Person Details

Birthday: 1907-07-01 06:12:38

Death: 1975-07-21 06:12:38

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Minnesota, USA

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Movie Involvements: 178

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

Biography

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).

Most Famous Work

It's a Wonderful Life
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8

It's a Wonderful Life

(1946) Makeup Artist
Giant
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8

Giant

(1956) Makeup Supervisor
Rio Bravo
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8

Rio Bravo

(1959) Makeup Supervisor
Dirty Harry
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8

Dirty Harry

(1971) Makeup Supervisor
Them!
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7

Them!

(1954) Makeup Artist
My Fair Lady
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8

My Fair Lady

(1964) Makeup Supervisor
Cool Hand Luke
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8

Cool Hand Luke

(1967) Makeup Artist
I Confess
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7

I Confess

(1953) Makeup Artist

Acting

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Costume & Make-Up

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1973 Makeup Artist
1972 Makeup Supervisor
1971 Makeup Supervisor
Makeup Supervisor
1970 Makeup Supervisor
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1969 Makeup Supervisor
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1968 Makeup Artist
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1967 Makeup Artist
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1966 Makeup Supervisor
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1965 Makeup Supervisor
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1964 Makeup Supervisor
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1963 Makeup Supervisor
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1962 Makeup Supervisor
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Makeup Department Head
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1961 Makeup Supervisor
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1960 Makeup Supervisor
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1959 Makeup Artist
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1958 Makeup Supervisor
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1957 Makeup Supervisor
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1956 Makeup Supervisor
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1955 Makeup Supervisor
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1954 Makeup Artist
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1953 Makeup Artist
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1952 Makeup Artist
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Makeup Designer
1951 Makeup Supervisor
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Hairstylist
Costume Supervisor
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1950 Makeup Artist
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1949 Makeup Supervisor
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1948 Makeup Artist
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Makeup Department Head
1947 Makeup Supervisor
Makeup Artist
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Makeup Supervisor
Makeup Supervisor
1946 Makeup Artist
1942 Makeup Artist
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1940 Makeup Artist
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1938 Makeup Artist
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