{{Short description|Make-up artist (1918–73)}} {{Use American English|date = November 2019}} {{Use mdy dates|date = November 2019}} {{Infobox person | name = Bud Westmore | image = BudWestmore.jpg | imagesize = | caption = | birth_name = George Hamilton Westmore | birth_date = {{Birth date|mf=yes|1918|1|13}} | birth_place = New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|mf=yes|1973|6|24|1918|1|13}} | death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | occupation = Make-up artist | years_active = 1938&ndash;1973 | domesticpartner = | website = | spouse = {{plainlist| * {{marriage|Martha Raye|1937|1937|end=divorced}} * {{marriage|Rosemary Lane|1941|1954|end=divorced}} * {{marriage|Jeanne Shores<br>|1955}} }} | children = 5 | parents = George Westmore | relatives = See Westmore family }}

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

==Life and career== 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 ''Creature from the Black Lagoon'' (1954), ''Man of a Thousand Faces'' (1957), the Stanley Kubrick-directed ''Spartacus'' (1960),<ref>{{cite book|last=Lobrutto|first=Vincent|year=1999|title=Stanley Kubrick: A Biography|publisher=Grand Central Publishing|pages=179, 511|isbn=978-0306809064|quote=The crew in Spain also included makeup man Bud Westmore, the head property master, and a few others.}}</ref> ''To Kill a Mockingbird'' (1962), and ''The Andromeda Strain'' (1971). 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tor.com/2011/10/27/the-fantastic-mystery-of-milicent-patrick/|title=The Fantastic Mystery of Milicent Patrick|last=Fate|first=Vincent Di|date=October 27, 2011|website=Reactor|language=en-US|access-date=January 23, 2026|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260123142545/https://reactormag.com/the-fantastic-mystery-of-milicent-patrick//|archive-date=January 23, 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2019/03/28/707306134/the-forgotten-woman-who-designed-the-creature-from-the-black-lagoon|title=The Forgotten Woman Who Designed The Creature From The Black Lagoon|last=del Barco|first=Mandalit|date=March 8, 2019|website=NPR|access-date=January 23, 2026|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260123142114/https://www.npr.org/2019/03/28/707306134/the-forgotten-woman-who-designed-the-creature-from-the-black-lagoon|archive-date=January 23, 2026}}</ref>

In addition to film, Bud worked extensively in television, on shows such as ''The Virginian'', ''The Munsters'', Rod Serling's ''Night Gallery'',<ref>{{cite book|last1=Skelton|first1=Scott|title=Rod Serling's Night Gallery: An After-Hours Tour|date=December 1, 1998|publisher=Syracuse University Press|page=114}}</ref> and ''Dragnet''.

In 1957, Mattel asked Bud to design the makeup look of their soon-to-be-iconic doll, Barbie.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Oppenheimer|first1=Jerry|title=Toy Monster: The Big, Bad World of Mattel|date=February 2, 2010|publisher=Wiley|isbn=978-0071402118|page=30}}</ref>

==Personal life== Westmore was married to actress and singer Martha Raye for five months in 1937. His second wife was actress Rosemary Lane, one of the famous Lane Sisters, who appeared in a number of movies in the 1930s and 40s. They had a daughter together. Westmore later married Jeanne Shores, a contestant and the winner of the 1952 Miss California Pageant, and they had four children together.

==Death== Westmore died at the age of 55 on June 24, 1973, due to a heart attack.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1973/06/26/archives/bud-westmore-makeup-artist-for-movies-and-television-dies.html?_r=0 "Bud Westmore, Makeup Artist For Movies and Television, Dies"], (archives) New York Times, p.48, 26 Jun 1973.</ref>

== Selected filmography == * ''Detour'' (1945) * ''Brute Force'' (1947) * ''Ride the Pink Horse'' (1947) * ''The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap'' (1947) * ''A Double Life'' (1947) * ''Black Bart'' (1948) * ''The Naked City'' (1948) * ''All My Sons'' (1948) * ''Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein'' (1948) * ''Tap Roots'' (1948) * ''One Touch of Venus'' (1948) * ''Mexican Hayride'' (1948) * ''Criss Cross'' (1949) * ''Red Canyon'' (1949) * ''Calamity Jane and Sam Bass'' (1949) * ''Winchester '73'' (1950) * ''Kansas Raiders'' (1950) * ''Harvey'' (1950) * ''The Strange Door'' (1951) * ''The Cimarron Kid'' (1952) * ''Bend of the River'' (1952) * ''Has Anybody Seen My Gal'' (1952) * ''The Duel at Silver Creek'' (1952) * ''The Black Castle'' (1952) * ''The Lawless Breed'' (1953) * ''Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'' (1953) * ''The Man from the Alamo'' (1953) * ''The Golden Blade'' (1953) * ''It Came from Outer Space'' (1953) * ''War Arrow'' (1954) * ''Creature from the Black Lagoon'' (1954) * ''Bengal Brigade'' (1954) * ''The Far Country'' (1954) * ''Sign of the Pagan'' (1954) * ''Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops'' (1955) * ''Captain Lightfoot'' (1955) * ''Man Without a Star'' (1955) * ''Cult of the Cobra'' (1955) * ''This Island Earth'' (1955) * ''Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy'' (1955) * ''''To Hell and Back'' (film)'' (1955) * ''All That Heaven Allows'' (1955) * ''The Benny Goodman Story'' (1956) * ''Star in the Dust'' (1956) * ''Pillars of the Sky'' (1956) * ''The Mole People'' (1956) * ''Battle Hymn'' (1957) * ''Gun for a Coward'' (1957) * ''The Incredible Shrinking Man'' (1957) * ''The Deadly Mantis'' (1957) * ''Tammy and the Bachelor'' (1957) * ''Night Passage'' (1957) * ''Man of a Thousand Faces'' (1957) * ''The Land Unknown'' (1957) * ''The Tarnished Angels'' (1957) * ''The Monolith Monsters'' (1957) * ''Touch of Evil'' (1958) * ''Ride a Crooked Trail'' (1958) * ''The Perfect Furlough'' (1958) * ''Curse of the Undead'' (1959) * ''Imitation of Life'' (1959) * ''This Earth Is Mine'' (1959) * ''Pillow Talk'' (1959) * ''Operation Petticoat'' (1959) * ''Portrait in Black'' (1960) * ''Spartacus'' (1960) * ''Midnight Lace'' (1960) * ''Posse from Hell'' (1961) * ''The Last Sunset'' (1961) * ''Come September'' (1961) * ''Back Street'' (1961) * ''Flower Drum Song'' (1961) * ''Lover Come Back'' (1961) * ''Lonely Are the Brave'' (1962) * ''That Touch of Mink'' (1962) * ''The Spiral Road'' (1962) * ''If a Man Answers'' (1962) * ''To Kill a Mockingbird'' (1962) * ''The Ugly American'' (1963) * ''Showdown'' (1963) * ''The List of Adrian Messenger'' (1963) * ''Tammy and the Doctor'' (1963) * ''A Gathering of Eagles'' (1963) * ''The Thrill of It All'' (1963) * ''For Love or Money'' (1963) * ''Father Goose'' (1964) * ''The Art of Love'' (1965) * ''The Rare Breed'' (1966) * ''Thoroughly Modern Millie'' (1967) * ''Coogan's Bluff'' (1968) * ''Topaz'' (1969) * ''Airport'' (1970) * ''The Beguiled'' (1971) * ''Soylent Green'' (1972)

==See also== *Westmore family

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{IMDb name|0922863}}

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