yeah the 3 most famous toupee's in the buisnees were the duke's,burt reynolds and william shatner's.i always heard that the duke hated wearing it, but his manager or agent told him it would be best if he always wore it on camera or when photographed.he used to say okay give me the damn toup.
Most of us lose hair as we age. Ever notice how most older guys wearing shorts have no leg hair? They ain't shaving them. Poor circulation is the culprit. And male pattern baldness is nothing to be ashamed about. Ya know grass don't grow on a busy highway. So I must be near a genius.
There's a photo of the Duke entertaining troops in Vietnam and he doesn't wear his toupee, is mostly bald. Same with Clark Gable; there's a photo of him without his false teeth meeting troops during WWII. I suppose they think it's improper to be fake when people are risking their lives for their country.
@Richard40171 hmmmmm but a big critiscism of Wayne was always that he never served in the US armed forces during the 2nd world war. Its said that he always felt tremendous guilt about not serving unlike Gable, Stewart, David Niven. Sterling Hayden was an OSS paramilitary in Yugoslavia helping Serbs and Bosnians and Croats butcher some Germans and Italians but mostly their own countrymen lol. Then theres Lee Marvin who was a USMC sniper. All real life hard bastards. You have to hand it to that...
@grimblebrumble17889 I knew that story but never inquired into its reason why Duke didn't serve. Any reason? Don't forget, Peck benefited from that too, since he got all the choice roles (SPELLBOUND, etc.) while compatriots served. No one dishonors him; in fact he became the symbol of Americana (Copland's LINCOLN PORTRAIT; MOCKINGBIRD). Palance lost his face in the service but won an Oscar. Dempsey was criticized for his lack of service, tho certainly not to his face! :). . .
@Richard40171 Richard Todd was a British actor who actually played his commanding officer in the Longest Day. One of the first British paras into france. I certainly have some of my favourite Stewart films such as Shenandoah, but I never felt he carried the same prescence as Wayne or Mitchum. I think the big difference today is that actors are thrown into being celebrities with all the media hype and they dont achieve icon status in the same way. I want a good film now I wait for the Coen Bros
@grimblebrumble17889 Stewart obviously didn't carry Duke's weight, in Westerns! But Duke couldn't touch the emotional highs S brought to films such as VERTIGO, the Capra classics, the Anthony Mann westerns, & the same year he did drama so well in VERTIGO, do comedy equally well in BELL, BOOK, AND CANDLE, & even there he can play both sides well (the way he scolds witch Elsa Lancaster for entering his apartment in the beginning). And what an enduring career, even with the war interruption.
I read up on Palance. I would never of guessed. Mind you the 2nd world war plastic surgery was pioneered by British surgoens working on RAF air crews. Shane was made by Palance and his grinning gunman in that. But there you are again the likes of Alan Ladd, not particularly physically imposing but carried the weight of someone to be respected in that film. You cant always have someone act a role, theres alot to be gained from personal experience.
@grimblebrumble17889 With all due respect to Palance and Ladd I think Victor Young's music was as much a character in that film as they. I think Ladd's height added to the importance of a gun, which compensated for his size.
@Richard40171 Oh my favourite active service actor has to be Christopher Lee. Volunteered for the Winter War against the Soviets due to his ability to speak Russian and then he went on to be an intelligence officer in the long range desert group, the forerunner to the special air service. And then he was in SOE which was even more secretive and murderous than MI5 or 6. These were the men that used to give the SS bad dreams lol.
@Richard40171 generation. They knew a thing or 2 about hard times and when you look at the majority of them its easy to see why tough guy roles were always more in line with how some of them were. Not like actors nowadays. Russel Crowe is great but its the world best known fact that hes a fucking arsehole with some sort of napolean complex and no real brass to follow up. Well never get the age of the great actors again, not like the Duke or anyone of that time,
@grimblebrumble17889 Gable served twice: in WW2 and GONE WITH THE WIND, but on the other side. Actually G I think served just to get over his misery over Carol's death. Not sure. Bogie got his most characteristic trait while serving in the navy when someone in his custody punched him on the lip. I'll never understand how people like Oliver Stone (Nam vet) can survive so much and succeed so well! Loss of studio system ruined actors IMO and pix too, us. 20 minutes too long. AS for "legends," ...
