- The mask work by Lon Chaney Jr. in The Mummy's Curse (1944) and preserved by Bob Burns, is the only surviving example of his makeup.
- A photograph of his hands appears on one stamp of a sheet of ten US 37¢ commemorative postage stamps, issued 2/25/2003, celebrating American Filmmaking: Behind the Scenes. The stamp, which honors makeup artists, shows Boris Karloff being transformed into the monster he portrays in Frankenstein (1931).
- Despite having created most of the famous make-up designs for the monsters in the Universal Studios horror classics, almost all of this work was uncredited.
- He initially went to California to try out as a shortstop in the Pacific Coast League.
- Alan Young reminisces about Mister Ed (1961) makeup man Pierce in the book "A Sci-Fi Swarm and Horror Horde" (McFarland & Co., 2010) by Tom Weaver.
- Albeit uncredited, an actor plays him in A Star Is Born (1937). He approaches Vicki Lester (Janet Gaynor), and takes a disapproving look at her face. A few minutes later, he is deciding on her new eyebrows design and lipstick. The actor is dressed in Pierce's customary white lab coat, equally buttoned to the side, and sports a version of his toothbrush mustache.
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