Carlos Cruz Gemora Net Worth
Carlos Cruz Gemora Net Worth is
$9 Million
Carlos Cruz Gemora Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Stowed away on an American vessel sailing out of the Philippines, a young Charles Gemora arrived in California while the birth of cinema was in full swing. To help earn a little extra cash, Charlie would hang around the Universal entrance offering to sketch portraits. It wasn't long before his natural artistic abilities were noticed and Charles ... | Date Of Birth | June 15, 1903 |
| Died | 1961-08-19 |
| Place Of Birth | Negros, Philippines |
| Profession | Make Up Department, Actor, Art Department |
| Children | Diana Gemora |
| Star Sign | Gemini |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | Children: Diana, Robert and Patrick. |
| 2 | He shared his techniques with many and apprenticed many makeup artists, including Harry Ray and Gordon Bau. |
| 3 | Patented many inventions in the 1950's. One of them was for 3-D movies and another for a shower deflector to protect women's hair. |
| 4 | His daughter Diana talks about helping him build the Martian costume for "The War of the Worlds" (1953) in the book "A Sci-Fi Swarm and Horror Horde" (McFarland & Co., 2010) by Tom Weaver. |
| 5 | He suffered a mild heart attack in his early 40's. The role of Sultan, the gorilla in "Phantom of the Rue Morgue" was completed by a stunt double due to Gemora's weakening health. |
| 6 | He was one of Hollywood's most famous "gorilla performers." |
| 7 | Father of Diana Gemora. |
Make Up Department
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jack the Giant Killer | 1962 | makeup artist | |
| Hands of a Stranger | 1962 | makeup artist | |
| Flight of the Lost Balloon | 1961 | makeup artist - as Charles Gomura | |
| Love in a Goldfish Bowl | 1961 | makeup artist - uncredited | |
| One-Eyed Jacks | 1961 | makeup artist - uncredited | |
| The Mountain Road | 1960 | makeup artist - uncredited | |
| Hotel de Paree | 1959-1960 | TV Series makeup artist - 10 episodes | |
| The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake | 1959 | makeup artist | |
| Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | 1958 | TV Series makeup artist - 2 episodes | |
| I Married a Monster from Outer Space | 1958 | makeup artist - uncredited | |
| Witness for the Prosecution | 1957 | makeup artist: Marlene Dietrich - uncredited | |
| Omar Khayyam | 1957 | makeup artist | |
| Blondie | 1957 | TV Series makeup artist - 1 episode | |
| Around the World in Eighty Days | 1956 | makeup artist - uncredited | |
| The Ten Commandments | 1956 | makeup artist - uncredited | |
| Anything Goes | 1956 | makeup artist - uncredited | |
| The Harder They Fall | 1956 | makeup artist - uncredited | |
| The Far Horizons | 1955 | makeup artist - uncredited | |
| Hell's Island | 1955 | makeup artist - uncredited | |
| The Naked Jungle | 1954 | makeup artist - uncredited | |
| Son of Paleface | 1952 | makeup artist - uncredited | |
| Viva Zapata! | 1952 | makeup artist - uncredited | |
| A Place in the Sun | 1951 | makeup artist - uncredited / makeup artist: Elizabeth Taylor - uncredited | |
| Union Station | 1950 | makeup artist - uncredited | |
| The Emperor Waltz | 1948 | makeup artist - uncredited | |
| Unconquered | 1947 | prosthetic lab technician - uncredited | |
| California | 1947 | makeup artist - uncredited | |
| Back to Bataan | 1945 | makeup artist - uncredited | |
| Frenchman's Creek | 1944 | makeup artist - uncredited | |
