# Famous People who wear an eyepatch? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 13, 2005, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-wear-an-eyepatch/308104 "2005-06-13T16:55:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-wear-an-eyepatch/308104/1 "2005-06-13T16:55:37Z")
Walking by a the desk of a co-worker who was leafing through the new “New York” magazine, I stopped and said, “Oh turn back. That must be an article about Andrew Vachss.” It was actually a review of his new book, but she asked me “How did you know it was him?” Well, duh, the black [eyepatch](http://www.vachss.com/dogs/index.html) was a good clue. And it also begs the question: Does any other famouse person wear an eyepatch? I can only think of Sammie Davis Jr, who later replaced his missing eye with a glass one. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-wear-an-eyepatch/308104/2 "2005-06-13T16:56:31Z")
There’s the guy in the old shirt ads – Arrow, was it? ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-wear-an-eyepatch/308104/3 "2005-06-13T17:18:32Z")
The Man in the Hathaway Shirt wore an eyepatch. John Ford, famous for his Westerns, also wore an eyepatch. ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-wear-an-eyepatch/308104/4 "2005-06-13T17:18:50Z")
I don’t know about “famous” but definitely an legend within the surf community. [Jack O’Neill](http://www.thedirtfarm.com/jack_o_neill_is_a_dirt_farmer.htm) is the developer of the modern neoprene wetsuit (despite what those guys over at Body Glove say!) and the manufacturer of O’Neill wetsuits. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-wear-an-eyepatch/308104/5 "2005-06-13T17:20:40Z")
Basil St. John - from “Brenda Starr” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-wear-an-eyepatch/308104/6 "2005-06-13T17:26:57Z")
> [@plnnr](#): > > The Man in the Hathaway Shirt wore an eyepatch. Well, yeah, I guess having a one-eyed guy do Arrow shirts would be pretty damn oogy. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-wear-an-eyepatch/308104/7 "2005-06-13T17:49:55Z")
[Moshe Dayan](http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,1101670616,00.html) was the most famous one for quite a while. ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-wear-an-eyepatch/308104/8 "2005-06-13T18:07:26Z")
Sammy Davis Jr. wore one for quite a while. He talks about it in his autobiography. ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-wear-an-eyepatch/308104/9 "2005-06-13T18:09:08Z")
Note to self: Read all of OP’s post. Then you won’t look quite the fool you do when you skip the last sentence. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-wear-an-eyepatch/308104/10 "2005-06-13T18:11:48Z")
Dr. Hook. Bazooka Joe. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-wear-an-eyepatch/308104/11 "2005-06-13T18:14:27Z")
Film Director [Andre de Toth](http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/03/25/de_toth_interview.html). What’s ironic is that his biggest hit, **House of Wax** , was a 3D movie and he couldn’t see in 3D. [Raoul Walsh](http://www.theyshootpictures.com/walshraoul.htm) was another film director who wore an eyepatch. In addition, Fritz Lang had only one good eye, but he didn’t wear an eyepatch. Peter Falk doesn’t wear an eyepatch, but he does have a glass eye. Historically, there was Admiral Horatio Nelson. He sometimes would wear his eyepatch over his _good_ eye to protect it. For fictional characters, there’s Elle Driver in **Kill Bill**. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-wear-an-eyepatch/308104/12 "2005-06-13T18:14:32Z")
Nick Fury ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-wear-an-eyepatch/308104/13 "2005-06-13T18:16:12Z")
[Momus](http://www.metrotimes.com/music/features/19/03/magist.html). ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-wear-an-eyepatch/308104/14 "2005-06-13T18:48:11Z")
Oh, and yer old pal Painty the Pirate from _Spongebob Squarepants_. And his parrot, too. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-wear-an-eyepatch/308104/15 "2005-06-13T19:16:35Z")
There is some British female journalist who lost an eye to a bomb in some war torn land. I can’t remember her name at the moment. **Basil St. John** was my first thought. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-wear-an-eyepatch/308104/16 "2005-06-13T19:20:16Z")
While we are on the subject of one eyed peoples, there is a sportscaster/reporter for ESPN, an Af-Am guy early thirties who wears glasses. There is something going on with his left eye, we think. Anyone know the dirt? ---
**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:** [June 13, 2005, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-wear-an-eyepatch/308104/17 "2005-06-13T19:26:58Z")
Captain Francesca ‘Franky’ Cook from _Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow._ ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-wear-an-eyepatch/308104/18 "2005-06-13T19:35:17Z")
Glass sculptor Dale Chihuly wears an eyepatch. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-wear-an-eyepatch/308104/19 "2005-06-13T19:40:46Z")
Does anybody know why Jamey Sheridan has been wearing an eyepatch lately on _L&O: CI_? ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-wear-an-eyepatch/308104/20 "2005-06-13T21:27:36Z")
Sandy Duncan wore an eyepatch for a bit after she lost her eye. Oh, and Number 2 of course. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-wear-an-eyepatch/308104.md?page=2)