# Hairiest actors? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 25, 2006, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hairiest-actors/374115 "2006-09-25T20:16:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![cactus\_waltz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@cactus\_waltz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cactus_waltz)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2006, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hairiest-actors/374115/21 "2006-09-26T15:31:25Z")
I wonder how many times a day mr. Williams needs to shave. ---
**Author:** ![Mrs.Cake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2006, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hairiest-actors/374115/22 "2006-09-26T15:46:35Z")
Not in the same category as Mr. Williams, but I remember being surprised at the amount of body hair on Patrick Stewart during a topless shot in _I, Claudius_ . Not the plucked, shaved and oiled Captain Picard of later years. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Eater\_in\_the\_Round](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71c47a/32.png) [@The\_Eater\_in\_the\_Round](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Eater_in_the_Round)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2006, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hairiest-actors/374115/23 "2006-09-26T16:12:15Z")
In the hairy but still good looking category I nominate **Pierce Brosnan.** ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2006, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hairiest-actors/374115/24 "2006-09-26T16:47:06Z")
I’ve only seen him with his clothes off in “The Piano,” but I seem to recall Harvey Keitel being a hairy guy. And his body is almost as oddly-shaped as Robin Williams’ (but not quite). I can’t find a photo online, though. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2006, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hairiest-actors/374115/25 "2006-09-26T16:52:15Z")
[QUOTE=carlb] [Bob Hoskins](http://intempestiva.blogsome.com/images/BobHoskinsRogerRabbit02.jpg), while maybe not quite up to the Robin Williams standard, is pretty hairy. The scene in _Who Framed Roger Rabbit?_ that the still comes from shows off his ample back hair, too. [/QUOTE] You can get a good eyeful of his ample front hair if you see the movie _Mrs. Henderson Presents_ - and a lot more, besides. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2006, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hairiest-actors/374115/26 "2006-09-26T17:30:50Z")
Cousin it. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2006, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hairiest-actors/374115/27 "2006-09-26T17:39:17Z")
I think even Robin Williams would happily claim the title of Hairiest Actor, any further discussion should be about who’s the second hairiest. I remember a People (or a similar magazine) article about Williams back in his Mork heydey and a picture that showed him from behind walking down the beach with his wife. He was wearing shorts which he hiked up over his buttcheeks. The hair never stopped or even thinned out in the buttockal region. Has anyone ever noticed how the work hirsute sounds like hair suit? ---
**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:** [September 26, 2006, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hairiest-actors/374115/28 "2006-09-26T17:59:20Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] Actually, [I think I have our winner here](http://emmanuel.denis.free.fr/images/teenwolf.JPG). 🆒 [/QUOTE] GOLDURNIT! Now if I say Lon Chaney Jr., it won’t be as funny, or even original, just anticlimactic. Oh, the hell with it. [Lon Chaney Jr.](http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://drborgo.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/wolfman.gif&imgrefurl=http://drborgo.tripod.com/&h=630&w=484&sz=345&hl=en&start=39&tbnid=xVGq-ukQOJu9IM:&tbnh=137&tbnw=105&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dlon%2Bchaney%2Bjunior,%2Bwolfman%26start%3D20%26ndsp%3D20%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN) ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2006, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hairiest-actors/374115/29 "2006-09-26T18:22:44Z")
King Kong ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2006, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hairiest-actors/374115/30 "2006-09-26T20:40:21Z")
In the scenes in \*Garp \* where Williams plays a teenager, at one point he gets into a little semi-naked tryst with the neighbor girl. He takes off his shirt and he’s hairless- I always wondered what he went through to look like that, considering the natural sweater he’s saddled with. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2006, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hairiest-actors/374115/31 "2006-09-26T20:51:28Z")
