 1959

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Costume & Make-Up

2020

Batman '66 Meets the Green Hornet as Makeup Supervisor

1980

Heaven's Gate as Makeup Artist

1976

Marathon Man as Makeup Artist

1974		Judgment: The Court Martial of the Tiger of Malaya — General Yamashita as Makeup Artist
1974		Judgment: The Trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg as Makeup Artist

1968		The Boston Strangler as Makeup Artist
1968		The Detective as Makeup Artist
1968		Planet of the Apes as Makeup Artist

1967		Valley of the Dolls as Makeup Artist
1967		Doctor Dolittle as Makeup Artist
1967		Tony Rome as Makeup Artist
1967		The St. Valentine's Day Massacre as Makeup Artist
1967		In Like Flint as Makeup Artist

1966		The Sand Pebbles as Makeup Artist
1966		Way... Way Out as Makeup Artist
1966		The Time Tunnel as Makeup Supervisor
1966		Fantastic Voyage as Makeup Artist
1966		Jan & Dean: On the Run as Makeup Supervisor
1966		Planet of the Apes Test Reel as Makeup Artist
1966		Our Man Flint as Makeup Artist

1965		The Flight of the Phoenix as Makeup Supervisor
1965		The Reward as Makeup Artist
1965		Morituri as Makeup Artist
1965		Rapture as Makeup Artist
1965		Von Ryan's Express as Makeup Artist
1965		John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! as Makeup Artist
1965		The Sound of Music as Makeup Artist
1965		War Party as Makeup Artist
1965		Dear Brigitte as Makeup Artist

1964		The Pleasure Seekers as Makeup Artist
1964		Goodbye Charlie as Makeup Artist
1964		Fate Is the Hunter as Makeup Artist
1964		What a Way to Go! as Makeup Artist
1964		Shock Treatment as Makeup Artist

1963		Move Over, Darling as Makeup Artist
1963		Take Her, She's Mine as Makeup Artist
1963		The Stripper as Makeup Artist

1962		Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation as Makeup Artist
1962		State Fair as Makeup Artist
1962		Tender Is the Night as Makeup Artist

1961		Snow White and the Three Stooges as Makeup Artist
1961		The Second Time Around as Makeup Artist
1961		Bachelor Flat as Makeup Artist
1961		Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea as Makeup Artist
1961		Wild in the Country as Makeup Artist
1961		Misty as Makeup Artist
1961		Swingin' Along as Makeup & Hair

1960		Flaming Star as Makeup Artist
1960		Let's Make Love as Makeup Artist
1960		From the Terrace as Makeup Artist
1960		The Lost World as Makeup Artist
1960		Wild River as Makeup Artist
1960		Seven Thieves as Makeup Artist
1960		Can-Can as Makeup Artist

1959		Journey to the Center of the Earth as Makeup Artist
1959		The Story on Page One as Makeup Artist
1959		Beloved Infidel as Makeup Artist
1959		The Man Who Understood Women as Makeup Artist
1959		A Private's Affair as Makeup Artist
1959		Holiday for Lovers as Makeup Artist
1959		The Alligator People as Makeup Artist
1959		Say One for Me as Makeup Artist
1959		The Diary of Anne Frank as Makeup Artist

1958		The Hunters as Makeup Artist
1958		The Fiend Who Walked the West as Makeup Artist
1958		The Fly as Makeup Artist
1958		The Bravados as Makeup Artist
1958		Fraulein as Makeup Artist
1958		The Long, Hot Summer as Makeup Artist
1958		From Hell to Texas as Makeup Artist
1958		The Young Lions as Makeup Artist
1958		South Pacific as Makeup Artist

1957		The Enemy Below as Makeup Artist
1957		The Three Faces of Eve as Makeup Artist
1957		Desk Set as Makeup Artist
1957		Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? as Makeup Artist
1957		An Affair to Remember as Makeup Artist
1957		The Wayward Bus as Makeup Artist

1956		The Girl Can't Help It as Makeup Artist
1956		Three Brave Men as Makeup Artist
1956		Bigger Than Life as Makeup Artist
1956		Love Me Tender as Makeup Artist
1956		Between Heaven and Hell as Makeup Artist
1956		The Last Wagon as Makeup Artist
1956		Bus Stop as Makeup Artist
1956		The King and I as Makeup Artist
1956		D-Day the Sixth of June as Makeup Artist
1956		23 Paces to Baker Street as Makeup Artist
1956		The Proud Ones as Makeup Artist
1956		The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit as Makeup Artist
1956		On the Threshold of Space as Makeup Artist
1956		Carousel as Makeup Artist

