Don Post
Donald Post (March 14, 1902 – November 17, 1979) was a mask maker and businessman. Dubbed by many as The Godfather of Halloween, he created and sold some of the first rubber masks, which remain popular today.[1]
Career
[edit]Post was born in Connecticut.
In the 1970s, Post made masks of such actors as Tor Johnson and William Shatner, the latter of which was slightly altered in the 1978 film, Halloween, into the infamous Michael Myers mask.[2]
Post died in 1979.[3] His company, Don Post Studios, would live on to produce some of the rarer masks of the classic Cenobites from the Hellraiser franchise, as well as creating the masks used in the movie Halloween III: Season of the Witch. The company is currently owned by the Paper Magic Group.
Notes
[edit]External links
[edit]- Don Post at Find a Grave
- Don Post at IMDb
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