Jeremy Piven. ---
**Author:** ![pizzabrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9c0ed/32.png) [@pizzabrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pizzabrat)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2006, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hairiest-actors/374115/32 "2006-09-26T20:55:02Z")
[QUOTE=teela brown] You can get a good eyeful of his ample front hair if you see the movie _Mrs. Henderson Presents_ - and a lot more, besides. [/QUOTE] Are you sure that wasn’t a double? It was a pretty distant shot. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2006, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hairiest-actors/374115/33 "2006-09-26T22:06:30Z")
[QUOTE=pizzabrat] Are you sure that wasn’t a double? It was a pretty distant shot. [/QUOTE] Good question. Somehow I think every inch is him, though. I’ll go over to IMDB trivia and see if they reveal the hard truth. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2006, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hairiest-actors/374115/34 "2006-09-26T22:27:45Z")
Nothing at IMDB trivia, but at [about.com](http://about.com), there’s an interview with Mr. Hoskins in which he [confirms](http://movies.about.com/od/interviewswithactors/a/hendersbh120705.htm) that you are seeing the real Bob, hairy front, “ol’ wrinkly”, and all. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2006, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hairiest-actors/374115/35 "2006-09-26T23:56:26Z")
As a side comment, I once saw Robin Williams on a show when he was promoting _Hook_. He mentioned that they’d had to shave his arms for the movie, and he referred to himself as a “human Chia pet”. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2006, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hairiest-actors/374115/36 "2006-09-28T20:28:15Z")
[QUOTE=tremorviolet] I dunno, I think Robin Willilams wins. [Jamie Farr](http://www.wallsoffame.com/assets/images/1199farr.jpg) [Robin Williams](http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/sundance/sundance_photos/robin_williams/sundance8.jpg) I’ve was right next to Robin Williams at a bike ride (so he was in short sleeves and shorts) and, man, he is one hairy guy… [/QUOTE] Slight hijack: Didja know Jamie Farr was in _No Time for Sargeants_? Check out his [page](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0268026/) on the IMDB. He was in his 50’s when he was in M_A_S\*H. ---
**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:** [September 28, 2006, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hairiest-actors/374115/37 "2006-09-28T20:39:13Z")
Kelsey Grammer is another hairy chest, not so much on top guy. ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hairiest-actors/374115/38 "2006-10-01T19:38:37Z")
I am really surprised that [Ron Jeremy](http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/festivals/02/22/muff.html) has not been mentioned yet. Or do Dopers not want to admit that they have seen his work? SGT Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hairiest-actors/374115/39 "2006-10-01T19:42:27Z")
I vote for [Gossamer](http://www.animationartgallery.com/CJLMB2.html). ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hairiest-actors/374115/40 "2006-10-01T20:26:34Z")
[QUOTE=RealityChuck] Cheetah . [/QUOTE] That’s “Cheeta”, for the _correct_ spelling, Bob! 😛 > **[Cheeta](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheeta)** > > Cheeta (sometimes billed as Cheetah, Cheta, or Chita) is a chimpanzee character that appeared in numerous Hollywood Tarzan films of the 1930s–1960s, as well as the 1966–1968 television series, as the ape sidekick of the title character, Tarzan. Cheeta has usually been characterized as male, but sometimes as female, and has been portrayed by chimpanzees of both sexes. While the character of Cheeta is inextricably associated in the public mind with Tarzan, no chimpanzees appear in the original Tar... And he’s still alive! > [@](#): > > Cheeta became the longest lived known chimpanzee upon reaching the age 64 in 1996. Cheeta is still alive at the age of 74, living at the primate sanctuary called Creative Habitats and Enrichment for Endangered and Threatened Apes - or CHEETA in Palm Springs, California. He is cited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s oldest primate (presumably meaning oldest non-human primate). > > In retirement Cheeta watches television and makes paintings which are sold to benefit primate-related charities. He often watches his old films with his grandson, Jiggs. Photo Link– [http://gamma.fnphoto.com/stories/2156/](http://gamma.fnphoto.com/stories/2156/) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hairiest-actors/374115.md?page=1)