1955		Good Morning, Miss Dove as Makeup Artist
1955		Oklahoma! as Makeup Artist
1955		Seven Cities of Gold as Makeup Artist
1955		The Tall Men as Makeup Artist
1955		The Left Hand of God as Makeup Artist
1955		Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing as Makeup Artist
1955		House of Bamboo as Makeup Artist
1955		The Seven Year Itch as Makeup Artist
1955		Soldier of Fortune as Makeup Artist
1955		Daddy Long Legs as Makeup Artist
1955		Violent Saturday as Makeup Artist
1955		A Man Called Peter as Makeup Artist
1955		Untamed as Makeup Artist

1954		There's No Business Like Show Business as Makeup Artist
1954		Black Widow as Makeup Artist
1954		Woman's World as Makeup Artist
1954		Broken Lance as Makeup Artist
1954		The Egyptian as Makeup Artist
1954		Garden of Evil as Makeup Artist
1954		Three Coins in the Fountain as Makeup Artist
1954		River of No Return as Makeup Artist

1953		King of the Khyber Rifles as Makeup Artist
1953		Beneath the 12-Mile Reef as Makeup Artist
1953		How to Marry a Millionaire as Makeup Artist
1953		Vicki as Makeup Artist
1953		The Robe as Makeup Artist
1953		City of Bad Men as Makeup Artist
1953		Mister Scoutmaster as Makeup Artist
1953		Inferno as Makeup Artist
1953		A Blueprint for Murder as Makeup Artist
1953		Dangerous Crossing as Makeup Artist
1953		Gentlemen Prefer Blondes as Makeup Artist
1953		White Witch Doctor as Makeup Artist
1953		Powder River as Makeup Artist
1953		Pickup on South Street as Makeup Artist
1953		The Desert Rats as Makeup Artist
1953		The Glory Brigade as Makeup Artist
1953		The Girl Next Door as Makeup Artist
1953		Call Me Madam as Makeup Artist
1953		Treasure of the Golden Condor as Makeup Artist
1953		Niagara as Makeup Artist
1953		Tonight We Sing as Makeup Artist
1953		Taxi as Makeup Artist
1953		The I Don't Care Girl as Makeup Artist

1952		Stars and Stripes Forever as Makeup Artist
1952		The Outcasts of Poker Flat as Makeup Artist
1952		Way of a Gaucho as Makeup Artist
1952		My Wife's Best Friend as Makeup Artist
1952		The Snows of Kilimanjaro as Makeup Artist
1952		Night Without Sleep as Makeup Artist
1952		Monkey Business as Makeup Artist
1952		What Price Glory as Makeup Artist
1952		Les Miserables as Makeup Artist
1952		Don't Bother to Knock as Makeup Artist
1952		We're Not Married! as Makeup Artist
1952		Diplomatic Courier as Makeup Artist
1952		With a Song in My Heart as Makeup Artist
1952		Deadline - U.S.A. as Makeup Artist
1952		5 Fingers as Makeup Artist
1952		Return of the Texan as Makeup Artist
1952		Viva Zapata! as Makeup Artist

1951		Elopement as Makeup Artist
1951		Fixed Bayonets! as Makeup Artist
1951		The Model and the Marriage Broker as Makeup Artist
1951		Golden Girl as Makeup Artist
1951		Let's Make It Legal as Makeup Artist
1951		Anne of the Indies as Makeup Artist
1951		The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel as Makeup Artist
1951		Love Nest as Makeup Artist
1951		The Day the Earth Stood Still as Makeup Artist
1951		People Will Talk as Makeup Artist
1951		The Guy Who Came Back as Makeup Artist
1951		David and Bathsheba as Makeup Artist
1951		Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell as Makeup Artist
1951		The Secret of Convict Lake as Makeup Artist
1951		As Young as You Feel as Makeup Artist
1951		Follow the Sun as Makeup Artist
1951		The House on Telegraph Hill as Makeup Artist
1951		On the Riviera as Makeup Artist
1951		Fourteen Hours as Makeup Artist
1951		Rawhide as Makeup Artist
1951		The 13th Letter as Makeup Artist
1951		I'd Climb the Highest Mountain as Makeup Artist
1951		The Frogmen as Makeup Artist
1951		Halls of Montezuma as Makeup Artist

