Make Up Artist | Writer | Special Effects. Jim was one of the Makeup Artists for the 1980 movie classic Somewhere in Time.
Jim got his start in his hometown of Hazleton Pennsylvania when Paramount Studios came into Hazleton to film 'The Molly McQuires' with Richard Harris, Sean Connery, Samantha Eggar and others as well as the famous make-up artist Wally Westmore of the famous Westmore Brothers of Hollywood. Everyday Jim would go up to Westmore and ask him to teach him make-up.
Westmore would always tell him that he has all the people he needs and does not have the time to teach him. After "bothering" him for over thirty days, Westmore told him he could hang around and watch. Jim did that of course. After a few days Westmore would give Jim simple things to do such as cut white foam sponges, put powder on the powder puffs. After a couple of weeks Jim was applying bases on the actors faces. About one week before the movie was going to end, Westmore gave Jim his business card. He had told Jim if ever he was in Los Angeles to look him up and he would teach him all he knew about make-up. Jim took the card and walked 9 miles home where he took a shower, got dressed and put a one dollar bill into his pocket and told his mother he was going to meet some friends. Jim went downtown and started to hitch a ride to California. His first ride took him 50 miles away to Allentown, Pennsylvania. By the time he got to Pittsburg Jim had spent the complete one dollar bill. He kept going and after 13 days he was walking down Hollywood Blvd. He asked someone how to get to the address that was on the business card and he hitched a ride to the address. He knocked at the door and the woman who answered the door told Jim that Westmore was still in Pennsylvania because the movie went over 3 weeks.
With no place to go, Jim ended up at the Famous Venice Beach where he "lived" for 3 weeks. Jim went back to the address, knocked at the door and Westmore answered the door and was amazed. He taught Jim all he knew until his death in 1973. During that time Jim befriended Richard Harris and Sean Connery as well as Malachy McCourt the famous Irish Actor. Samantha Eggar and Jim still remain friends since the filming of 'The Molly McQuires'.
Jim was very well known for his burns, cuts etc which looked so real he had actors go into the hospital and the doctors would actually try to treat the wounds.
Jim was a very funny man who loved to make people laugh and actors and actresses loved working with him.
Biography By: drewfunnygirl
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A master wood-worker/artist.
Took night courses for a Bachelors Degree in Fine Art at UCLA.
A long time member of Mensa. Has an I.Q. of 159.
His idol was Wally Westmore. After meeting him on the set of 'The Molly McQuires', Wally Westmore taught Jim makeup before his death in 1973.
Hitch-hiked to Hollywood from Pennsylvania with $1.00 in his pocket.
Favorite Actress is Pauley Perrette.
Actor Voyo Goric and he are best of friends.
He and actor Ray Milland played chess one evening and the game lasted 31 hours.
Says that Gene Simmons (I) from the famed rock group 'Kiss' is the most intelligent man he has ever met.
Has a daughter named Tracey who still resides near his hometown.
Came from the same Pennsylvania town as Jack Palance. They were good friends but never worked together.
His favorite pets are wolves. He has had three named Budda, Mojoe and Karma.
Has a son Brendan with a very well know actress. They never married.
Can recite Edgar Allan Poe "The Raven" without missing a word.
Is very good friends with Roger Waters (I) of 'Pink Floyd'.
Has worked for Barbara Eden for many years.
Worked at 'Universal Studios' under the famed makeup artist Nick Marcellino.
Was once a lifeguard at 'Venice Beach' in the early 1970s to earn money while learning the art of makeup.
An experienced wolf trainer.
Has a 5th degree black belt in Kung-Fu.
Has given lectures on makeup at UCLA, Witchita State University, San Diego State.
Very good friends with George Hamilton (I). Have known each other since 1984 when they met on the set of 'Dynasty'. The episode was 'The Accident'.
Very good friends with Hap Klopp, the founder of The North Face and coauthor of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Business.
Became very good friends with Buckminster "Bucky" Fuller the creator of the geodesic dome.
One of the first make-up artists to use the "airbrush" on an actors face.
He and actor Jonathan Banks were the two top pool players at the famous Hawaiian Tropics in Studio City.
Very good friends with Venetia Stevenson who was once married to Phil Everly brother of Don Everly of the Famous 'Everly Brothers'.
Was close friend of Bill Finegan composer, arranger, conductor, and co-leader (with Eddie Sauter ) of the 'Sauter-Finegan Orchestra', 1952-1957.
