Tom Troupe in Escape Into Black, an episode of The Fugitive!
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Trek guest actors in maybe surprising roles
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Interesting how this costume makes the Cyrano Jones outfit look subdued and tasteful.Stanley Adams as a bartender who thinks Kolchak is crazy on the Night Stalker episode "The Devil's Platform." Also featuring Alien lunch entree Tom Skerritt as a politician who struck a deal with the Devil.
Richard Evans, Tony Dante in The Cage, an episode of The Fugitive!
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70s fashions were so... 70s.
70s fashions were so... 70s.
Did television and movies tend to exaggerate fashion?
I've looked through my scrapbooks and yearbooks and I really can't find anything too egregious - mostly plaid and flared collars and bell bottoms.
I do remember shag carpet and wood paneling.
When depicting the past, absolutely. The representation of a given period is likely to be based on the most distinctive things about it rather than the more generic things.
When depicting the present? Well, they're probably going for what looks most stylish and distinctive by the trends of the time, which seems to me like the sort of thing that would be the basis of later exaggerations, and the sort of thing most likely to look strange after fashion trends have changed. So I'd say probably yes, in a sense, but it's hard to say for sure.
Perhaps I'm straying from the topic, but one of the things that drives my wife nuts when I'm watching old 1960s TV shows is the look of the women:
No matter if it's a 19th Century Western, or set in WWII, or Victorian England, or off in the 23rd Century of the Federation, all the women's hair and makeup is 1960s fashion.
But, when you think about it, it was set at the time to appeal to the audience of the time.
And this leaves me with serious questions about how many will people be having aneurisms looking at TV Shows made in our present day...
No matter if it's a 19th Century Western, or set in WWII, or Victorian England, or off in the 23rd Century of the Federation, all the women's hair and makeup is 1960s fashion.
But, when you think about it, it was set at the time to appeal to the audience of the time.
And this leaves me with serious questions about how many will people be having aneurisms looking at TV Shows made in our present day...
Sometimes it's not just the audience's preferences being considered, but the actors' as well. Happy Days and M*A*S*H were set in the '50s, but the actors had '70s hairstyles, because they didn't want to go about their everyday lives with 1950s haircuts.
I've always assumed that the main reason Michael Westmore gave TNG-era Romulans a forehead appliance was so Romulan guest actors wouldn't have to shave their eyebrows like Leonard Nimoy did.
That's a good point, I hadn't considered that.
(Of course it also drives my wife nuts when she's watching a Western and the women's dresses have zippers in the back...)
I do this
when I'm watching a period piece, and a woman's dress, with seemingly serviceable buttons down the front, has a zipper down the back.
Do you have a citation that this is the reason why the characters weren't given '50s haircuts?
Or perhaps the actual reason in this case is to save time and therefore money on makeup? In other words, perhaps it's not as you put it but rather so that Romulan guest actors wouldn't have to be shaven?
My wife too - she's a historical fashion buff and loves to call foul on things like zippers, anachronistic hairstyles, and pre-60s pantyhose.
It proves the quality of actors like Leonard Nimoy and Mark Lenard that they would do that for their craft! The new look Romulans as it were all look alike and all have that forehead appliance which looks ridiculous! 
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It proves nothing of the kind! Actors--then and now--are typically allowed no input whatsoever in makeup or costuming choices! Their job is to be present on set and ready when scheduled and to perform the lines they're given, as instructed by the director! That's it!It proves the quality of actors like Leonard Nimoy and Mark Lenard that they would do that for their craft! The new look Romulans as it were all look alike and all have that forehead appliance which looks ridiculous!
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It proves nothing of the kind! Actors--then and now--are typically allowed no input whatsoever in makeup or costuming choices! Their job is to be present on set and ready when scheduled and to perform the lines they're given, as instructed by the director! That's it!
Well, that's not true. If they're not willing to do something required for getting a part, e.g. shaving their eyebrows or losing 30 pounds or whatever, they can just turn down the part when they're offered it in the first place. And if the makeup or costuming is harmful to them, e.g. if they have a latex allergy like Ruby Rose did to her Batwoman mask, they can request changes and any decent production team would do everything possible to accommodate their needs. This isn't slave labor.
Thank you, Captain Hairsplitter.
If they've turned down the role, for whatever reason, then it is Not Their Job, correct?
If they've been forced to decline a part due to allergic reaction to makeup, then it is No Longer Their Job, correct?
Even during the 1960s, this would have been be true, yes? A job someone is not under any contract to do is legally not their job.
Oy, vey.
When one needs to invent this volume of stuff in an effort to "correct" what another poster has said, maybe one ought to consider just sitting out for a turn, instead. It's okay not to be the Smartest Guy in the Room™ now and then, particularly when to put one's two cents in does not result in making one look all that terribly smart, anyway.
You're cherrypicking. I wasn't talking about declining a part, I was talking about requesting and getting changes. When Ruby Rose developed a latex allergy, the producers modified her mask to try to make it more comfortable. They didn't just ruthlessly demand that she endure it. Actors do have input.
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