Wigs, rugs, toupees, etc, in the movies or TV

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It's pretty obvious Mike Conners is wearing a wig. And a lot of the supporting characters and guest stars appeared to be doing the same. Late 60s through late 80s had a lot of guys wearing toupees on TV. Hershel Bernardi seemed to be the only guy that didn't wear one, and he still looked ridiculous.

Perry Mason is a treasure trove of bad wigs.

There are a lot more out there than you think. Often transplants don’t take, or there’s only enough to do the front hairline and everything else is a wig.

There are silicone models with hair injectioned strand by strand so it looks like it’s growing right out of your head.

If you go to Hair Club or any top supplier, they sort of insist you buy two so they can service one while you’re wearing the other, adding hair to it, color, etc. it could take hours to do if you only buy just one.

All wigs are chemically treated and honestly only last about eight months and need to be replaced or they become detectable.

Mike Connors was older than the character of Mannix was supposed to be, wasn't he? I have seen MC in some pretty old movies.

R4 I do think many guys who use Hair Club etc think they're getting away with it, but I at least can usually tell. You can't really glue on dead hair and make it look real. Usually one giveaway (but not the only one) is the guy has too much hair. There was only one guy I knew, that I couldn't really tell, I think it was because he was really young.

Mike Conners was "Junior', Irene's convenient date, in SUDDEN FEAR!

Often it is the movie producers/directors/screen writers/makeup artists that insist an actor/actress looks a certain way per the hair. It could relate to age, color, the time period of the movie/series, etc. It may not always be the actors personal choice. Same concerns with weight, height (platform shoes), etc.

R6 Great movie. I think that was what I was thinking of, too, when I said I saw him in something old.

It's so obvious now but growing up in the 80's and watching reruns and older movies, I thought it was normal for older Caucasian men to have 2 inch high hair. I was an immigrant kid and didn't know any better. Now I see shows from the 70's and earlier and it's hilarious to see full on shag carpet on the older actors.

My “friend” went to the hair club for Men and ended up with a root beer colored toilet seat cover bolted to his head. I ROARED with laffter but also helped him get his money back by raising a stink in the waiting room They NEVER give money back, but they did that day. $2900 in 1991

Telly Savales’ bald cap was on point, though.

Can't you guys think of any really bad ones on specific actors or actresses, though?

3 legends, 3 rugs

A lot of older Hollywood stars in the late 60's and 70's were wearing some very robust toupees. I guess it was an era of longer hair and sideburns and the balding guys felt they had to go big with their rugs?

Howard Cosell's toupee was pretty obvious.

Seriously obvious. And yet for that era, plenty of guys were wearing them.

Pat Sajak's hairpiece looks ridiculous

Harry Connick, Jr. is using something - Hair Club or something. I've noticed this fake hair on him for years.

Best toupee I’ve seen was Sinatra’s very short and natural-looking piece he wore in the late Sixties.

Absolute worst I’ve seen is Brian Keith’s in the original 1961 PARENT TRAP. He had two totally different hair colors on his head!

Best toupee I’ve seen was Sinatra’s very short and natural-looking piece he wore in the late Sixties.

Absolute worst I’ve seen is Brian Keith’s in the original 1961 PARENT TRAP. He had two totally different hair colors on his head!

We've moved on from prosthetic hair to prosthetic dicks.

Pernell Roberts and Lorne Greene on Bonanza!

Oh I guess Dan Blocker wore one, too.

Raymond Bailey, TV's Milburn Drysdale, without his toupee.

Lee J Cobb's toupees always looked fake. Jimmy Stewart's and John Wayne's were fine until the 70s, ditto Fred Astaire. Hairpieces seem to look better when they go back, on the forehead. When the style changed, to hair worn over the forehead (and age had to do with it, as well) none of them seemed to look as natural. Charlton Heston's was one of the worst, too, especially as he got old. Why bother? Ray Milland went with the bald look, he seemed to get work.