Michael F. Blake spent 60 years working in the film and television industry prior to his retirement in 2018. He began acting at the age of two, and for the next twenty years appeared in numerous television shows such as Adam-12, The Lucy Show, The Munsters, Red Skelton Show, Kung Fu, Bewitched and Bonanza. For 40 years he worked as a makeup artist on numerous movies and television shows, such as X-Men: First Class, Westworld, Spider-Man 3, Happy Days (final season), Soapdish, Tough Guys, Independence Day, Disney Sunday Night Movie, Magnum, P.I. (pilot) and Strange Days to name a few. He received two Emmy Awards for Best Makeup in 1998 (Buffy, the Vampire Slayer) and 2016 (Key and Peele). He has written three books on Hollywood’s “Man of a Thousand Faces,” Lon Chaney, which are considered the definitive work on the actor’s life and career. His books served as the basis for Kevin Brownlow’s 2000 documentary for Turner Classic Movies, Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces. Blake also authored My Code of Honor: The Maki
