Richard A. "Rick" Baker (born December 8, 1950) is an American special make-up effects creator, make-up artist, and special effects supervisor mainly known for his creature effects. He especially often created realistic-looking gorilla suits - from King Kong (1976) to Gorillas in the Mist and Planet of the Apes (2001).
His work has earned him quite a pile of Academy Awards and a slightly larger, record-setting pile of nominations. In addition to his groundbreaking creature effects, Baker has also acted in several small roles within the projects he worked on.
Films
- Octaman (1971)
- The Thing With Two Heads (1972)
- Schlock (1973)
- The Exorcist (1973)
- It's Alive (1974)
- The Autobiography Of Miss Jane Pittman (1974)
- King Kong (1976)
- Track of the Moon Beast (1976)
- Squirm (1976)
- The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)
- The Incredible Melting Man (1977)
- Star Wars: A New Hope (1977)
- The Fury (1978)
- Up the Academy (1980)
- An American Werewolf in London (1981)
- The Howling (1981)
- The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981)
- Videodrome (1983)
- Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)
- Starman (1984)
- Into the Night (1985)
- My Science Project (1985)
- Captain EO (1986)
- Ratboy (1986)
- Harry and the Hendersons (1987)
- Coming to America (1988)
- Gorillas in the Mist (1988)
- Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
- The Rocketeer (1991)
- Wolf (1994)
- Ed Wood (1994)
- Batman Forever (1995)
- The Nutty Professor (1996)
- Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
- The Frighteners (1996)
- Escape from L.A. (1996)
- Men in Black (1997)
- Men in Black II (2002)
- Men in Black 3 (2012)
- Critical Care (1997)
- Mighty Joe Young (1998)
- Life (1999)
- Wild Wild West (1997)
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (2000)
- Planet of the Apes (2001)
- The Ring (2002)
- The Ring Two (2005)
- Rings (2017)
- The Haunted Mansion (2003)
- Hellboy (2004)
- King Kong (2005)
- Cursed
- X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
- Click (2006)
- Enchanted (2007)
- Norbit (2007)
- Tropic Thunder (2008)
- The Wolfman (2010)
- TRON: Legacy (2010)
- Maleficent
Music Videos
- "Ghosts"
- "Thriller"
Television
- Beauty and the Beast (1987)
- Manimal
- Werewolf
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He Also Did: Before he got started in creature makeup effects, Baker was a stop motion animator for Art Clokey on Gumby and Davey and Goliath.
