About

Known credits:
182
Birthday:
1907-07-01
Place of birth:
Minnesota, USA
Website:
N/A

Gordon Bau

Overview

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).

Known for

Costume & Make-Up
1973 The All-American Boy Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 58
Average
1972 Probe Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 58
Average
1971 Dirty Harry Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 71
Good
1971 The Omega Man Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 59
Average
1970 Rabbit, Run Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 58
Average
1970 There Was a Crooked Man... Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 60
Fair
1969 The Good Guys and the Bad Guys Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 58
Average
1969 The Illustrated Man Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 58
Average
1968 Finian's Rainbow Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 58
Average
1968 Assignment to Kill Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 59
Average
1968 Sweet November Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 59
Average
1967 Cool Hand Luke Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 72
Good
1967 Wait Until Dark Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 66
Fair
1967 Camelot Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 59
Average
1967 Countdown Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 58
Average
1967 First to Fight Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 59
Average
1967 Hotel Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 59
Average
1966 Not With My Wife, You Don't Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 59
Average
1966 Chamber of Horrors Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 58
Average
1966 Any Wednesday Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 59
Average
1966 A Fine Madness Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 58
Average
1966 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 70
Good
1966 A Big Hand for the Little Lady Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 60
Fair
1966 Harper Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 60
Fair
1965 Never Too Late Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 58
Average
1965 Marriage on the Rocks Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 58
Average
1965 The Great Race Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 63
Fair
1965 Brainstorm Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 59
Average
1965 My Blood Runs Cold Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 58
Average
1965 Dear Heart Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 59
Average
1965 Two on a Guillotine Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 59
Average
1964 Sex and the Single Girl Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 59
Average
1964 Youngblood Hawke Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 59
Average
1964 My Fair Lady Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 70
Good
1964 Ensign Pulver Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 59
Average
1964 Robin and the 7 Hoods Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 59
Average
1964 The Incredible Mr. Limpet Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 59
Average
1964 Dead Ringer Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 60
Fair
1963 Palm Springs Weekend Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 58
Average
1963 Mary, Mary Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 58
Average
1963 PT 109 Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 59
Average
1963 Spencer's Mountain Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 59
Average
1963 Critic's Choice Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 58
Average
1962 Gypsy Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 59
Average
1962 The Chapman Report Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 58
Average
1962 The Music Man Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 61
Fair
1962 Rome Adventure Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 58
Average
1962 House of Women Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 58
Average
1962 Red Nightmare Costume & Make-Up Makeup Department Head 58
Average
1962 About Time Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor N/A
N/A
1961 A Majority of One Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 58
Average
1961 Susan Slade Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 59
Average
1961 Claudelle Inglish Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 59
Average
1961 Parrish Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 58
Average
1961 Portrait of a Mobster Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist N/A
N/A
1961 The Sins of Rachel Cade Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 59
Average
1961 A Fever in the Blood Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 59
Average
1960 The Crowded Sky Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 58
Average
1960 Ocean's Eleven Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 60
Fair
1960 Sergeant Rutledge Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 61
Fair
1960 Guns of the Timberland Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 58
Average
1960 Cash McCall Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 58
Average
1959 A Summer Place Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 59
Average
1959 Yellowstone Kelly Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 59
Average
1959 The FBI Story Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 59
Average
1959 The Young Philadelphians Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 60
Fair
1959 Westbound Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 59
Average
1959 Island of Lost Women Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 58
Average
1959 Rio Bravo Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 72
Good
1959 Up Periscope Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 59
Average
1959 The Hanging Tree Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 60
Fair
1958 Auntie Mame Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 60
Fair
1958 Violent Road Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 58
Average
1958 The Left Handed Gun Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 59
Average
1958 Marjorie Morningstar Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 59
Average
1958 Too Much, Too Soon Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 58
Average
1958 Lafayette Escadrille Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 58
Average
1957 Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 59
Average
1957 The Spirit of St. Louis Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 60
Fair
1957 Untamed Youth Costume & Make-Up Makeup Department Head 58
Average
1957 The Big Land Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 59
Average
1957 Pharaoh's Curse Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 58
Average
1957 Top Secret Affair Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 58
Average
1956 The Wrong Man Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 65
Fair
1956 Giant Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 68
Fair
1956 The Girl He Left Behind Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 58
Average
1956 Toward the Unknown Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 59
Average
1956 The Burning Hills Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 59
Average
1956 Miracle in the Rain Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 59
Average
1956 The Lone Ranger Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 59
