Former "Boss Clown" and High Stilt Walker for Ringling Bros. & Barnum & Bailey Circus, 1975 - 1978. Special makeup effects designer and artist who entered American film with THE HOWLING and UNDER THE RAINBOW (both 1981, both uncredited). Other notable credits include THE ICE PIRATES, STAR TREK III: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK, THE BEAR and THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI ACROSS THE 8TH DIMENSION (all 1984), THE COLOR PURPLE and ONCE BITTEN (both 1985), THE GOLDEN CHILD (1986), THE LOST BOYS (1987), UNCLE BUCK and MUSIC BOX (both 1989), REPOSSESSED (1990), THELMA & LOUISE and TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (both 1991), MR. SATURDAY NIGHT (1992), THE RELIC and THE POSTMAN (both 1997), ENEMY OF THE STATE (1998), DEEP BLUE SEA and PLAY IT TO THE BONE (both 1999), DR. SEUSS' HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS (2000), IMPOSTOR, THE SCORPION KING and WINDTALKERS (all 2002), TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES and HELLDORADO (both 2003), VAN HELSING (2004), and THE FIX (2005). From 2004 to 2006, LaPorte was makeup department supervisor for the TV series "Lost".  Best Achievement in Makeup 1988: BEETLEJUICE (w. Ve Neill & Robert Short) 1 nomination, 1 Award

Michael Keaton in Beetlejuice (1988)