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* ''Series/TheAddamsFamily'': Cousin Itt is effectively an example, as all we see of Itt's face is hair.
* ''Series/TheAvengers1960s'': One episode features them looking for a missing elephant. The elephant is never shown and when Steed finds it, it's shown from the elephant's POV.
* ''Series/BabylonFive'':
** Vorlon ambassador Kosh's encounter suit made him a sort of hybrid of TheFaceless and TheVoice, at least until he left it for the first time.
*** At which point it was shown that each species saw his face ''totally differently''. Turns out the Vorlons had genetically modified all normal species to see the face of one of their Mythological Figures instead of a real Vorlon face. (WordOfGod says they’re always angels, prophets, ''longaevi'', or minor gods [like Iris], rather than proper gods.)
*** Later, we finally see that Vorlons truly look like giant glowing hydras (the biological ones, not the mythological creature).
** The Grey Council, constantly wearing hoods with their {{Face Framed In Shadow}}s.
** Also the [[PowersThatBe Bureau 13]] operative, only showing her mouth until TheReveal at the end of the episode.
* ''Series/{{Batman|1966}}'':
** The villain Falseface was a MalevolentMaskedMan and MasterOfDisguise who wore a transparent mask between disguises, obscuring face. The producers tried to keep the actor - Malachi Throne - anonymous as well. UncannyValley resulted, since despite being "lipless", Falseface still talked, and even laughed. His moll, Blaze, also had this ability, despite not wearing a mask.
** Played with in "The Entrancing Dr. Cassandra." Cassandra and her henchman/lover Cabala use an "invisibility potion" - [[spoiler: which actually doesn't make them invisible, but merely camouflages them]] - to sneak into the Gotham prison and free six supervillains - The Joker, Catwoman, The Penguin, The Riddler, King Tut, and Egghead - intending to split the spoils with them when they take control of the city. The six famous actors who played the guest-star villains were unavailable at the time, so the show got around this by casting uncredited actors and 1) showing them only from a distance, 2) showing them only from behind, 3) having them take the "invisibility potion" too, and 4) putting out the lights during their climactic fight with Batman, Robin and Batgirl, with the in-story justification that it makes the fight fair by having the heroes be "invisible" as well.
* ''Series/{{Beetleborgs}}'': Little Ghoul, a comic relief villain, was only ever shown from the front as eyes beneath a hood. Characters who saw her face tended to run off screaming.
* ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'': Howard's mother is heard but never seen. She has been glimpsed twice so far: as a FreezeFrameBonus in "The Countdown Reflection" as the camera pulls back on Howard Wolowitz's wedding, and on "The Spoiler Alert Segmentation", where she is seen briefly walking by the kitchen door in the background.
* ''Series/CharliesAngels'': "Charlie" was never seen in any incarnation, with only his voice being heard, most of the time from behind a radio. If we do see him in "person", it's parts of his body that are holding the phone, not his actual face.
* ''Series/{{Cheers}}'': Norm's wife Vera. Usually TheGhost, she appeared in a couple of episodes as a silhouette, and in one episode is fully visible in the door of the bar ... just after being hit in the face with a custard pie.
* ''Series/CosmosASpacetimeOdyssey'' uses this device in two different episodes with Robert Hooke and John Michell, two British scientists from the 17th and 18th centuries for whom no contemporary likeness survives. Rumor has it that Hooke's only portrait was destroyed by Isaac Newton, which is depicted in the animated segments (where Hooke is always shown from the back). Michell is portrayed by a live actor shot from behind.
%%* ''Series/{{Cybill}}'': Maryanne's vengeful ex-husband Dr. ''Dick''.
* ''Series/TheDickVanDykeShow'': Alan Brady started out being [[TheGhost talked about but never seen]] (meant to be ironic, since he was the star of the ShowWithinAShow while the actual show revolved around the unseen writers). However the writers (of the real show) found this too limiting after a while and started using Alan Brady in scenes, only with his face always pointing away from the camera. Eventually this was done away with too, and the audiences got to regularly see Alan Brady and scenes from ''The Alan Brady Show''.
* ''Series/DealOrNoDeal'': The Banker, the series's de facto BigBad, is almost always shown in silhouette in his skybox, and on the rare occasion where he has left the skybox, his face and identity were obscured.
* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
** Oddly enough, the humans in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E8TheFacelessOnes "The Faceless Ones"]] have merely had their [[FaceStealer faces stolen by aliens]], so in spite of the serial's title, [[ThisIsNotThatTrope it is not this trope]]. Instead, they actually count as TheBlank.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS10E1TheThreeDoctors "The Three Doctors"]]: When Omega was unmasked, he turned out to have no face at all. Nor indeed a head, or any other body part, having been eroded down to just his self will.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E11TheLodger "The Lodger"]]: The AI avatars of the time engine killing people while trying to find a new pilot are all people with their faces [[FaceFramedInShadow hidden in shadows]].
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E7AGoodManGoesToWar "A Good Man Goes to War"]]: Even attempting to see beneath the hood of a Headless Monk is punishable by death. This is because [[spoiler:they've cut off their heads and have little more than a bundle of nerves where their face should be.]]
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E4Listen "Listen"]]: To preserve the ambiguity of what was ''really'' under Rupert Pink's blanket, the only glimpse provided of the forehead of whatever-it-was is intentionally out of focus.
%%* ''Series/FirstWave'': Mabus.
* ''Series/{{Forever|2014}}'': For the first half of the series, the few times Adam is onscreen, he's either seen from the back or with the camera focusing on his lower body. It's finally averted when he reveals his face at the end of "Skinny Dipper".
* ''Series/{{Frasier}}'':
** Maris Crane, who is also TheVoiceless for a significant amount of episodes. The writers certainly enjoyed toying with TheReveal of both, but settled for TheUnreveal [[RuleOfFunny for the hell of it]]. Another problem, according to a season 4 DVD special, was that the writers had ascribed so many bizarre features and qualities to her that no human could properly play the role.
** Martin's friend Duke is also a near-Faceless, although he appears briefly in two episodes.
%%* ''Series/{{Friends}}'': Ugly Naked Guy, the only time we see anything of him.
* ''Series/GameOfThrones'':
** Masked Quaithe of Asshai pops up twice in Qarth to have enigmatic conversations with Jorah Mormont.
** After the fight with Oberyn Martell and Qyburn's treatment, Gregor Clegane wears a mask that conceals his horrid face. In the books, it's heavily implied that Gregor is actually ''headless'' under that helmet and Qyburn actually re-animated his corpse as opposed to merely saving him from death's doorstep...
* ''Series/UnGarsUneFille'' (''One Boy One Girl''): A very common occurrence, as most recurring characters will never be seen, aside from their hands. This includes Guy's father, Sylvie's mother, Sylvie's best friend Loulou and her boyfriend Daniel, Guy and Sylvie's swinger neighbors, their therapist, Guy's business associate Geneviève, as well as many not-so-recurring characters.
* The "human beans" in ''Series/TheGnomesOfDulwich'' were only either heard from offscreen or shown from the legs down.
* ''Series/{{Heroes}}'': Sylar, until halfway through the first season; his face is shown for the first time in a flashback. This was mainly because the producers were still auditioning actors for the role until they hired Zachary Quinto.
* ''Series/HomeImprovement'': Wilson had the lower half of his face obscured by the fence in his yard; this later turned into a RunningGag where his face was half-obscured by other objects in scenes that didn't take place in the yard, and at least one instance where the ''top'' half of his face obscured but not the bottom half. In at least one press conference in real life, Wilson's actor, the late Earl Hindman, wore a miniature white picket fence over the lower half of his face. Another clip showing the curtain call at the end of the taping of one show also showed him holding a miniature white picket fence over his face. One Halloween episode had him dressed up as Franchise/ThePhantomOfTheOpera, with the mask covering the ''upper'' half of his face. Wilson made a couple appearances with face-paint on as opposed to a foreign object between him and the camera. Another episode had him completely on-camera in Renaissance Faire costume, wearing a fake beard. His face is finally revealed in the 'behind the scenes' episode. Al's mother also never shows her face, and it wasn't revealed in the 'behind the scenes' episode.
* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'':
** The Mother's face (as of the day before the season 8 finale) is never shown. It is usually obscured by her signature yellow umbrella.
** For the first few seasons, Barney's mother is depicted in occasional flashbacks. Her face is off-camera, but she speaks in a high-pitched voice, smokes frequently, and lies to her sons about who their fathers are. The gang eventually meets her in "[[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS4E15TheStinsons The Stinsons]]", now played by Creator/FrancesConroy.
* The host of the GSN game show ''Series/{{Inquizition}}'', known only as "The Inquizitor", seen only from behind while seated in front of the contestants.
