I was the make-up artist + got murdered in the movie

I was the make-up artist - created the head and did all the make-up in the movie except for one series of action and the body make-up for Pat Priest near the pool. The scene running across the shallow river and killing the kids in the car - that was filmed before I came on board and left in the movie to save $$$ - the head looks nothing like Albert Cole and it's a shame it was left in.

I kept the heads for years after the film - even used the one that wasn't "blown up" for the shot-gun blast in the cave, and wore it to a halloween party one year. Walked into a local supermarket on Santa Monica Blvd (I believe) and the lady in the first aisle fainted as I came around the corner.

Pat Priest was a delight - as was Casey Kasem. Bloom and Cole were patient with all the clap-trap they had to go through with the head. Bruce Dern was distant and used to run for miles before coming to the set, then pick off blisters from hsi feet in the make-up chair. I know, TMI.

I was also the doctor who was murdered in a few seconds scene at the beginning of the film as the murderer (Cole) was escaping the insane asylum. The art piece in the background when they were filming in the hallway of Pat and Bruce's home - I did it - fancy eye in pen and ink.... and I hung it on set, for fun there. It was then stolen. If anyone ever sees it - let me know. Also did the make-up for Soul Soldiers, later released as Red White And Black and the film JUD.

In Soul Soldiers as well as being the make-up artist, I played the part of a settler left for dead at a burning wagon train. Lying naked in the sand in Texas, (the director called for realism) I "dangled" unknowingly into a red ant nest - and after the long pan shot, I was seen leaping around the set, beating myself with a towel and screaming "Ants. Ants, Ants!". TMI again. In the close-up they turned me over and my one line was "Spotted Horse, Spotted Horse" - I was horrified to note, at the premiere, that the one four word line was dubbed in by the assistant producer, as my four words had been drowed out by horses hoofs in the back ground. Now live and work in Palm Springs, CA. www.MyPropertyIsWorth.com