"Take off the toupe"
Marc
most of the film. However, in the final few scenes (Because he was
playing Spig Wead as an older man) he took it off. Dan Daily's
character even remarks how Wead has gotten "Fat and bald-headed". I
always admired Wayne for doing this for some reason.
Anyway, I was just curious if any other "Folicley challenged" actors
that always wore toupes, as Duke did, have ever done this for a film.
Your replies and comments are welcome.
Marc
Marc
Tom Sutpen
Guy") sans hairpiece; and I think Burt reynolds might have dispensed with his
hair helmet for a picture, though I'm not too sure about that.
T. Sutpen.
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John Larrabee
>40's?....he always had a full head of hair in movies like "Beau Geste" &
>"The Uninvited" etc.....but i remember an episode or two of "Hart to
>Hart" in the 1980's (He played Stephane Power's Father) where he was
>comletely bald.
Milland removed his rug for the first time in "Love Story."
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well: It's TOUPEE.
Wull
Wull
Dean Eaton
Gary Cooper never went without one. Sean Connery seems to be more
comfortable these days with hair than without it.
There's a famous story about Fred Astaire filming "Puttin' on the Ritz" for
BLUE SKIES. He was planning on retiring after filming this picture, and at
the end of the shooting he tore his rug off his head and shouted, "I won't
have to wear this damn thing again!"
Fortunately for us, Gene Kelly broke his leg and Astaire came back for
EASTER PARADE, BAND WAGON and many others.
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> The use of toupees is more widespread than we realize.
The only time I saw Bing Crosby in person, late '40's, he was sans toupee, and
I thought they must have had to put a lot of makeup on this old man to achieve
the vibrant persona in "Going My Way"!!
Rosanne
Jim Beaver
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My favorite Wayne story involving his hairpiece is of the first punch Ernie
Kovacs lands in the climactic fistfight of NORTH TO ALASKA. Wayne's hat
(and hair) go flying, and you can see Wayne turn to scramble for the hat.
(In the next shot, of course, he's covered.)
On reflection, I'd have to say that Wayne probably just wasn't wearing his
toop for that shot, expecting his hat to stay on. Having worn my share of
hairpieces in films, I know that most of the time they're too well glued to
fly off like that.
Jim Beaver
Tom Sutpen
for the eager GIs without his hairpiece, and I've seen a similar photo of Frank
Sinatra at the 1960 Democratic National Convention in the same condition.
There's something jarring about seeing these guys bald (or near enough) that
I've never been able to comprehend.
Helen & Bob
Tom Sutpen wrote:
> I once saw a photograph of John Wayne over in Vietnam signing autographs
> for the eager GIs without his hairpiece, and I've seen a similar photo of Frank
> Sinatra at the 1960 Democratic National Convention in the same condition.
> There's something jarring about seeing these guys bald (or near enough) that
> I've never been able to comprehend.
>
> T. Sutpen.
>
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reminds us of our own mortality.
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"macho." Strangely enough, though, *shaving* the head totally bald is
whether it is to make a fashion statement or to finish what nature already
started for the man :-)
Jean-Yves Simon
: Or even toupet!
: Wull
That would be the French spelling.
--
Jean-Yves SIMON Tokyo, Japan
Dean Eaton
where Bing is without his rug, singing "Mairzy Doats". My usual reaction is,
"Who the hell is that bald guy who sounds so much like Bing?"
Gary Giddins, in his new Crosby book, mentions how often Der Bingle would
wear a hat or cap all through a film rather than put on his dreaded toupee.
(See ROAD TO MOROCCO, for one.)
By the way, there's a fight scene in MAN OF THE WEST where Gary Cooper
almost loses his hair beating the tar out of Jack Lord. (Yeah, that could
happen...)
dean
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Marc
his strong influence on Wayne?]) goes without a rug in "Rio
Grande"....although his hair loss isn't drastic, it is quite noticeable
compared to another film he made around the same time (1950) with the
rug on (Sands of Iwo Jima).
Also, Bing removes PART of his wig in "The Country Girl" as he's in the
dressing room after a rehearsal.
Henry Fonda seemed to work off and on with a toupee in the 60's and
70's, depending on the role (Cheyene Social Club, with....Midway,
without)
George Burns took his toupee off very rarely for films, but I think he
work in "Going in Style" au natural, didn't he?
Howard Brazee
to use those hormones to grow hair. I just have different priorities myself.
Brent McKee
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That reminds me of a story that Michael Landon told about Lorne Greene
during his time on "Bonanza". Both he and Dan Blocker wore rugs (Pernell
Roberts might have as well) but while Blocker was fairly open about it and
joked about it, people _never_ saw Greene without his hair. One day they're
doing a scene in which Pa Cartwright gets thrown into some deep water. They
were using a water tank of course but it was still over their heads. Comes
the moment and Greene goes into the water. A few seconds later up floats
Greene's hair -- not attached to his head! Landon described it as
resembling a drowned rat, and fully expected to see Lorne au naturel for the
first time. A second or two after that a hand comes to the surface which
feels around blindly for the hair, which is eventually found. Only after
affixing the offending toupee to his head did Greene finally come to the
surface dignity, in his mind at least, intact.
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