Phil Leakey

Philip Leakey was born on 4 May 1908 in

He Worked at Shepperton Studios, before joining Hammer as make-up artist in 1947. Involved in most of Hammer’s best known early films until his departure in 1958. Succeeded by his former assistant Roy Ashton. His first make-up room at Bray Studios was a converted toilet.

Phil used rubber, cornflakes and rice to create the make-up for the alien-infected character Victor Carroon in the The Quatermass Xperiment(1955).

He married to fellow make-up artist Gladys Leakey on 4 October 1940.

Philip Leakey died on 26 November 1992, he was 84.


Year Released	Production	Role
1949	Celia	Make-up
1950	The Adventures of PC 49	Make-up
1950	The Man in Black	Make-up
1950	Meet Simon Cherry (the Rev)	Make-up
1950	Room to Let	Make-up
1950	Someone at the Door	Make-up
1950	What the Butler Saw	Make-up
1950	The Lady Craved Excitement	Make-up
1951	The Rossiter Case	Make-up
1951	To Have and to Hold	Make-up
1951	A Case for PC 49	Make-up
1951	Black Widow	Make-up
1951	Cloudburst	Make-up
1952	Whispering Smith Hits London	Make-up
1952	Death of an Angel	Make-up
1952	The Last Page	Make-up
1952	Wings of Danger	Make-up
1952	Stolen Face	Make-up
1952	Lady in the Fog	Make-up
1953	The Saints Return	Make-up
1953	The Gambler and the Lady	Make-up
1953	The Flanagan Boy	Make-up
1953	Blood Orange	Make-up
1954	The House Across the Lake	Make-up
1954	Face the Music	Make-up
1954	Five Days	Make-up
1954	Life with the Lyons	Make-up
1954	The Stranger Came Home	Make-up
1954	36 Hours	Make-up
1954	The Men of Sherwood Forest	Make-up
1954	Mask of Dust	Make-up
1955	The Lyons in Paris	Make-up
1955	Break in the Circle	Make-up
1955	Murder by Proxy	Make-up
1955	Third Party Risk	Make-up
1955	The Quatermass Xperiment	Make-up
1956	A Man on the Beach	Make-up
1956	Women Without Men	Make-up
1956	X - The Unknown	Make-up and Special Make-up Effects
1957	The Curse of Frankenstein	Make-up
1957	The Steel Bayonet	Make-up
1957	Quatermass 2	Make-up
1957	The Abominable Snowman	Make-up
1957	Danger List	Make-up
1958	Clean Sweep	Make-up
1958	Dracula	Make-up
1958	The Snorkel	Make-up
1958	Further Up the Creek	Make-up
1958	The Revenge of Frankenstein	Make-up
1959	I Only Arsked!	Make-up

Year Released

Production

Role

1949

Celia

Make-up

1950

The Adventures of PC 49

Make-up

1950

The Man in Black

Make-up

1950

Meet Simon Cherry (the Rev)

Make-up

1950

Room to Let

Make-up

1950

Someone at the Door

Make-up

1950

What the Butler Saw

Make-up

1950

The Lady Craved Excitement

Make-up

1951

The Rossiter Case

Make-up

1951

To Have and to Hold

Make-up

1951

A Case for PC 49

Make-up

1951

Black Widow

Make-up

1951

Cloudburst

Make-up

1952

Whispering Smith Hits London

Make-up

1952

Death of an Angel

Make-up

1952

The Last Page

Make-up

1952

Wings of Danger

Make-up

1952

Stolen Face

Make-up

1952

Lady in the Fog

Make-up

1953

The Saints Return

Make-up

1953

The Gambler and the Lady

Make-up

1953

The Flanagan Boy

Make-up

1953

Blood Orange

Make-up

1954

The House Across the Lake

Make-up

1954

Face the Music

Make-up

1954

Five Days

Make-up

1954

Life with the Lyons

Make-up

1954

The Stranger Came Home

Make-up

1954

36 Hours

Make-up

1954

The Men of Sherwood Forest

Make-up

1954

Mask of Dust

Make-up

1955

The Lyons in Paris

Make-up

1955

Break in the Circle

Make-up

1955

Murder by Proxy

Make-up

1955

Third Party Risk

Make-up

1955

The Quatermass Xperiment

Make-up

1956

A Man on the Beach

Make-up

1956

Women Without Men

Make-up

1956

X - The Unknown

Make-up and Special Make-up Effects

1957

The Curse of Frankenstein

Make-up

1957

The Steel Bayonet

Make-up

1957

Quatermass 2

Make-up

1957

The Abominable Snowman

Make-up

1957

Danger List

Make-up

1958

Clean Sweep

Make-up

1958

Dracula

Make-up

1958

The Snorkel

Make-up

1958

Further Up the Creek

Make-up

1958

The Revenge of Frankenstein

Make-up

1959

I Only Arsked!

Make-up

Phil Leakey’s Hammer Filmography

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