@grimblebrumble17889 today if you make 5 mediocre films (like Demi Moore) you're called a legend for the rest of your life. JC! Stewart made dozens of classics; Fonda, Duke, Grant. It took them half a century to be called a legend. Inflation happens with movies as with money. Frankly I don't think Brando really acted after his first years. WATERFRONT is mostly mannerisms, what Stanislovsky called "stenciling," rehashing old movements. DeNiro hasn't acted in at least 10 years; nor Nicholson....
@grimblebrumble17889 How the hell Nicholson won for AS GOOD AS IT GETS is beyond me. It's all "Jack," not acting at all. I don't think people know a freaking thing about acting anymore. Stewart as probably the greatest actor we ever had; act rings around Brando, tho I love Brando in his early films (MEN, STREETCAR) too. I think he checked out rather early in his career: if they're stupid enough to pay me all that money for talking into a camera, let them. Dusty I think is the only real actor.
yeah the 3 most famous toupee's in the buisnees were the duke's,burt reynolds and william shatner's.i always heard that the duke hated wearing it, but his manager or agent told him it would be best if he always wore it on camera or when photographed.he used to say okay give me the damn toup.
cooljoeny69 22 hours ago
The Duke may have lost his toupee...he may have lost his lung...but he never lost his guts.
ronetteloverz 1 month ago 3
you really couldn't tell so much. he still the duke to me hair or no hair.
gnoccafan 1 month ago
Liked all the old actors . If you look at the war records these guys really believed in service . How many you see going into the service now days?
Who ever mentioned Christopher lee is right on. He done things that would make John Wayne puke....
ferdonandebull 2 months ago
John Wayne had cancer too, had his lung removed. But he was a good actor.
iagrl 3 months ago
Most of us lose hair as we age. Ever notice how most older guys wearing shorts have no leg hair? They ain't shaving them. Poor circulation is the culprit. And male pattern baldness is nothing to be ashamed about. Ya know grass don't grow on a busy highway. So I must be near a genius.
MrTswinburn 3 months ago
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I saw this once on a movie channel,I noticed it and wondered if anyone else did.I guess someone did.Although I always knew he was follicle impaired.
walleyrt69 5 months ago
There's a photo of the Duke entertaining troops in Vietnam and he doesn't wear his toupee, is mostly bald. Same with Clark Gable; there's a photo of him without his false teeth meeting troops during WWII. I suppose they think it's improper to be fake when people are risking their lives for their country.
Richard40171 6 months ago 7
@Richard40171 hmmmmm but a big critiscism of Wayne was always that he never served in the US armed forces during the 2nd world war. Its said that he always felt tremendous guilt about not serving unlike Gable, Stewart, David Niven. Sterling Hayden was an OSS paramilitary in Yugoslavia helping Serbs and Bosnians and Croats butcher some Germans and Italians but mostly their own countrymen lol. Then theres Lee Marvin who was a USMC sniper. All real life hard bastards. You have to hand it to that...
grimblebrumble17889 3 months ago
@grimblebrumble17889 I knew that story but never inquired into its reason why Duke didn't serve. Any reason? Don't forget, Peck benefited from that too, since he got all the choice roles (SPELLBOUND, etc.) while compatriots served. No one dishonors him; in fact he became the symbol of Americana (Copland's LINCOLN PORTRAIT; MOCKINGBIRD). Palance lost his face in the service but won an Oscar. Dempsey was criticized for his lack of service, tho certainly not to his face! :). . .
