Dick Smith has passed away at age 92, of natural causes.
Whether you know it or not, you are familiar with Smith's work as a Hollywood makeup artist.
Variety writes that in addition to aging Marlon Brando for his role in The Godfather, Smith also "was responsible for Linda Blair's harrowing possession in The Exorcist, as well as for startling transformations of actors and special makeup effects in movies like Taxi Driver, Little Big Man and Marathon Man. He also transformed the young Hal Holbrook into the wizened Samuel Clemens for "Mark Twain Tonight!"
Whether you know it or not, you are familiar with Smith's work as a Hollywood makeup artist.
Variety writes that in addition to aging Marlon Brando for his role in The Godfather, Smith also "was responsible for Linda Blair's harrowing possession in The Exorcist, as well as for startling transformations of actors and special makeup effects in movies like Taxi Driver, Little Big Man and Marathon Man. He also transformed the young Hal Holbrook into the wizened Samuel Clemens for "Mark Twain Tonight!"
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