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Andy	United Hairlines	Lead	[-]
Apr 24 12 11:22 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Greetings, Which among our male heroes enhanced their pates with augmentation? We know that Boris Karloff's coiffure in The Black Cat may have been artificial, and it is a matter of record that Sir Cedric Hardwicke's images in Ghost of Frankenstein features Ludwig Frankenstein both with and without toupee. Who else augmented their hairlines? I only ask since Lon Chaney, Junior's appearance in the recent Son of Dracula photographs seem to be wiggy. Best regards, Andy in Vancouver.
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Rick		#1	[-]
Apr 24 12 11:26 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I suspect they may have given Creighton the same sort of widow's peak that Bela used.
Wich2		#2	[-]
Apr 25 12 9:51 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Speaking as a folliclly challenged indiviual: A LOT of actors in the Golden Age of Hollywood used toupes - not whole-head wigs, but toppers & especially frontpieces. In really good stills, you can often see the work.
Tragg		#3	[-]
Apr 25 12 12:03 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Wich2 wrote: Speaking as a folliclly challenged indiviual: A LOT of actors in the Golden Age of Hollywood used toupes - not whole-head wigs, but toppers & especially frontpieces. In really good stills, you can often see the work. And sometimes they gave a more convincing performance than the actor (not mentioning Brian Donlevy).
Elisabeth		#4	[-]
Jul 4 12 7:23 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Lester Matthews, who had the thankless 'leading man' parts in THE RAVEN and THE WEREWOLF OF LONDON definitely used a toupee, and I think Henry Hull might have, as well. "E" Your Signature ... "....I do hope he won't upset Henry..."
Mora		#5	[-]
Jul 4 12 9:25 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Did not Irene Ware in "The Raven" also need a little scalp "enhancement" because of thinning hair? I believe Greg Mank mentions that in his "Karloff & Lugosi" book.
Elisabeth		#6	[-]
Jul 4 12 11:30 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I'll ask him for sure, but I think Irene Ware actually wore full wigs... "E" Your Signature ... "....I do hope he won't upset Henry..."
Wich2		#7	[-]
Jul 5 12 9:55 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Ida Lupino too, they say.
cabmangray		#8	[-]
Jul 5 12 11:22 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	To me it looks like both Boris and Bela did'nt need any help in the follicle dept; Karloff's 'do in THE BLACK CAT look like the hairline was shaved back at the temples to give him a more satanic look. Sometimes an actor got a little help when none was necessary. Humphrey Bogart, before losing his hair, had a decent head of it. But in THE MALTESE FALCON he wore a thin piece in front to straighten out his hairline. Sean Connery, pre Bond had a massive head of hair but by DR.NO and especially FRWL, he needed help with his receding hairline.
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rvoyttbots		#9	[-]
Jul 5 12 11:29 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Lugosi in DRACULA.
Friend of Daniel		#10	[-]
Jul 5 12 11:44 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	rvoyttbots wrote: Lugosi in DRACULA. I've heard the story from several sources about how Carlos Villarias had to wear Lugosi ill-fitting toupee for the Spanish language DRACULA. I have no idea or not if that story is accurate or not.
Grant		#11	[-]
Jul 5 12 3:03 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	What about the opposite thing? These aren't Universal horror people, but I've read in a trivia book that Rita Hayworth was given electrolosis to give her hair that unusual look it had in the front. And that Tyrone Power had a hairline that actually went TOO FAR, so they did the same thing in his case.
Rivergoat		#12	[-]
Jul 5 12 8:53 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Well, not horror (except for "The Return of Dr. X") (and working for different film studios), but Bogie......
zDBZ		#13	[-]
Jul 11 12 7:17 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I've heard from at least one prominent film historian that hairpieces were fairly common for men during the Golden Age of Hollywood, whether they needed them or not. As late as Superman, Christopher Reeve had a needless piece. I would guess that they're helpful for maintaining continuity.
Grant		#14	[-]
Jul 11 12 9:56 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	In a related area, an overworked joke that I often pick on is the "dowdy man with the hirsute back or shoulders" joke. I often wonder whether character actors with SMOOTH backs and shoulders ever have it put on them whether they like it or not. I don't just mean when it's a BIG joke, like Mike Meyers' chest in Austin Powers, but when it's a smaller one.
Wich2		#15	[-]
Jul 11 12 10:10 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	>I've heard from at least one prominent film historian that hairpieces were fairly common for men during the Golden Age of Hollywood< As I wrote above. >whether they needed them or not.< For a 35 + year old man to have the hairline & fullness of a 20 year old, most needed them. >As late as Superman, Christopher Reeve had a needless piece.< It wasn't needless. I recall him saying in an interview that in IV, he knew he needed one.
HalLane		#16	[-]
Jul 13 12 11:43 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Wich2 wrote: >As late as Superman, Christopher Reeve had a needless piece.< It wasn't needless. I recall him saying in an interview that in IV, he knew he needed one. Reeve had Alopecia since High School. He'd comb over the intermittent bald patches, but eventually just went ahead and shaved it.
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