Close friend of Eartha Kitt.
He once got into a contest with Robert Vaughn (I), whom he greatly admired, in which they tried to out-do the other by quoting William Shakespeare's sonnets. Both were word-perfect, and Jim was forced to "win" the contest by quoting one of the sonnets backwards.
Charles Bronson (I) and he became friends after sharing stories of coal mining towns in Pennsylvania where they both came from.
Once beat Chuck Norris in arm wrestling.
Remains friends with Jimmy Page (I) since doing 'The Song Remains The Same' in 1976.
Very good friends with Tyra Banks.
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QUOTES:
Art will always remain the most astonishing activity of mankind born out of the struggle between wisdom and madness, between dreams and reality in our mind.
Cherie Currie would be the ideal woman for me in my life. Who knows, anything can happen. Look where I have taken my life up until now. Her art, her imagination and her passion to be herself is the perfect woman to be in my life. She is the definition of the word, Positive. See the smile on my face.
Shoot for the moon, and even I you don't make it you'll still be among the stars.
I designed a life that I truly love and I'll continue to do so.
Inside every one of us is a special talent waiting to come out. The trick is finding it.
Jim got his start in his hometown of Hazleton Pennsylvania when Paramount Studios came into Hazleton to film 'The Molly McQuires' with Richard Harris, Sean Connery, Samantha Eggar and others as well as the famous make-up artist Wally Westmore of the famous Westmore Brothers of Hollywood. Everyday Jim would go up to Westmore and ask him to teach him make-up.
Westmore would always tell him that he has all the people he needs and does not have the time to teach him. After "bothering" him for over thirty days, Westmore told him he could hang around and watch. Jim did that of course. After a few days Westmore would give Jim simple things to do such as cut white foam sponges, put powder on the powder puffs. After a couple of weeks Jim was applying bases on the actors faces. About one week before the movie was going to end, Westmore gave Jim his business card. He had told Jim if ever he was in Los Angeles to look him up and he would teach him all he knew about make-up. Jim took the card and walked 9 miles home where he took a shower, got dressed and put a one dollar bill into his pocket and told his mother he was going to meet some friends. Jim went downtown and started to hitch a ride to California. His first ride took him 50 miles away to Allentown, Pennsylvania. By the time he got to Pittsburg Jim had spent the complete one dollar bill. He kept going and after 13 days he was walking down Hollywood Blvd. He asked someone how to get to the address that was on the business card and he hitched a ride to the address. He knocked at the door and the woman who answered the door told Jim that Westmore was still in Pennsylvania because the movie went over 3 weeks.
With no place to go, Jim ended up at the Famous Venice Beach where he "lived" for 3 weeks. Jim went back to the address, knocked at the door and Westmore answered the door and was amazed. He taught Jim all he knew until his death in 1973. During that time Jim befriended Richard Harris and Sean Connery as well as Malachy McCourt the famous Irish Actor. Samantha Eggar and Jim still remain friends since the filming of 'The Molly McQuires'.
Jim was very well known for his burns, cuts etc which looked so real he had actors go into the hospital and the doctors would actually try to treat the wounds.
Jim was a very funny man who loved to make people laugh and actors and actresses loved working with him.
Biography By: drewfunnygirl
_________________________________
A master wood-worker/artist.
Took night courses for a Bachelors Degree in Fine Art at UCLA.
A long time member of Mensa. Has an I.Q. of 159.
His idol was Wally Westmore. After meeting him on the set of 'The Molly McQuires', Wally Westmore taught Jim makeup before his death in 1973.
Hitch-hiked to Hollywood from Pennsylvania with $1.00 in his pocket.
Favorite Actress is Pauley Perrette.
Actor Voyo Goric and he are best of friends.
He and actor Ray Milland played chess one evening and the game lasted 31 hours.
Says that Gene Simmons (I) from the famed rock group 'Kiss' is the most intelligent man he has ever met.
Has a daughter named Tracey who still resides near his hometown.
Came from the same Pennsylvania town as Jack Palance. They were good friends but never worked together.
His favorite pets are wolves. He has had three named Budda, Mojoe and Karma.
Has a son Brendan with a very well know actress. They never married.
Can recite Edgar Allan Poe "The Raven" without missing a word.
Is very good friends with Roger Waters (I) of 'Pink Floyd'.
Has worked for Barbara Eden for many years.
Worked at 'Universal Studios' under the famed makeup artist Nick Marcellino.
