This deceased foreign born legendary actor was in everything and played a number of the most iconic film and literary characters in history and also had some fascinating adventures in his personal life before he was famous. He had a striking physical appearance but was very sensitive about one aspect of this which was his hair or lack of it.
He wore a toupee his whole film career and was never seen without it in public. In fact, he wore one even when spending time with his family.
The one exception to this was a film he made about halfway through his career where he played a relative of a famous fictional character. He was naturally bald for that role. A number of his friends advised him he should stay that way as it made him look even more distinguished but the actor rejected that. In fact, he even told reporters that he had shaved his head for the role.
He wore a toupee his whole film career and was never seen without it in public. In fact, he wore one even when spending time with his family.
The one exception to this was a film he made about halfway through his career where he played a relative of a famous fictional character. He was naturally bald for that role. A number of his friends advised him he should stay that way as it made him look even more distinguished but the actor rejected that. In fact, he even told reporters that he had shaved his head for the role.
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Played Sherlock Holmes's brother Mycroft in The Private Lives of Sherlock Holmes. Went bald in it.
ReplyDeleteThat’s a damn realistic looking piece!
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ReplyDeleteapparently Sean connery has been quite open on set about being bald...rips off his toupe after a scene
this is christopher lee.
Christopher Lee was a badass. He would have been terrifying bald.
ReplyDeleteChristopher Lee, what a legend. What I'd give to know what he did in the war before he was famous.
ReplyDeleteI always thought we'd have a national week of mourning when he died.
He served with the SAS and LRDG, and spoke several languages. Very impressive man.
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ReplyDeleteJames Bond was written by his cousin Ian Fleming partly about Lee's exploits in WW2. The man was and still is a complete legend.
ReplyDeleteChristopher Lee did look better bald.
ReplyDeleteThat hairpiece was obvious too.
How bald are we talking? His hairline usually looked real.
ReplyDeleteI bumped into Sean Connery walking out of an Upper East Side store as he was walking in. He wasn't wearing a toup. But he is VERY tall. (Or I am VERY short.)
ReplyDeleteChristopher Lee always scared the crap out of me. To show what kind of man he was - I was watching the interviews about The Wicker Man on the dvd. He complained that one of the producers didn't even say hello to his wife. It still upset him, because he said you can tell what kind of man the producer was if he couldn't even acknowledge his wife.
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unlikely to be connery as he is still alive...
ReplyDeletechristopher lee was my first thought when reading this so +1 to that guess
aww this makes me miss him all over again :(
ReplyDeleteBald men out there, dont feel bad! You don’t lose all your attractiveness just bc you are bald! Sincerely, a lot of women and gay guys
ReplyDeleteFrom what I remember Sean Connery went without the "crown-topper" in the 1965 film "The Hill" (there's me outed as an oldster. So not him.
ReplyDeleteRecorded a death metal album in his 90s. And no one thought it unusual.
ReplyDeleteGiven his wartime and pre war exploits (he volunteered to fight for the Finn's against the Russians) and the fact he was the son of an Italian countess famed for her beauty, he was pretty much in the top ten badasses of the 20th century.
Errol Flynn came to mind, but I'm not sure about the bald role.
ReplyDeleteHe was badass but nowhere near as tough as his brother, Bruce.
ReplyDeleteTed Danson is bald and has worn a hairpiece forever.
ReplyDeleteTed Danson is a very handsome man and he looks better w/ hair.
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ReplyDeleteI love learning all of this Christopher Lee trivia! Thanks, Everybody!😍
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