Gordon Bau
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Robert Gordon Bau, known as Gordon Bau and sometimes as Gordy Bau (July 1, 1907 – July 21, 1975), was the make-up supervisor at Warner Brothers Studios in Los Angeles, California, who worked in scores of films and episodes of more than twenty television series. Gordon Bau and his brother George Bau worked for Rubbercraft, a firm which specialized in rubber parts for industrial uses. They began moonlighting by performing make-up for films and later television. The brothers built rubber eye prosthetics which could make white actors appear Asian on screen. While Gordon became head of make-up services for Warner Brothers, George headed the prosthetics laboratory at the studio. Bau's work in films is voluminous, from Andy Griffith's Onionhead and Auntie Mame (1958) to John Wayne's Rio Bravo and Clint Walker's Yellowstone Kelly (both 1959), and Jeffrey Hunter's Sergeant Rutledge (1960). He also worked on Susan Slade (1961), The Days of Wine and Roses (1962), Kisses for My President (1964), and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966). His last film work was Dirty Harry (1971) and The All American Boy (1973).
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Costume & Make-UpBirthday
July 1, 1907Deathday
July 21, 1975Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
173Place of birth
Minnesota, USACrew credits
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Makeup ArtistDial M for Murder
Makeup ArtistA Streetcar Named Desire
Makeup ArtistStrangers on a Train
Makeup ArtistYellowstone Kelly
Makeup ArtistYoungblood Hawke
Makeup ArtistStarlift
Makeup Artist, Hairstylist, Costume SupervisorFirst to Fight
Makeup ArtistEvery Girl Should Be Married
Makeup ArtistNight Song
Makeup Department HeadHouse of Wax
Makeup ArtistThey Live by Night
Makeup ArtistWait Until Dark
Makeup ArtistIt's a Wonderful Life
Makeup ArtistI Confess
Makeup ArtistMy Blood Runs Cold
Makeup ArtistPortrait of a Mobster
Makeup ArtistMiracle in the Rain
Makeup ArtistEast of Eden
Makeup ArtistUntamed Youth
Makeup Department Head