Gordon Bau
An image from Strangers on a Train, one of the productions that also features Gordon Bau.

Gordon Bau

July 1, 1907 — Minnesota, USA

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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).

It's a Wonderful Life

It's a Wonderful Life

1946

Dial M for Murder

Dial M for Murder

1954

Dirty Harry

Dirty Harry

1971

Strangers on a Train

Strangers on a Train

1951

Rebel Without a Cause

Rebel Without a Cause

1955

Cool Hand Luke

Cool Hand Luke

1967

A Streetcar Named Desire

A Streetcar Named Desire

1951

My Fair Lady

My Fair Lady

1964