1950		All About Eve as Makeup Artist
1950		The Jackpot as Makeup Artist
1950		Two Flags West as Makeup Artist
1950		Mister 880 as Makeup Artist
1950		My Blue Heaven as Makeup Artist
1950		No Way Out as Makeup Artist
1950		Broken Arrow as Makeup Artist
1950		Panic in the Streets as Makeup Artist
1950		Stella as Makeup Artist
1950		Where the Sidewalk Ends as Makeup Artist
1950		The Gunfighter as Makeup Artist
1950		Love That Brute as Makeup Artist
1950		A Ticket to Tomahawk as Makeup Artist
1950		Cheaper by the Dozen as Makeup Artist
1950		Wabash Avenue as Makeup Artist
1950		Under My Skin as Makeup Artist
1950		Mother Didn't Tell Me as Makeup Artist
1950		Three Came Home as Makeup Artist
1950		Whirlpool as Makeup Artist

1949		Twelve O'Clock High as Makeup Artist
1949		Dancing in the Dark as Makeup Artist
1949		Father Was a Fullback as Makeup Artist
1949		Pinky as Makeup Artist
1949		Thieves' Highway as Makeup Artist
1949		I Was a Male War Bride as Makeup Designer
1949		Slattery's Hurricane as Makeup Artist
1949		Sand as Makeup Artist
1949		Come to the Stable as Makeup Artist
1949		House of Strangers as Makeup Artist
1949		It Happens Every Spring as Makeup Artist
1949		The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend as Makeup Artist
1949		The Fan as Makeup Artist
1949		Down to the Sea in Ships as Makeup Artist
1949		A Letter to Three Wives as Makeup Artist

1948		Yellow Sky as Makeup Artist
1948		The Walls of Jericho as Makeup Artist
1948		That Wonderful Urge as Makeup Artist
1948		The Snake Pit as Makeup Artist
1948		Apartment for Peggy as Makeup Artist
1948		Cry of the City as Makeup Artist
1948		Road House as Makeup Artist
1948		That Lady in Ermine as Makeup Artist
1948		Deep Waters as Makeup Artist
1948		The Street with No Name as Makeup Artist
1948		The Iron Curtain as Makeup Artist
1948		Give My Regards to Broadway as Makeup Artist
1948		Fury at Furnace Creek as Makeup Artist
1948		Sitting Pretty as Makeup Artist
1948		Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! as Makeup Artist
1948		Call Northside 777 as Makeup Artist

1947		Daisy Kenyon as Makeup Artist
1947		Captain from Castile as Makeup Artist
1947		Gentleman's Agreement as Makeup Artist
1947		Forever Amber as Makeup Artist
1947		Nightmare Alley as Makeup Artist
1947		The Foxes of Harrow as Makeup Artist
1947		Kiss of Death as Makeup Artist
1947		Mother Wore Tights as Makeup Artist
1947		I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now as Makeup Artist
1947		Miracle on 34th Street as Makeup Artist
1947		Moss Rose as Makeup Artist
1947		The Ghost and Mrs. Muir as Makeup Artist
1947		The Homestretch as Makeup Artist
1947		The Late George Apley as Makeup & Hair
1947		The Brasher Doubloon as Makeup Artist
1947		The Shocking Miss Pilgrim as Makeup Artist

1946		The Razor's Edge as Makeup Artist
1946		My Darling Clementine as Makeup Artist
1946		Margie as Makeup Artist
1946		Anna and the King of Siam as Makeup Artist
1946		Somewhere in the Night as Makeup Artist
1946		Cluny Brown as Makeup Artist
1946		Do You Love Me as Makeup Artist
1946		Dragonwyck as Makeup Artist
1946		The Dark Corner as Makeup Artist
1946		Behind Green Lights as Makeup Artist
1946		Shock as Makeup Artist
1946		Colonel Effingham's Raid as Makeup Artist

1945		Leave Her to Heaven as Makeup Artist
1945		Fallen Angel as Makeup Artist
1945		A Bell for Adano as Makeup Artist
1945		The Caribbean Mystery as Makeup Artist
1945		Molly and Me as Makeup Artist
1945		The Bullfighters as Makeup Artist
1945		A Royal Scandal as Makeup Artist
1945		Hangover Square as Makeup Artist

1944

Winged Victory as Makeup Artist

1943

Five Graves to Cairo as Makeup Artist

1941

The Lady Eve as Makeup Artist

1939

Wife, Husband and Friend as Makeup Artist

1935

Mutiny on the Bounty as Makeup Artist