# When did Tony Curtis turn into Tor Johnson **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 27, 2008, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-tony-curtis-turn-into-tor-johnson/447132 "2008-04-27T21:31:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2008, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-tony-curtis-turn-into-tor-johnson/447132/1 "2008-04-27T21:31:04Z")
Im watching Graham Norton on BBC America, and holy crap. Is Tony sick with something? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2008, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-tony-curtis-turn-into-tor-johnson/447132/2 "2008-04-27T21:40:15Z")
Heh… **supervenusfreak** was watching the show last night and said he looked like [Otto Preminger](http://www.filmreference.com/Directors-Pe-Ri/Preminger-Otto.html)… Apparently the problem is just age and too much bad plastic surgery. I think he even mentioned that he’d had his forehead botoxed just for the show. His daughter is actually aging much more gracefully than he ever did. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2008, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-tony-curtis-turn-into-tor-johnson/447132/3 "2008-04-27T21:44:25Z")
Incidentally, for those who don’t have BBCAmerica or didn’t see the Graham Norton Show, we’re talking about [this](http://www.jamd.com/search?assettype=g&assetid=80725712&text=tony+curtis)… ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2008, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-tony-curtis-turn-into-tor-johnson/447132/4 "2008-04-27T21:53:16Z")
Jabba the Hut lives! Gah. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2008, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-tony-curtis-turn-into-tor-johnson/447132/5 "2008-04-27T21:57:12Z")
Hmm. Last time I saw him he was still doing the way over the top [toupees](http://www.huembwas.org/Pictures2/Curtis/curtis1.jpg). Guess he gave it up. (Trivia about Tony: the twins who played youngest son Adam on _Bewitched_ claim to be his illegitimate sons who were given up for adoption; they certainly [look like him](http://www.bewitched.net/adam.htm).) ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2008, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-tony-curtis-turn-into-tor-johnson/447132/6 "2008-04-27T22:03:30Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] Jabba the Hut lives! Gah. [/QUOTE] It’s kind of shocking if you haven’t seen him in a while. Especially since he’s definitely one of [those actors](http://www.allposters.com/gallery.asp?aid=334001&apnum=305966&DestType=7&Referrer%20=http://www.hollywoodteenmovies.com/PosterStoreTonyCurtis.html) who belong in the “Wow! They were hot once!” thread… ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2008, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-tony-curtis-turn-into-tor-johnson/447132/7 "2008-04-27T22:05:23Z")
[QUOTE=wolfman] Is Tony sick with something? [/QUOTE] C’mon, he’s 82 years old. It’s called aging, if you’re lucky it might just happen to you. No wonder people feel the need to get so much plastic surgery, if they’re over a certain age and have the gall to appear in public, somebody inevitably goes online and makes comments. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2008, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-tony-curtis-turn-into-tor-johnson/447132/8 "2008-04-27T22:18:57Z")
[QUOTE=jayjay] It’s kind of shocking if you haven’t seen him in a while. Especially since he’s definitely one of [those actors](http://www.allposters.com/gallery.asp?aid=334001&apnum=305966&DestType=7&Referrer%20=http://www.hollywoodteenmovies.com/PosterStoreTonyCurtis.html) who belong in the “Wow! They were hot once!” thread… [/QUOTE] I will always love him in Some Like It Hot. I prefer to remember him that way… ---
**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:** [April 27, 2008, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-tony-curtis-turn-into-tor-johnson/447132/9 "2008-04-27T22:44:06Z")
[QUOTE=jayjay] It’s kind of shocking if you haven’t seen him in a while. Especially since he’s definitely one of [those actors](http://www.allposters.com/gallery.asp?aid=334001&apnum=305966&DestType=7&Referrer%20=http://www.hollywoodteenmovies.com/PosterStoreTonyCurtis.html) who belong in the “Wow! They were hot once!” thread… [/QUOTE] [Definitely.](http://www.jbench68.com/our3doxies/MOVIES%20TELEVISION/ACTORS%20A-F/curtis_tony-1_12506.jpg) ---
**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:** [April 27, 2008, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-tony-curtis-turn-into-tor-johnson/447132/10 "2008-04-27T23:54:07Z")
Well, the funny ‘age spot’ mottling [like giant freckles] seem to be endemic to actors of his vintage. I once heard someone say it was a result of both too much tanning, and the makeup they used crapping out the skin. I also see the tip of his nose looks like it had a bit of work and suffered a bit f collapse like Michael Jackson, he has old age saggy jowels and around the eyes. I would be willing to bet that if we had a makeup artist work on him with some of that high covering stuff that people with port wine stains and scars he would look phenomenally better. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2008, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-tony-curtis-turn-into-tor-johnson/447132/11 "2008-04-28T00:05:34Z")
[QUOTE=Icarus] C’mon, he’s 82 years old. It’s called aging, if you’re lucky it might just happen to you. No wonder people feel the need to get so much plastic surgery, if they’re over a certain age and have the gall to appear in public, somebody inevitably goes online and makes comments. [/QUOTE] +1 ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2008, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-tony-curtis-turn-into-tor-johnson/447132/12 "2008-04-28T13:04:08Z")
I watched that show and didn’t recognize him till he spoke . . . I thought he was Kevin Bacon’s manager or something. I think Tony Curtis must be on some heavy steroids or something, like Jerry Lewis was a few years ago for whatever illness he had. Very sad. ---
**Author:** ![greatshakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/58956e/32.png) [@greatshakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/greatshakes)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-tony-curtis-turn-into-tor-johnson/447132/13 "2008-04-29T14:22:00Z")
[QUOTE=Sigmagirl] I watched that show and didn’t recognize him till he spoke . . . I thought he was Kevin Bacon’s manager or something. [/QUOTE] I think that this is the second funniest line I’ve ever read on the Dope. Also, I thought that the picture was one of Rod Steiger. It is sad, he used to be prettier than a girl. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-tony-curtis-turn-into-tor-johnson/447132/14 "2008-04-29T17:00:33Z")
[QUOTE=greatshakes] It is sad, he used to be prettier than a girl. [/QUOTE] But not very pretty _[as](http://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/images/74drag1.jpg)_ a girl. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-tony-curtis-turn-into-tor-johnson/447132/15 "2008-04-29T18:01:28Z")
He was way hotter than Jack Lemmon. ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-tony-curtis-turn-into-tor-johnson/447132/16 "2008-04-29T18:22:24Z")
And is way gayer. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-tony-curtis-turn-into-tor-johnson/447132/17 "2008-04-30T03:28:08Z")
Huh. Now he _is_ the castle of his fadda, the king. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-tony-curtis-turn-into-tor-johnson/447132/18 "2008-04-30T03:45:03Z")
[QUOTE=Scumpup] He was way hotter than Jack Lemmon. [/QUOTE] Marie Dressler was way hotter than Jack Lemmon. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-tony-curtis-turn-into-tor-johnson/447132/19 "2008-04-30T07:25:27Z")
[QUOTE=ChiefScott] And is way gayer. [/QUOTE] Are you saying he eats more snails than oysters?