# Who is the most famous person without a headshot on the Internet Movie Database? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 1, 2003, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-without-a-headshot-on-the-internet-movie-database/158470 "2003-03-01T22:53:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-without-a-headshot-on-the-internet-movie-database/158470/1 "2003-03-01T22:53:21Z")
I just noticed that George Carlin has no picture on the IMDB. [http://us.imdb.com/Name?Carlin,%20George](http://us.imdb.com/Name?Carlin,%20George) He’s pretty famous and this got me wondering who is the most famous person that doesn’t have their picture on that site. Dopers? ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-without-a-headshot-on-the-internet-movie-database/158470/2 "2003-03-01T23:39:08Z")
I can’t help it. I know it’s insensitive, but [Vic Morrow](http://us.imdb.com/Name?Morrow,+Vic) doesn’t have one. When I read this thread title it was the first thing I thought of. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Fibber\_McGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a6a055/32.png) [@Fibber\_McGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fibber_McGee)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-without-a-headshot-on-the-internet-movie-database/158470/3 "2003-03-02T00:16:21Z")
Why is it inseneitive? The fact that he’s been dead for 20 years doesn’t explain the lack of a headshot. Actors who’ve been dead for a lot longer have headshots on IMDB. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-without-a-headshot-on-the-internet-movie-database/158470/4 "2003-03-02T00:25:53Z")
**Fibber:** [Vic Morrow was decapitated.](http://www.findadeath.com/Decesed/m/Vic%20Morrow/vic_morrow.htm) ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-without-a-headshot-on-the-internet-movie-database/158470/5 "2003-03-02T05:55:58Z")
Anyway, to bring this back to less-morbid discussion, a quick search revealed such luminaries as: Julie “Marge Simpson” Kavner Late Late Show host Craig Kilborn Lewis Black (“Back in Black”, stand-up comedy) Dan “Homer Simpson” Castellaneta has a picture of Homer for a headshot. ---
**Author:** ![Fibber\_McGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a6a055/32.png) [@Fibber\_McGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fibber_McGee)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-without-a-headshot-on-the-internet-movie-database/158470/6 "2003-03-02T06:03:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Scarlett67 \* > \*\ ***Fibber:** [Vic Morrow was decapitated.](http://www.findadeath.com/Decesed/m/Vic%20Morrow/vic_morrow.htm) \*\* :smack: _Now_ I get it! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kebbyrd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ee7513/32.png) [@kebbyrd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kebbyrd)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-without-a-headshot-on-the-internet-movie-database/158470/7 "2003-03-02T06:12:36Z")
It might not qualify under a strict reading of the OP, but William Shakespeare, as a writer, has no headshot. Also, there is no poster for God ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-without-a-headshot-on-the-internet-movie-database/158470/8 "2003-03-02T06:22:51Z")
Vic Morrow is the father of [Jennifer Jason Leigh](http://us.imdb.com/Name?Leigh,%20Jennifer%20Jason) who does, as a matter of fact, have a headshot. [Ciarán Hinds](http://us.imdb.com/Name?Hinds,%20Ciar%E1n) doesn’t have a headshot, which surprises me. He’s quite an active and prolific actor. You’d recognize him if you saw him. (I noticed that he was in “Road to Perdition” so I looked him up.) ---
**Author:** ![Fibber\_McGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a6a055/32.png) [@Fibber\_McGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fibber_McGee)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-without-a-headshot-on-the-internet-movie-database/158470/9 "2003-03-02T06:38:27Z")
There may be a logical answer to this mystery . . . Does IMDB just put up headshots/photo galleries on its own, or must the actor (or, more realistically, their agent/PR people) pay for IMDB to do so? And does this apply in the case of deceased actors? ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-without-a-headshot-on-the-internet-movie-database/158470/10 "2003-03-02T08:13:52Z")
