William J. Tuttle | Movie makeup artist, 95

Movie makeup artist William J. Tuttle, 95, who created the shaggy Morlocks of

The Time Machine

, devised the monster's mug for

Young Frankenstein

, and turned Tony Randall into a circus full of legends for

7 Faces of Dr. Lao

, has died.

Mr. Tuttle died last Monday of complications related to old age at his home in Pacific Palisades, Calif., the Los Angeles Times reported Friday, citing an announcement by his family.

Mr. Tuttle influenced generations of makeup artists, and worked on hundreds of movies from the 1930s until his final one, Zorro, the Gay Blade, in 1981. His makeup work or design is in features as diverse as Brigadoon, Blackboard Jungle, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Silver Streak.

In 1964, he received an honorary Academy Award for his work on 7 Faces of Dr. Lao, 17 years before a formal Oscar for makeup was established. In the movie, Randall plays several characters, including an Asian man and Medusa.

"He shaved my head and eyebrows. . . . The effect gave me an unborn look. But professionally it was a master stroke," Randall recalled in the 1977 book The Films of George Pal. "All of my preconceived notions on how I would play the characters vanished. As soon as Tuttle applied his makeup magic, I felt myself actually become these strange people."

Mr. Tuttle also worked on a dozen episodes of the 1960s TV show The Twilight Zone, including the classic William Shatner episode "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet," about an airline gremlin, and "Eye of the Beholder," about a woman facing surgery for deformity.

Born in Jacksonville, Fla., Mr. Tuttle was raised by his mother, and dropped out of school as a teenager to help support the family. - AP