Average
1955 Hell on Frisco Bay Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 58
Average
1955 The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 59
Average
1955 I Died a Thousand Times Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 59
Average
1955 Rebel Without a Cause Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 71
Good
1955 Pete Kelly's Blues Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 59
Average
1955 Mister Roberts Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 61
Fair
1955 Tall Man Riding Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 59
Average
1955 East of Eden Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 69
Fair
1955 Battle Cry Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 58
Average
1954 Young at Heart Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 58
Average
1954 Track of the Cat Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 58
Average
1954 Drum Beat Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 59
Average
1954 A Star Is Born Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 63
Fair
1954 The Bounty Hunter Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 59
Average
1954 King Richard and the Crusaders Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 59
Average
1954 Them! Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 63
Fair
1954 Dial M for Murder Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 76
Good
1954 Lucky Me Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 59
Average
1954 Riding Shotgun Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 59
Average
1953 Calamity Jane Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 61
Fair
1953 Thunder Over the Plains Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 58
Average
1953 Crime Wave Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 60
Fair
1953 Blowing Wild Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 59
Average
1953 House of Wax Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 62
Fair
1953 By the Light of the Silvery Moon Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 59
Average
1953 I Confess Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 64
Fair
1952 April in Paris Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 58
Average
1952 The Iron Mistress Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 58
Average
1952 Springfield Rifle Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 58
Average
1952 The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 58
Average
1952 The Winning Team Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 59
Average
1952 Carson City Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 59
Average
1952 Mara Maru Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 58
Average
1952 Bugles in the Afternoon Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 58
Average
1952 Retreat, Hell! Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 58
Average
1952 This Woman Is Dangerous Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 58
Average
1952 The Big Trees Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 58
Average
1952 Room for One More Costume & Make-Up Makeup Designer 59
Average
1951 Distant Drums Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 59
Average
1951 Double Dynamite Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 59
Average
1951 Starlift Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 59
Average
1951 Starlift Costume & Make-Up Hairstylist 59
Average
1951 Starlift Costume & Make-Up Costume Supervisor 59
Average
1951 I'll See You in My Dreams Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 58
Average
1951 The Tanks Are Coming Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 59
Average
1951 Come Fill the Cup Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 59
Average
1951 A Streetcar Named Desire Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 71
Good
1951 Jim Thorpe – All-American Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 59
Average
1951 Fort Worth Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 59
Average
1951 Strangers on a Train Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 72
Good
1951 Along the Great Divide Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 59
Average
1951 Goodbye, My Fancy Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 58
Average
1951 Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 59
Average
1951 I Was a Communist for the FBI Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 58
Average
1951 Operation Pacific Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 59
Average
1950 Rocky Mountain Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 59
Average
1950 Born to Be Bad Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 59
Average
1950 The Iroquois Trail Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 59
Average
1949 Bride for Sale Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 59
Average
1949 They Live by Night Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 61
Fair
1949 Easy Living Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 59
Average
1949 Follow Me Quietly Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 59
Average
1949 The Big Steal Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 59
Average
1949 Roughshod Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 58
Average
1949 The Set-Up Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 62
Fair
1949 A Woman's Secret Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 58
Average
1948 Every Girl Should Be Married Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 59
Average
1948 The Boy with Green Hair Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 59
Average
1948 Blood on the Moon Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 59
Average
1948 Rachel and the Stranger Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 59
Average
1948 Race Street Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 59
Average
1948 Station West Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 59
Average
1948 Return of the Bad Men Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 59
Average
1948 Berlin Express Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 59
Average
1948 The Miracle of the Bells Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 59
Average
1948 Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 61
Fair
1948 Night Song Costume & Make-Up Makeup Department Head 59
Average
1947 Out of the Past Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 68
Fair
1947 Mourning Becomes Electra Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 59
Average
1947 Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 58
Average
1947 Crossfire Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 60
Fair
1947 They Won't Believe Me Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 59
Average
1947 Dick Tracy's Dilemma Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 58
Average
1947 The Farmer's Daughter Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 59
Average
1946 It's a Wonderful Life Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 80
Very good
1942 Jungle Book Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 59
Average
1942 To Be or Not to Be Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 70
Good
1940 The Letter Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 63
Fair
1940 The Ape Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 58
Average
1940 Doomed to Die Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 59
Average
1940 The Fatal Hour Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 59
Average
1938 Mr. Wong, Detective Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 58
Average