Was once a lifeguard at 'Venice Beach' in the early 1970s to earn money while learning the art of makeup.
An experienced wolf trainer.
Has a 5th degree black belt in Kung-Fu.
Has given lectures on makeup at UCLA, Witchita State University, San Diego State.
Very good friends with George Hamilton (I). Have known each other since 1984 when they met on the set of 'Dynasty'. The episode was 'The Accident'.
Very good friends with Hap Klopp, the founder of The North Face and coauthor of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Business.
Became very good friends with Buckminster "Bucky" Fuller the creator of the geodesic dome.
One of the first make-up artists to use the "airbrush" on an actors face.
He and actor Jonathan Banks were the two top pool players at the famous Hawaiian Tropics in Studio City.
Very good friends with Venetia Stevenson who was once married to Phil Everly brother of Don Everly of the Famous 'Everly Brothers'.
Was close friend of Bill Finegan composer, arranger, conductor, and co-leader (with Eddie Sauter ) of the 'Sauter-Finegan Orchestra', 1952-1957.
Close friend of Eartha Kitt.
He once got into a contest with Robert Vaughn (I), whom he greatly admired, in which they tried to out-do the other by quoting William Shakespeare's sonnets. Both were word-perfect, and Jim was forced to "win" the contest by quoting one of the sonnets backwards.
Charles Bronson (I) and he became friends after sharing stories of coal mining towns in Pennsylvania where they both came from.
Once beat Chuck Norris in arm wrestling.
Remains friends with Jimmy Page (I) since doing 'The Song Remains The Same' in 1976.
Very good friends with Tyra Banks.
___________________________________
QUOTES:
Art will always remain the most astonishing activity of mankind born out of the struggle between wisdom and madness, between dreams and reality in our mind.
Cherie Currie would be the ideal woman for me in my life. Who knows, anything can happen. Look where I have taken my life up until now. Her art, her imagination and her passion to be herself is the perfect woman to be in my life. She is the definition of the word, Positive. See the smile on my face.
Shoot for the moon, and even I you don't make it you'll still be among the stars.
I designed a life that I truly love and I'll continue to do so.
Inside every one of us is a special talent waiting to come out. The trick is finding it.
Make Up Artist | Writer | Special Effects. Jim was one of the Makeup Artists for the 1980 movie classic Somewhere in Time.
Jim got his start in his hometown of Hazleton Pennsylvania when Paramount Studios came into Hazleton to film 'The Molly McQuires' with Richard Harris, Sean Connery, Samantha Eggar and others as well as the famous make-up artist Wally Westmore of the famous Westmore Brothers of Hollywood. Everyday Jim would go up to Westmore and ask him to teach him make-up.
Westmore would always tell him that he has all the people he needs and does not have the time to teach him. After "bothering" him for over thirty days, Westmore told him he could hang around and watch. Jim did that of course. After a few days Westmore would give Jim simple things to do such as cut white foam sponges, put powder on the powder puffs. After a couple of weeks Jim was applying bases on the actors faces. About one week before the movie was going to end, Westmore gave Jim his business card. He had told Jim if ever he was in Los Angeles to look him up and he would teach him all he knew about make-up. Jim took the card and walked 9 miles home where he took a shower, got dressed and put a one dollar bill into his pocket and told his mother he was going to meet some friends. Jim went downtown and started to hitch a ride to California. His first ride took him 50 miles away to Allentown, Pennsylvania. By the time he got to Pittsburg Jim had spent the complete one dollar bill. He kept going and after 13 days he was walking down Hollywood Blvd. He asked someone how to get to the address that was on the business card and he hitched a ride to the address. He knocked at the door and the woman who answered the door told Jim that Westmore was still in Pennsylvania because the movie went over 3 weeks.
With no place to go, Jim ended up at the Famous Venice Beach where he "lived" for 3 weeks. Jim went back to the address, knocked at the door and Westmore answered the door and was amazed. He taught Jim all he knew until his death in 1973. During that time Jim befriended Richard Harris and Sean Connery as well as Malachy McCourt the famous Irish Actor. Samantha Eggar and Jim still remain friends since the filming of 'The Molly McQuires'.
Jim was very well known for his burns, cuts etc which looked so real he had actors go into the hospital and the doctors would actually try to treat the wounds.
Jim was a very funny man who loved to make people laugh and actors and actresses loved working with him.
Biography By: drewfunnygirl
_________________________________
A master wood-worker/artist.