The Internet Movie Database’s [info page](https://secure.imdb.com/store/p/publicity) on submitting publicity shots. Click on those gray buttons near the top of the page for details on who may submit photos. In all cases, the submitters must pay for this service. And no, fans may not submit photos. Only the subject person or his/her authorized representative or heir. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-without-a-headshot-on-the-internet-movie-database/158470/11 "2003-03-02T08:27:22Z")
Interesting. [G. W. Bush](http://us.imdb.com/Name?Bush,+George+W.) must have done this then. Now I know a lot of men cheer but his trivia still immediately puts the image of Bush singing “Oh Mickey you’re so fine” in my mind. Anyway his father doesn’t have a head shot though. Although you probably want to toss out those who aren’t true actors like him. ---
**Author:** ![SnugTheJoiner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e8c25b/32.png) [@SnugTheJoiner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnugTheJoiner)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-without-a-headshot-on-the-internet-movie-database/158470/12 "2003-03-02T08:27:51Z")
Incredible as I find this, Theodor S. Geisel–aka Dr. Seuss–has no headshot! ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-without-a-headshot-on-the-internet-movie-database/158470/13 "2003-03-02T08:33:12Z")
Of their list of top name searches in the past 7 days David Thewlis is the most searched for name without a headshot. ---
**Author:** ![williambaskerville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f14d63/32.png) [@williambaskerville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/williambaskerville)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-without-a-headshot-on-the-internet-movie-database/158470/14 "2003-03-02T11:38:33Z")
Adolf Hitler ? Yes, he’s in the IMDB. ---
**Author:** ![False\_God](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ee7513/32.png) [@False\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/False_God)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-without-a-headshot-on-the-internet-movie-database/158470/15 "2003-03-02T15:54:19Z")
[Kurt Cobain](http://us.imdb.com/Name?Cobain,+Kurt) doesn’t have one, either. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-without-a-headshot-on-the-internet-movie-database/158470/16 "2003-03-02T16:09:11Z")
I think the biggest shock for me would still be George Carlin. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-without-a-headshot-on-the-internet-movie-database/158470/17 "2003-03-02T21:03:15Z")
[Dean Stockwell](http://us.imdb.com/Name?Stockwell,%20Dean) has no head shot. [Rene Auberjonois](http://us.imdb.com/Name?Auberjonois,%20Rene) has none. [Joel Gray](http://us.imdb.com/Name?Grey,%20Joel), [David Alan Grier](http://us.imdb.com/Name?Grier,%20David%20Alan), [Sally Kellerman](http://us.imdb.com/Name?Kellerman,%20Sally), [Sally Kirkland](http://us.imdb.com/Name?Kirkland,%20Sally), [Martin Mull](http://us.imdb.com/Name?Mull,%20Martin), [Jill St. John](http://us.imdb.com/Name?St.%20John,%20Jill), [Ray Walston](http://us.imdb.com/Name?Walston,%20Ray), and I’m sure a gazillion others, don’t have headshots. ---
**Author:** ![jimmmy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/73ab20/32.png) [@jimmmy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimmmy)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-without-a-headshot-on-the-internet-movie-database/158470/18 "2003-03-02T22:35:41Z")
Louis B. Mayer [http://us.imdb.com/Name?Mayer,%20Louis%20B](http://us.imdb.com/Name?Mayer,%20Louis%20B). Bob Dylan [http://us.imdb.com/Name?Dylan,%20Bob](http://us.imdb.com/Name?Dylan,%20Bob) ---
**Author:** ![xanadu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c4cdca/32.png) [@xanadu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanadu)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-without-a-headshot-on-the-internet-movie-database/158470/19 "2003-03-10T06:14:36Z")
Elizabeth Montgomery ---
**Author:** ![xanadu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c4cdca/32.png) [@xanadu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanadu)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2003, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-without-a-headshot-on-the-internet-movie-database/158470/20 "2003-05-18T05:15:55Z")
And Blake Edwards. He’s directed a billion movies (Breakfast at Tiffany’s, anyone?), and alas, there is no head shot… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-without-a-headshot-on-the-internet-movie-database/158470.md?page=2)