William Tuttle

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William Tuttle is an American make-up artist. Born April 13, 1911, in Jacksonville, Florida, he was forced to leave school at a young age to support his mother and younger brother. After a series of odd-jobs and a brief stint in his own band, Tuttle moved to Hollywood, California to work under makeup artist Jack Dawn at Twentieth Century Pictures.

In 1934, Tuttle and Dawn moved to MGM to continue his apprenticeship, eventually working his way up to head of the studio's makeup department. Working as Dawn's assistant, Tuttle supervised the makeup work in such movies as The Wizard of Oz and Father of the Bride. In the fifties he would be responsible for the makeup in Singin' in the Rain, Forbidden Planet and The Time Machine. He reused pieces he first created for The Time Machine in The Eye of the Beholder, one of his many Twilight Zone contributions.

In 1964, Tuttle received a special Academy Award for his work on George Pal's 7 Faces of Dr. Lao, a full seventeen years before makeup was an official Oscar category.

Later work included Logan's Run and Young Frankenstein.