William Tuttle is an American makeup artist. Born in 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 to create his new work for The Twilight Zone episode The Eye of the Beholder, one of many Twilight Zones he contributed to. In 1964 he recieved 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.