| The Story of Dr. Wassell | 1944 | makeup artist - uncredited | |
| And the Angels Sing | 1944 | makeup artist - uncredited | |
| Double Indemnity | 1944 | makeup artist - uncredited | |
| Henry Aldrich Haunts a House | 1943 | makeup artist - uncredited | |
| Here We Go Again | 1942 | makeup artist: Jerry Maren - uncredited | |
| Between Us Girls | 1942 | special makeup - uncredited | |
| Reap the Wild Wind | 1942 | makeup artist - uncredited | |
| The Great Man's Lady | 1942 | special makeup - uncredited | |
| Bedtime Story | 1941 | makeup artist - uncredited | |
| It Started with Eve | 1941 | makeup artist - uncredited | |
| Hold Back the Dawn | 1941 | makeup artist - uncredited | |
| Aloma of the South Seas | 1941 | makeup artist - uncredited | |
| The Quarterback | 1940 | makeup artist - uncredited | |
| Golden Gloves | 1940 | makeup artist - uncredited | |
| Those Were the Days! | 1940 | makeup artist - uncredited | |
| Dr. Cyclops | 1940 | makeup artist - uncredited | |
| The Grapes of Wrath | 1940 | makeup artist - uncredited | |
| Disputed Passage | 1939 | makeup artist - uncredited | |
| The Magnificent Fraud | 1939 | makeup artist - uncredited | |
| Gunga Din | 1939 | makeup artist - uncredited | |
| I'm from the City | 1938 | makeup artist - uncredited | |
| Swiss Miss | 1938 | makeup artist - uncredited | |
| Her Jungle Love | 1938 | makeup artist - uncredited | |
| The Buccaneer | 1938 | makeup artist - uncredited | |
| The Good Earth | 1937 | makeup artist - uncredited | |
| The Jungle Princess | 1936 | makeup artist - uncredited | |
| The General Died at Dawn | 1936 | makeup artist - uncredited | |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | 1935 | makeup artist - uncredited | |
| Island of Lost Souls | 1932 | makeup artist - uncredited | |
| Don Juan diplomático | 1931 | makeup artist - uncredited |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mardi Gras | 1958 | Gorilla (uncredited) | |
| I Married a Monster from Outer Space | 1958 | Alien (uncredited) | |
| Phantom of the Rue Morgue | 1954 | Sultan, The Gorilla (uncredited) | |
| White Witch Doctor | 1953 | Gorilla (uncredited) | |
| The War of the Worlds | 1953 | Martian (uncredited) | |
| Africa Screams | 1949 | The Ape (uncredited) | |
| Who Killed Doc Robbin? | 1948 | Gorilla (uncredited) | |
| Road to Utopia | 1945 | Bear (uncredited) | |
| Gildersleeve's Ghost | 1944 | Gorilla (uncredited) | |
| Two Weeks to Live | 1943 | Plato The Gorilla (uncredited) | |
| Road to Zanzibar | 1941 | Gorilla (uncredited) | |
| The Monster and the Girl | 1941 | The Gorilla (uncredited) | |
| At the Circus | 1939 | Gibraltar (uncredited) | |
| Swiss Miss | 1938 | Gorilla (as Charles Gamore) | |
| Charlie Chan at the Circus | 1936 | Caesar the Ape (uncredited) | |
| Gum Shoes | 1935 | Short | Gorilla (uncredited) |
| Bum Voyage | 1934 | Short | The Gorilla (uncredited) |
| So This Is Africa | 1933 | Josephine the Gorilla (uncredited) | |
| Sing, Bing, Sing | 1933 | Short | The Gorilla (as Sir Charles) |
| Nature in the Wrong | 1933 | Short | Mr. Chadwick, the Gorilla (uncredited) |
| The Savage Girl | 1932 | Gorilla (uncredited) | |
| Island of Lost Souls | 1932 | Gorilla on Pier (uncredited) | |
| Hawkins & Watkins Inc. | 1932 | Short | The Gorilla (as Sir Charles) |
| The Chimp | 1932 | Short | Ethel the Chimp (uncredited) |
| Murders in the Rue Morgue | 1932 | Erik, the Gorilla (uncredited) | |
| Sealskins | 1932 | Short | Jocko the Boxing Gorilla (uncredited) |
