[1][2] The style is neatly clipped, so that the moustache takes the form of a thin line, as if it had been drawn using a pencil.
A large gap is left between the nose and the moustache.
The line of facial hair either breaks across the philtrum, or continues unbroken.
The actors Bud Abbott, Errol Flynn, David Niven, Clark Gable, Don Ameche, J. K. Simmons and Leslie Phillips all had pencil moustaches.
Musicians such as Little Richard, Sammy Davis Jr., Prince, George Benson, Dave Wyndorf, Chris Cornell and Ron Mael have been associated with the look.