The Many Lives of Steve Martin: Comedy, Banjos and Film

He Once Had Brown Hair

Most of us know Steve Martin with grey/white hair, naturally making him look older than he really is. When he starred in his first movie, 1979’s The Jerk, he was only 34, and he was fully grey. But there was a time when Martin had brown hair. There are images floating around the Internet of Martin’s very early television appearances.

Steve Martin with brown hair and Rick Moranis standing behind him in a scene from Little Shop of Horrors

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In the late-‘60s, he landed a gig as a writer for The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. It’s where he got his big break as a stand-up comedian. Eventually, he found superstardom in the ‘70s and beyond, so that comedy hour really did him some good. And it’s proof that he was once a brunette!

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