| Nu-Ma-Pu - Cannibalism | 1931 | Cannibal (uncredited) | |
| Ghost Parade | 1931 | Short | Gorilla (uncredited) |
| Scared Stiff | 1931 | Short | Gorilla (uncredited) |
| The Cohens and the Kellys in Africa | 1930 | Gorilla (uncredited) | |
| Are You There? | 1930 | Gorilla (uncredited) | |
| The Gorilla | 1930 | The Gorilla (uncredited) | |
| Pure and Simple | 1930 | Short | Gorilla (uncredited) |
| The Unholy Three | 1930 | Gorilla (uncredited) | |
| Bear Shooters | 1930 | Short | Gorilla |
| Los cazadores de osos | 1930 | Short | Gorilla |
| Ingagi | 1930 | Ingagi - The Gorilla (uncredited) | |
| His Baby Daze | 1929 | Short | Gorilla (uncredited) |
| The Holy Terror | 1929 | Short | Gorilla |
| Stark Mad | 1929 | Gorilla (uncredited) | |
| Seven Footprints to Satan | 1929 | Gorilla (uncredited) | |
| Why Gorillas Leave Home | 1929 | Short | |
| Do Gentlemen Snore? | 1928 | Short | Charley the Gorilla (uncredited) |
| The Circus Kid | 1928 | Zozo - the Gorilla | |
| His Favorite Wife | 1928 | Short | Gorilla (uncredited) |
| The Leopard Lady | 1928 | The Ape | |
| Goose Flesh | 1927 | Short | Gorilla (uncredited) |
Art Department
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kitty | 1945 | painter: "Blue Boy" copy - uncredited | |
| Dancing on a Dime | 1940 | mask creator - uncredited | |
| Night Life of the Gods | 1935 | sculptures - uncredited | |
| Feet First | 1930 | Gorilla display prop - uncredited | |
| Stark Mad | 1929 | sculptor - uncredited | |
| Noah's Ark | 1928 | sculptor: idols - uncredited | |
| The Black Pirate | 1926 | set design/sculptures - uncredited | |
| The Phantom of the Opera | 1925 | opera house set design - uncredited | |
| The Thief of Bagdad | 1924 | sculptor - uncredited | |
| The Hunchback of Notre Dame | 1923/I | sculptures - uncredited |
Costume Department
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Curse of the Faceless Man | 1958 | costume: The Faceless Man - uncredited | |
| The Colossus of New York | 1958 | designer: Colossus costume - uncredited | |
| The War of the Worlds | 1953 | costume maker: Martian costumes - uncredited | |
| Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid | 1948 | sculptor: mermaid tail - uncredited | |
| The Sign of the Cross | 1932 | gorilla costume creator - uncredited | |
| Blonde Venus | 1932 | gorilla costume creator - uncredited | |
| The Lost World | 1925 | ape-man suit creator - uncredited |
Special Effects
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Curse of the Faceless Man | 1958 | creature creator - as Charles Gemorra | |
| The Naked Jungle | 1954 | mechanical designer: ants - uncredited |
Thanks
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hollywood Goes Ape! | 1994 | Documentary dedicatee |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Africa Speaks! | 1930 | Documentary | Gorilla (uncredited) |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Universal Horror | 1998 | TV Movie documentary | |
| A Tribute to the Boys: Laurel & Hardy | 1992 | TV Special documentary | Gorilla (uncredited) |
| The Laurel and Hardy Show | 1986 | TV Series | Ethel / Gorilla (1986) |
| The Little Rascals | 1955 | TV Series | Charlie (1955) |
| Down Memory Lane | 1949 | Charlie, the gorilla |
Known for movies
Jack the Giant Killer (1962)
as Makeup Department
Swiss Miss (1938)
as Makeup Department
A Place in the Sun (1951)
as Makeup Department
Double Indemnity (1944)
as Makeup Department