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#HappyBirthday to #RickBaker, the innovative, seven time Oscar-winning American make-up effects artist and monster maker, born in New York #OnThisDay in 1950. Inspired by Jack Pierce and an assistant to Dick Smith, he became a worthy successor to both via unforgettable work on dozens of films and TV series, including The Fury (1978), Videodrome (1983) and Ed Wood (1994). His first Oscar was for #AnAmericanWerewolfInLondon (1981), which still boasts the greatest metamorphosis in #HorrorCinema.