Took night courses for a Bachelors Degree in Fine Art at UCLA.
A long time member of Mensa. Has an I.Q. of 159.
His idol was Wally Westmore. After meeting him on the set of 'The Molly McQuires', Wally Westmore taught Jim makeup before his death in 1973.
Hitch-hiked to Hollywood from Pennsylvania with $1.00 in his pocket.
Favorite Actress is Pauley Perrette.
Actor Voyo Goric and he are best of friends.
He and actor Ray Milland played chess one evening and the game lasted 31 hours.
Says that Gene Simmons (I) from the famed rock group 'Kiss' is the most intelligent man he has ever met.
Has a daughter named Tracey who still resides near his hometown.
Came from the same Pennsylvania town as Jack Palance. They were good friends but never worked together.
His favorite pets are wolves. He has had three named Budda, Mojoe and Karma.
Has a son Brendan with a very well know actress. They never married.
Can recite Edgar Allan Poe "The Raven" without missing a word.
Is very good friends with Roger Waters (I) of 'Pink Floyd'.
Has worked for Barbara Eden for many years.
Worked at 'Universal Studios' under the famed makeup artist Nick Marcellino.
Was once a lifeguard at 'Venice Beach' in the early 1970s to earn money while learning the art of makeup.
An experienced wolf trainer.
Has a 5th degree black belt in Kung-Fu.
Has given lectures on makeup at UCLA, Witchita State University, San Diego State.
Very good friends with George Hamilton (I). Have known each other since 1984 when they met on the set of 'Dynasty'. The episode was 'The Accident'.
Very good friends with Hap Klopp, the founder of The North Face and coauthor of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Business.
Became very good friends with Buckminster "Bucky" Fuller the creator of the geodesic dome.
One of the first make-up artists to use the "airbrush" on an actors face.
He and actor Jonathan Banks were the two top pool players at the famous Hawaiian Tropics in Studio City.
Very good friends with Venetia Stevenson who was once married to Phil Everly brother of Don Everly of the Famous 'Everly Brothers'.
Was close friend of Bill Finegan composer, arranger, conductor, and co-leader (with Eddie Sauter ) of the 'Sauter-Finegan Orchestra', 1952-1957.
Close friend of Eartha Kitt.
He once got into a contest with Robert Vaughn (I), whom he greatly admired, in which they tried to out-do the other by quoting William Shakespeare's sonnets. Both were word-perfect, and Jim was forced to "win" the contest by quoting one of the sonnets backwards.
Charles Bronson (I) and he became friends after sharing stories of coal mining towns in Pennsylvania where they both came from.
Once beat Chuck Norris in arm wrestling.
Remains friends with Jimmy Page (I) since doing 'The Song Remains The Same' in 1976.
Very good friends with Tyra Banks.
___________________________________
QUOTES:
Art will always remain the most astonishing activity of mankind born out of the struggle between wisdom and madness, between dreams and reality in our mind.
Cherie Currie would be the ideal woman for me in my life. Who knows, anything can happen. Look where I have taken my life up until now. Her art, her imagination and her passion to be herself is the perfect woman to be in my life. She is the definition of the word, Positive. See the smile on my face.
Shoot for the moon, and even I you don't make it you'll still be among the stars.
I designed a life that I truly love and I'll continue to do so.
Inside every one of us is a special talent waiting to come out. The trick is finding it.
Jim got his start in his hometown of Hazleton Pennsylvania when Paramount Studios came into Hazleton to film 'The Molly McQuires' with Richard Harris, Sean Connery, Samantha Eggar and others as well as the famous make-up artist Wally Westmore of the famous Westmore Brothers of Hollywood. Everyday Jim would go up to Westmore and ask him to teach him make-up.
Westmore would always tell him that he has all the people he needs and does not have the time to teach him. After "bothering" him for over thirty days, Westmore told him he could hang around and watch. Jim did that of course. After a few days Westmore would give Jim simple things to do such as cut white foam sponges, put powder on the powder puffs. After a couple of weeks Jim was applying bases on the actors faces. About one week before the movie was going to end, Westmore gave Jim his business card. He had told Jim if ever he was in Los Angeles to look him up and he would teach him all he knew about make-up. Jim took the card and walked 9 miles home where he took a shower, got dressed and put a one dollar bill into his pocket and told his mother he was going to meet some friends. Jim went downtown and started to hitch a ride to California. His first ride took him 50 miles away to Allentown, Pennsylvania. By the time he got to Pittsburg Jim had spent the complete one dollar bill. He kept going and after 13 days he was walking down Hollywood Blvd. He asked someone how to get to the address that was on the business card and he hitched a ride to the address. He knocked at the door and the woman who answered the door told Jim that Westmore was still in Pennsylvania because the movie went over 3 weeks.
