# 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:** 2
**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, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-wear-an-eyepatch/308104/21 "2005-06-13T22:27:36Z")
> [@Dr. Rieux](#): > > Does anybody know why Jamey Sheridan has been wearing an eyepatch lately on _L&O: CI_? It was mentioned on the show that his character had Bell’s Palsy, and I heard that Sheridan has it in real life, and it was written in. ---
**Author:** ![CapnPitt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/edb3f5/32.png) [@CapnPitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CapnPitt)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-wear-an-eyepatch/308104/22 "2005-06-13T22:46:04Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > 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? The guy in question is Stuart Scott. He was working out as a receiver for the NY Jets and got hit in the eye (presumably by a football). Hence, messed up eye. I don’t think he lost the eye though, but that’s an unfounded guess. ---
**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, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-wear-an-eyepatch/308104/23 "2005-06-13T22:59:50Z")
> [@CapnPitt](#): > > The guy in question is Stuart Scott. He was working out as a receiver for the NY Jets and got hit in the eye (presumably by a football). Hence, messed up eye. I don’t think he lost the eye though, but that’s an unfounded guess. Thank you. He looks alot like Carlton from Fresh Prince, don’t he? ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-wear-an-eyepatch/308104/24 "2005-06-14T06:49:31Z")
Warren Hinkle, a journalist in San Francisco, wears a patch on his left eye. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-wear-an-eyepatch/308104/25 "2005-06-14T07:06:48Z")
> [@CapnPitt](#): > > The guy in question is Stuart Scott. He was working out as a receiver for the NY Jets and got hit in the eye (presumably by a football). Hence, messed up eye. I don’t think he lost the eye though, but that’s an unfounded guess. Close. Wikipedia says Scott was injured at a Jets practice he was _covering_. (And I didn’t know that until just now; I also thought it was an athletics injury. Turns out it only happened three years ago.) He was hit in the eye by a machine-launched football and needed surgery on his cornea, so it doesn’t appear he lost the eye. His left eye doesn’t open all the way and his left eyebrow does weird things sometimes, which is what made me finally notice the thing a couple of months ago. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-wear-an-eyepatch/308104/26 "2005-06-14T07:10:40Z")
**ftg** Sandy Duncan lost _sight_ in one eye but she did not “lose her eye”. Just thought that clarification was necessary. ---
**Author:** ![Futile\_Gesture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f05b48/32.png) [@Futile\_Gesture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Futile_Gesture)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-wear-an-eyepatch/308104/27 "2005-06-14T09:32:24Z")
Tom \*\*Arrrrrh!\*\*nold. David \*\*Arrrrrh!\*\*quette. He has a hook as well. sorry! ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-wear-an-eyepatch/308104/28 "2005-06-14T11:01:17Z")
Actually, I’m considering starting to wear an eyepatch. I’m been blind in my left eye for some years, and it no longer tracks with the right eye. It doesn’t bother me, but I can tell people are sometimes wondering what the hell I’m looking at while I’m talking to them. In addition people who think I have seen them suddenly appear on my blind side and startlements ensue. If I were wearing a patch I’m assuming wait staff wouldn’t stand deferentially at my left elbow until they decide I’m ignoring them, or scare the crap out of me. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-wear-an-eyepatch/308104/29 "2005-06-14T12:27:18Z")
> [@CapnPitt](#): > > The guy in question is Stuart Scott. He was working out as a receiver for the NY Jets and got hit in the eye (presumably by a football). Hence, messed up eye. I don’t think he lost the eye though, but that’s an unfounded guess. Yep - I believe he detached his retina when he missed a catch and the ball hit him. He did a story later in which he returned to training camp to work out with the guys (sort of a “this is what they go through for football” story), almost exactly duplicated his missed catch and injury, and almost lost sight in that eye. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-wear-an-eyepatch/308104/30 "2005-06-14T13:16:57Z")
