# Actor burn victim? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 12, 2006, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-burn-victim/364174 "2006-07-12T14:07:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-burn-victim/364174/1 "2006-07-12T14:07:50Z")
I half remember reading about an actor who was badly burned, but still managed to get movie roles. This may have been in the 70s or 80s. Does this ring a bell with anybody? My Googling failed to come up with anything. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-burn-victim/364174/2 "2006-07-12T14:11:05Z")
Jack Palance suffered from burns during WWII, but that may be older than you’re thinking. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-burn-victim/364174/3 "2006-07-12T14:11:15Z")
Richard Pryor? ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-burn-victim/364174/4 "2006-07-12T14:11:43Z")
Maybe not who you’re thinking of, but Jack Palance comes to mind. His face was disfigured when he crashed while serving in the Army Air Corps in WWII. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-burn-victim/364174/5 "2006-07-12T14:12:42Z")
[Robert David Hall](http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=30547) or [Jack Palance](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Palance) perhaps? ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-burn-victim/364174/6 "2006-07-12T14:13:05Z")
And now I feel like Jack Palance to **Zeldar’s** Alan Ladd. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-burn-victim/364174/7 "2006-07-12T14:16:56Z")
No, it wasn’t Pryor or Palance. I didn’t know that about Jack Palance, though, interesting. Probably not Robert David Hall either, I likely would have remembered him missing legs. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-burn-victim/364174/8 "2006-07-12T14:18:22Z")
[QUOTE=Slithy Tove] And now I feel like Jack Palance to **Zeldar’s** Alan Ladd. [/QUOTE] Beautiful! ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-burn-victim/364174/9 "2006-07-12T14:20:28Z")
This is so annoying! I know the guy you mean, I think. He had blond hair and played villains a lot. Off to the IMDB! ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-burn-victim/364174/10 "2006-07-12T14:21:40Z")
[QUOTE=Slithy Tove] And now I feel like Jack Palance to **Zeldar’s** Alan Ladd. [/QUOTE] Better that than Elisha Cook Jr to his JP. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-burn-victim/364174/11 "2006-07-12T14:24:11Z")
[QUOTE=aldiboronti] This is so annoying! I know the guy you mean, I think. He had blond hair and played villains a lot. Off to the IMDB! [/QUOTE] Yes, I’m pretty sure that’s correct. I didn’t mention he was blonde, because I wasn’t quite sure. I hesitate to mention this, because I’m even less sure on this one, but he _may_ have looked a bit like Rutger Hauer. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-burn-victim/364174/12 "2006-07-12T14:26:20Z")
[QUOTE=don’t ask] Better that than Elisha Cook Jr to his JP. [/QUOTE] Or the Elisha Cook Jr character in _Pale Rider_ or John Russell, for that matter. Did Burt Reynolds get burned or just bad plastic work? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-burn-victim/364174/13 "2006-07-12T14:28:38Z")
[QUOTE=Revtim] I hesitate to mention this, because I’m even less sure on this one, but he _may_ have looked a bit like Rutger Hauer. [/QUOTE] Without looking at IMDb, John Lynch fits the bill of looking like Rutger. He’s done some vampire roles and is a good villain type. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-burn-victim/364174/14 "2006-07-12T14:37:51Z")
[Mel Gibson](http://www.snopes.com/glurge/noface.htm)? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-burn-victim/364174/15 "2006-07-12T14:39:18Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] Without looking at IMDb, John Lynch fits the bill of looking like Rutger. He’s done some vampire roles and is a good villain type. [/QUOTE] Make that [Richard Lynch](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0528433/bio) who did have a bad burn (see link). ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-burn-victim/364174/16 "2006-07-12T14:45:52Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] Make that [Richard Lynch](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0528433/bio) who did have a bad burn (see link). [/QUOTE] That’s the guy. Thanks! **Zeldar** wins this thread! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-burn-victim/364174/17 "2006-07-12T15:00:38Z")
[QUOTE=Revtim] That’s the guy. Thanks! **Zeldar** wins this thread! [/QUOTE] Righteous! It was the Rutger thing that helped with the face and (part of) the name. I had no idea about his burn, though, until I read the bio at IMDb. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-burn-victim/364174/18 "2006-07-12T16:10:18Z")
Also, Reggie Nalder had a long career. He scars had been supposedly been caused by burns. Ironically, his most memorable character is not a role that he is well for as being the actor (because of the makeup): The Andorian Ambassador from Star Trek TOS “Journey to Babel.” ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-burn-victim/364174/19 "2006-07-12T16:43:31Z")
I know it’s not the actor the OP means, but[Dan Haggerty (Grizzly Adams)](http://www.tvobscurities.com/articles/grizzly.php) also was badly burned when his beard caught fire: > [@](#): > > During his thirty-fourth birthday party in November of 1977, Dan Haggerty was badly burned when a flaming drink was accidentally splashed across his face, setting his beard on fire. Although a nearby waiter attempted to put on the flames with his own body, Haggerty nevertheless required plastic surgery. Due to his injuries, production on the series was halted for a month. [He is still getting steady work.](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0353624/) ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-burn-victim/364174/20 "2006-07-12T20:53:24Z")
Sort of a hijack - Who are some other actors that had facial injuries - [Edward Hibbert](http://images.villagevoice.com/specials/obies/9821/hibbert.jpg) springs to mind, as does the actor from Angelheart. Who was the female actor in teh hollywood heyday that had the facial scarring that caused Max Factor to infent face spackle [what ever the stuff is actually called] to fill in her scar, and are there any pictures of her without makeup? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-burn-victim/364174.md?page=2)