With no place to go, Jim ended up at the Famous Venice Beach where he "lived" for 3 weeks. Jim went back to the address, knocked at the door and Westmore answered the door and was amazed. He taught Jim all he knew until his death in 1973. During that time Jim befriended Richard Harris and Sean Connery as well as Malachy McCourt the famous Irish Actor. Samantha Eggar and Jim still remain friends since the filming of 'The Molly McQuires'.
Jim was very well known for his burns, cuts etc which looked so real he had actors go into the hospital and the doctors would actually try to treat the wounds.
Jim was a very funny man who loved to make people laugh and actors and actresses loved working with him.
Biography By: drewfunnygirl
_________________________________
A master wood-worker/artist.
Took night courses for a Bachelors Degree in Fine Art at UCLA.
A long time member of Mensa. Has an I.Q. of 159.
His idol was Wally Westmore. After meeting him on the set of 'The Molly McQuires', Wally Westmore taught Jim makeup before his death in 1973.
Hitch-hiked to Hollywood from Pennsylvania with $1.00 in his pocket.
Favorite Actress is Pauley Perrette.
Actor Voyo Goric and he are best of friends.
He and actor Ray Milland played chess one evening and the game lasted 31 hours.
Says that Gene Simmons (I) from the famed rock group 'Kiss' is the most intelligent man he has ever met.
Has a daughter named Tracey who still resides near his hometown.
Came from the same Pennsylvania town as Jack Palance. They were good friends but never worked together.
His favorite pets are wolves. He has had three named Budda, Mojoe and Karma.
Has a son Brendan with a very well know actress. They never married.
Can recite Edgar Allan Poe "The Raven" without missing a word.
Is very good friends with Roger Waters (I) of 'Pink Floyd'.
Has worked for Barbara Eden for many years.
Worked at 'Universal Studios' under the famed makeup artist Nick Marcellino.
Was once a lifeguard at 'Venice Beach' in the early 1970s to earn money while learning the art of makeup.
An experienced wolf trainer.
Has a 5th degree black belt in Kung-Fu.
Has given lectures on makeup at UCLA, Witchita State University, San Diego State.
Very good friends with George Hamilton (I). Have known each other since 1984 when they met on the set of 'Dynasty'. The episode was 'The Accident'.
Very good friends with Hap Klopp, the founder of The North Face and coauthor of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Business.
Became very good friends with Buckminster "Bucky" Fuller the creator of the geodesic dome.
One of the first make-up artists to use the "airbrush" on an actors face.
He and actor Jonathan Banks were the two top pool players at the famous Hawaiian Tropics in Studio City.
Very good friends with Venetia Stevenson who was once married to Phil Everly brother of Don Everly of the Famous 'Everly Brothers'.
Was close friend of Bill Finegan composer, arranger, conductor, and co-leader (with Eddie Sauter ) of the 'Sauter-Finegan Orchestra', 1952-1957.
Close friend of Eartha Kitt.
He once got into a contest with Robert Vaughn (I), whom he greatly admired, in which they tried to out-do the other by quoting William Shakespeare's sonnets. Both were word-perfect, and Jim was forced to "win" the contest by quoting one of the sonnets backwards.
Charles Bronson (I) and he became friends after sharing stories of coal mining towns in Pennsylvania where they both came from.
Once beat Chuck Norris in arm wrestling.
Remains friends with Jimmy Page (I) since doing 'The Song Remains The Same' in 1976.
Very good friends with Tyra Banks.
___________________________________
QUOTES:
Art will always remain the most astonishing activity of mankind born out of the struggle between wisdom and madness, between dreams and reality in our mind.
Cherie Currie would be the ideal woman for me in my life. Who knows, anything can happen. Look where I have taken my life up until now. Her art, her imagination and her passion to be herself is the perfect woman to be in my life. She is the definition of the word, Positive. See the smile on my face.
Shoot for the moon, and even I you don't make it you'll still be among the stars.
I designed a life that I truly love and I'll continue to do so.
Inside every one of us is a special talent waiting to come out. The trick is finding it.
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