Yahoo Lifestyle 21 Actors Who've Gone "Missing" And Basically Disappeared From The Public Eye
In this hyper-online world, it's sometimes alarming when a face we've become so familiar with seemingly disappears. Like a long-lost friend, we miss them and seek out information on how they're doing, but there isn't anything out there. On Reddit, user Ninac4116 asked, "Who’s an actor that went 'missing' and has not been found on the internet?"
Here are some of the popular responses from Reddit users.
1."Erik Per Sullivan, the kid who played Dewey in Malcolm in the Middle. Can’t be found anywhere and seems to have disappeared entirely or is just living his life quietly."
2."Joe, Torres, the guy who played Danny on Hey Dude."
3."Joe Pichler, the kid who played the younger brother on Varsity Blues. Vanished."
4."Sheldon Turnipseed from 1992's Ghostwriter on PBS."
5."Daniel Day-Lewis. Three Oscars for Best Actor. Probably one of the highest-profile actors at one point, when just having him in your film gave it a shot as Best Picture. He just said he's retiring after Phantom Thread and actually retired completely. No interviews. No special guest appearances. No social media. Just vanished."
"I actually admire that a lot. He's not one to dwell on celebrity, letting his body of work speak for itself. It's actually quite a feat in this era, too, to disappear like that."
"He's already done this before. Between 1997-2000 he retired and disappeared. It turned out he moved to Italy and became an apprentice shoemaker."
6."Bridget Fonda. She had a car accident and had serious back issues. Got married, had a kid or something, and actually just packed up acting completely."
(BTW, she married Danny Elfman.)
7."Barret Oliver was in '80s movies like Cocoon, Never Ending Story, and D.A.R.Y.L. Never did anything outside that decade."
8."Sloane from Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
"Mia Sara is still acting some, but mainly writing poetry. She is supposed to be in an upcoming film version of The Life of Chuck by Stephen King. She's 56 and still a smokeshow."
9."Tammy Lynn Leppert, the Scarface actor who went missing under mysterious circumstances at 18."
10."Very obscure one: Yvonne Hudson. She was a Saturday Night Live cast member, usually an extra, but she graduated to a featured player in the 1980-1981 season. She was officially fired along with most of the cast after that infamous season, but nonetheless continued to appear on the show through 1984 (usually in sketches with Eddie Murphy)."
"Hudson left acting (at least on television and film) after that, and her current whereabouts are unknown. A writer for the website Splitsider tried to locate her for a series of stories on lesser-known SNL cast members a few years ago but could not locate her.
Hopefully, she’s living a content life somewhere. She’s the only Saturday Night Live cast member who has 'disappeared' (from the public eye, at least)."
11."The actress who played Vicki on Small Wonder."
12."Allison Mack. The cult she got involved with..."
13."Michael Schoeffling from Sixteen Candles. He played Jake Ryan. I think he builds furniture somewhere in Pennsylvania now."
I, too, think about young Michael Schoeffling from Sixteen Candles a lot.
According to user Camille_Toh, "He’s not MIA at all. His model daughter has an active IG, and he shows up there. Still hot."
14."Jonathan Taylor Thomas!"
15."Michael Dudikoff. '80s action star from American Ninja."
16."Rick Moranis."
17."Not one I expect many people here to know, but Itonia Salchek, who played the lead role in the 1987 slasher Blood Harvest. It was her only acting role and no one knows what happened to her or what she's done since then."
18."Guiesspi Andrews hasn’t been seen or heard from since like 2015."
19."Zoe McLellan. From NCIS: New Orleans and the first Dungeons & Dragons movie. She and her son have completely vanished after a bitter divorce. Some think she went off the grid. Others think her ex and her boyfriend, who were somehow associated with each other, have bumped them off."
20."Leelee Sobieski from The Glass House"
21.And lastly, "Orlando Jones had some popularity in the early 2000s, then he vanished. I assumed he just took the money and ran."
Who are some other actors "missing" from the public eye? Leave a comment below!
Responses have been edited for length/clarity.