> [@Bill Door](#): > > Actually, I’m considering starting to wear an eyepatch. I’m been blind in my left eye for some years, and it no longer tracks with the right eye. It doesn’t bother me, but I can tell people are sometimes wondering what the hell I’m looking at while I’m talking to them. > > In addition people who think I have seen them suddenly appear on my blind side and startlements ensue. If I were wearing a patch I’m assuming wait staff wouldn’t stand deferentially at my left elbow until they decide I’m ignoring them, or scare the crap out of me. I hope this isn’t too personal a question, but does only having sight in one eye have an effect on your depth perception? If so, is it much of a hinderance? I ask because as a kid I had to wear an eyepatch in an effort to correct lazy eye, and all I can remember is that my depth perception was really screwed up. I can’t imagine having the same problems as an adult trying to drive, etc. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-wear-an-eyepatch/308104/31 "2005-06-14T13:35:06Z")
I’ve often wondered what happened to Stuart Scott. Thanks for clearing that up. For fictional, Dean Martin’s character in (I think) _The Sons Of Katie Elder_ wore one briefly for the bar scene with Strother Martin. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-wear-an-eyepatch/308104/32 "2005-06-14T14:41:50Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > I’ve often wondered what happened to Stuart Scott. Thanks for clearing that up. Did we clear it up? We offered three different versions of what happened. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ichbin\_Dubist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ichbin\_Dubist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichbin_Dubist)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-wear-an-eyepatch/308104/33 "2005-06-14T14:47:21Z")
[James Joyce](http://www.themodernword.com/joyce/jj_abbott.html) ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/96bed5/32.png) [@Cat\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Jones)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-wear-an-eyepatch/308104/34 "2005-06-14T15:09:09Z")
Singer [Gabrielle](http://www.gabrielle.co.uk/enter.html) used to wear a patch but nowadays seems to prefer sunglasses or a low haning fringe. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-wear-an-eyepatch/308104/35 "2005-06-14T15:16:33Z")
Las Vegas celebrity gossip reporter [Norm Clarke](http://www.reviewjournal.com/columnists/clarke.html) has worn one for years, since the 80’s at least when he was a sports reporter in Denver. ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-wear-an-eyepatch/308104/36 "2005-06-14T16:30:24Z")
I remember a member of some hair band wore one for a bit. Firehouse maybe? Didn’t Saun Cassidy wear one when he was doing soaps? Heck, weren’t eyepatches trendy in soaps for a while? ---
**Author:** ![Walker\_in\_Eternity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walker\_in\_Eternity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walker_in_Eternity)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-wear-an-eyepatch/308104/37 "2005-06-15T07:52:10Z")
Jazz musician George Melley.[Picture](http://www.liv.ac.uk/pro/news/press_releases/2002/images/melly&watry.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-wear-an-eyepatch/308104/38 "2005-06-15T11:03:04Z")
> [@plnnr](#): > > I hope this isn’t too personal a question, but does only having sight in one eye have an effect on your depth perception? If so, is it much of a hinderance? I ask because as a kid I had to wear an eyepatch in an effort to correct lazy eye, and all I can remember is that my depth perception was really screwed up. I can’t imagine having the same problems as an adult trying to drive, etc. The depth perception is surprisingly not a problem most of the time. For distances over some small number of feet the angle of parallax is too small for depth perception to matter and you judge distance by other cues. Close up, within 10 feet or so, it is a problem, but not insurmountable. ---
**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 16, 2005, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-wear-an-eyepatch/308104/39 "2005-06-16T11:52:42Z")
> [@kidchameleon](#): > > I remember a member of some hair band wore one for a bit. Firehouse maybe? > > Didn’t Saun Cassidy wear one when he was doing soaps? Heck, weren’t eyepatches trendy in soaps for a while? You’re thinking of Steve Nichols, who played “Patch” Johnson on _Days of our Lives_. The eyepatch was later spoofed when he did an appearance on _The Nanny_, which start Days aluminus Charles Shannessey. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2005, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-wear-an-eyepatch/308104/40 "2005-06-17T17:48:51Z")
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