Richard40171 3 months ago
@Richard40171 Richard Todd was a British actor who actually played his commanding officer in the Longest Day. One of the first British paras into france. I certainly have some of my favourite Stewart films such as Shenandoah, but I never felt he carried the same prescence as Wayne or Mitchum. I think the big difference today is that actors are thrown into being celebrities with all the media hype and they dont achieve icon status in the same way. I want a good film now I wait for the Coen Bros
grimblebrumble17889 3 months ago
@grimblebrumble17889 Stewart obviously didn't carry Duke's weight, in Westerns! But Duke couldn't touch the emotional highs S brought to films such as VERTIGO, the Capra classics, the Anthony Mann westerns, & the same year he did drama so well in VERTIGO, do comedy equally well in BELL, BOOK, AND CANDLE, & even there he can play both sides well (the way he scolds witch Elsa Lancaster for entering his apartment in the beginning). And what an enduring career, even with the war interruption.
Richard40171 3 months ago
I read up on Palance. I would never of guessed. Mind you the 2nd world war plastic surgery was pioneered by British surgoens working on RAF air crews. Shane was made by Palance and his grinning gunman in that. But there you are again the likes of Alan Ladd, not particularly physically imposing but carried the weight of someone to be respected in that film. You cant always have someone act a role, theres alot to be gained from personal experience.
grimblebrumble17889 3 months ago
@grimblebrumble17889 With all due respect to Palance and Ladd I think Victor Young's music was as much a character in that film as they. I think Ladd's height added to the importance of a gun, which compensated for his size.
Richard40171 3 months ago
@Richard40171 Oh my favourite active service actor has to be Christopher Lee. Volunteered for the Winter War against the Soviets due to his ability to speak Russian and then he went on to be an intelligence officer in the long range desert group, the forerunner to the special air service. And then he was in SOE which was even more secretive and murderous than MI5 or 6. These were the men that used to give the SS bad dreams lol.
grimblebrumble17889 3 months ago
@Richard40171 generation. They knew a thing or 2 about hard times and when you look at the majority of them its easy to see why tough guy roles were always more in line with how some of them were. Not like actors nowadays. Russel Crowe is great but its the world best known fact that hes a fucking arsehole with some sort of napolean complex and no real brass to follow up. Well never get the age of the great actors again, not like the Duke or anyone of that time,
grimblebrumble17889 3 months ago
@grimblebrumble17889 Gable served twice: in WW2 and GONE WITH THE WIND, but on the other side. Actually G I think served just to get over his misery over Carol's death. Not sure. Bogie got his most characteristic trait while serving in the navy when someone in his custody punched him on the lip. I'll never understand how people like Oliver Stone (Nam vet) can survive so much and succeed so well! Loss of studio system ruined actors IMO and pix too, us. 20 minutes too long. AS for "legends," ...
Richard40171 3 months ago
@grimblebrumble17889 today if you make 5 mediocre films (like Demi Moore) you're called a legend for the rest of your life. JC! Stewart made dozens of classics; Fonda, Duke, Grant. It took them half a century to be called a legend. Inflation happens with movies as with money. Frankly I don't think Brando really acted after his first years. WATERFRONT is mostly mannerisms, what Stanislovsky called "stenciling," rehashing old movements. DeNiro hasn't acted in at least 10 years; nor Nicholson....
Richard40171 3 months ago
@grimblebrumble17889 How the hell Nicholson won for AS GOOD AS IT GETS is beyond me. It's all "Jack," not acting at all. I don't think people know a freaking thing about acting anymore. Stewart as probably the greatest actor we ever had; act rings around Brando, tho I love Brando in his early films (MEN, STREETCAR) too. I think he checked out rather early in his career: if they're stupid enough to pay me all that money for talking into a camera, let them. Dusty I think is the only real actor.
Richard40171 3 months ago
that beaver under his hat flew at the chance
billthestinker 6 months ago
Bwahahah!
pelybi 10 months ago
Funny, he didn't wear it when he was at home or in public..
blinko656 11 months ago
I think the movie was North to Alaska, I remember seeing this scene and jumping up and down about the bald spot after the hat came off.
magovenor 1 year ago 4
Really, a funny scene! Have the film makers forgotten to cut the scene? The good John Wayne, irrepressible, whether with or without a toupee :-)
igelche2 1 year ago 2