# Robert Redford--WTF with the hair? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 4, 2015, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-redford-wtf-with-the-hair/736646 "2015-11-04T20:25:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2015, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-redford-wtf-with-the-hair/736646/1 "2015-11-04T20:25:11Z")
[http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=robert+redford+red+toupee&view=detailv2&&id=18C482F37AF95ADDB36117C61DEA4176F636D8B1&selectedIndex=0&ccid=7JHfJaJ2&simid=608000729439667834&thid=OIP.Mec91df25a276dc077312b0e50e8f22c1o1&ajaxhist=0](http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=robert+redford+red+toupee&view=detailv2&&id=18C482F37AF95ADDB36117C61DEA4176F636D8B1&selectedIndex=0&ccid=7JHfJaJ2&simid=608000729439667834&thid=OIP.Mec91df25a276dc077312b0e50e8f22c1o1&ajaxhist=0) Ok, that’s really bad Toupee or silly dye job? ---
**Author:** ![Gothic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Gothic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gothic)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2015, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-redford-wtf-with-the-hair/736646/2 "2015-11-04T20:29:26Z")
His IMBD pic looks Donald like. > **[Robert Redford - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000602/)** > > Robert Redford. Actor: The Natural. Legendary movie star Robert Redford was born during the depression on August 18, 1936, in Santa Monica, California, to Charles Robert Redford, a Rhode Island native, who was a milkman-turned-accountant for Standard... ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2015, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-redford-wtf-with-the-hair/736646/3 "2015-11-04T20:33:29Z")
Wig…really bad wig. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-redford-wtf-with-the-hair/736646/4 "2015-11-05T00:04:56Z")
Thanks for bringing this up. I saw him in an interview Monday night on MSNBC by Chris Matthews(please don’t hate me). I thought the same. WTF? ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-redford-wtf-with-the-hair/736646/5 "2015-11-05T00:12:42Z")
Looking at other pictures, he still seems to have a good head of hair. My guess would be that he needed to shave his head for a role and either they’re still filming or his hair hasn’t grown back yet. No reason to buy a good wig if you just need it for a month or two. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-redford-wtf-with-the-hair/736646/6 "2015-11-05T14:38:31Z")
I guessing that he’s had some serious medical problem … cancer maybe? I’ve seen some of his Sundance Channel appearances over the past couple years where he’s actually worn a scarf over his head. If this is true I give him some extra credit for not making his “heroic struggle against a terrible disease” into headline news story. ---
**Author:** ![JKilez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-redford-wtf-with-the-hair/736646/7 "2015-11-05T15:27:53Z")
> [@Gothic](#): > > His IMBD pic looks Donald like. > > [Robert Redford - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000602/) Yeah, but tousled, unkempt hair has sort of been his trademark, so that tells us nothing. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-redford-wtf-with-the-hair/736646/8 "2015-11-05T20:59:40Z")
Hmm. I wonder if it’s still his real hair, but dyed? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-redford-wtf-with-the-hair/736646/9 "2015-11-05T23:23:11Z")
Why would he dye a wig made out of his own hair? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2015, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-redford-wtf-with-the-hair/736646/10 "2015-11-06T00:34:10Z")
No, I’m saying it may still be his own hair, growing out of his head, but dyed so it’s not white. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2015, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-redford-wtf-with-the-hair/736646/11 "2015-11-06T00:52:31Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > No, I’m saying it may still be his own hair, growing out of his head, but dyed so it’s not white. Why the need to dye it? He’s only 79. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2015, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-redford-wtf-with-the-hair/736646/12 "2015-11-06T01:05:55Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > Thanks for bringing this up. I saw him in an interview Monday night on MSNBC by Chris Matthews(please don’t hate me). > > I thought the same. WTF? I saw the same interview. His hair did look odd, but what I really noticed was his cheeks. It looked like he had on rouge. Regarding the movie he was promoting, man I just don’t care about that issue and have no desire to see it, in spite of the lovely Cate Blanchett. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2015, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-redford-wtf-with-the-hair/736646/13 "2015-11-06T16:46:13Z")
> [@handsomeharry](#): > > Why the need to dye it? He’s only 79. I’m not saying that he _needed_ to, just that it looked like maybe he did.