Ken McLaughlin(II)
- Make-Up Department
- Actor
Kenneth B. McLaughlin Jr. was born in September of 1970 to the parents
Ken McLaughlin Sr. and Pamela Phelps. Ken, through out his youth
traveled the United States visiting all 50 states. Fascinated by the
world of movie magic, up on the big screen and even the Saturday
Creature Features, he was drawn to the works of Lon Chaney, Lon Chaney
Jr., Sam Winston, Rick Baker and Tom Savini. Every chance Ken got he
would watch shows to explain the world of special effect mack up and
then he would try it himself with the limited resources he had
available to him. Through out his teens and young adult life Ken became
known between his friends as the guy to go to for your FX make-up which
made him very popular during Halloween time. In his 20's Ken began
working on a low budget TV show where he learned more tricks of the
trade and learning what the camera sees and doesn't see and how to film
on a shoe string budget. His work became popular in San Antonio, TX the
town he was living in at the time. After meeting his wife Paula he
moved back to the Los Angeles area to raise his family where he works
as in the software business. The weekends are spent with his family and
thinking up and build new effects or various costume projects.