* ''Series/JejakSuaraAdzan'': When Putra's father first appears in episode 6, his face is always hidden from the camera until [[spoiler:the last scene of the episode shows his face and reveals that he is the same man as the one who adopted Dimas' brother]].
* In ''Series/TheJourneyOfAllenStrange'', TheMenInBlack group ARC is led by the faceless Shaw, who dresses in a ConspicuousTrenchcoat and fedora. Parodied in that his face is still never shown even after [[spoiler:he gets fired from ARC]] and hence loses any reason to be intimidating or mysterious by being faceless.
* ''Franchise/KamenRider'' often uses this for older versions of an existing character, possibly to avoid dissonance when the actors for the older and younger versions of the character look nothing alike. Examples include [[Series/KamenRiderDenO Yuuto Sakurai]] and [[Series/KamenRiderZiO Sougo Tokiwa]].
* ''Series/{{Letterkenny}}'': Shoresy, though he can certainly be heard; gets unmasked in his own show, ''Series/{{Shoresy}}''.
* EC from ''Series/LiftOff'' is one because they were intended to be an AudienceSurrogate, but instead they ended up being AccidentalNightmareFuel.
* ''Series/LittleLunch'': Mr Haliotis, the PE teacher, who is only ever seen from behind and wearing a large hat.
* ''Series/TheLoneRanger'': Once he dons his mask in the origin story, Lone Ranger is never again seen without it or some other form of disguise. (Given he rides around in the hot sun all day with the mask on, he'd need some sort of disguise due to the unusual tan lines.)
* In ''Series/TheMagicians2016'', [[HumanoidAbomination the Beast]]'s face is constantly shrouded by a cloud of moths.
* ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'': One episode featured Malcolm's girlfriend, whose face was never shown as to emphasize he's LovingAShadow.
* ''Series/TheMandalorian'' is a rare case of a faceless protagonist. The Mandalorian's code prohibits him from removing his armor or helmet in front of others, which apparently even extends to the show's audience. In the fourth episode, we see him take off his helmet to eat ([[EatingLunchAlone by himself]]), but the camera never pans above his neck.
* ''Series/TheMaryTylerMooreShow'': Phyllis Lindstrom's husband Lars. A clever variation came in a final-season episode where Johnny Carson is supposed to be the SpecialGuest at one of Mary's dinner parties. Just before he arrives there's a citywide power blackout, so when he shows up we only get to hear his voice.
* ''Series/TheMiddle'': Jerry, Axl's college roommate, is always seen from behind sitting on his desk playing video games or surfing the web. He also never speaks, making him TheVoiceless as well.
* ''Series/TheMightyBoosh'': PlayedForLaughs in the episode Tundra: Howard encounters a man whose face is completely shadowed by a fur-lined hooded jacket, who tells him to "look deep into the parka."
* ''Series/MIHigh'': The Grand Master is always shown with his face in shadow or out of shot in a homage/parody of how Blofeld was depicted in the early ''Film/JamesBond'' films. {{Lampshaded}} in the episode where he is captured and Lenny comments that, despite the Grand Master being in a cell, he never managed to get a good look at his face (and he is taken to the prisoner exchange with a bag over his head).
* ''Series/TheMillionaire'': In this show, the mysterious benefactor, John Beresford Tipton, Jr.'s face was never seen. Usually just a hand, although sometimes other body parts, were seen.
* ''Series/MimpiMetropolitan'': Melani's producers throughout the series are only shown through OverTheShoulder shots.
* ''Series/OneHundredDeedsForEddieMcdowd'': Has the titular character as TheFaceless prior to becoming a dog (and since the show's been canceled, viewers will never know what Eddie [=McDowd=] looked like before he became a dog).
* ''Series/{{Passions}}'': Evil patriarch Alistair Crane. Initially only his hands were seen when his character appeared. When he was finally shown, the actor who played him died a short time later. He was replaced and was shown fully for the remainder of the series.
* ''Series/PoliceSquad'':
** Al, one of the cops in the stationhouse was so tall that everything above his shoulders was always out of shot. Al often had strange things going on up there, including non-regulation headgear and strange haircuts; sometimes they were lowered into shot.
** SubvertedTrope in the episode "Rendevous at Big Gulch"; at one point, the camera remains fixated below the shoulders of the evil mob boss stroking his white fluffy cat as he goes over his plan to deal with the do-gooder protagonist. Right before cutting to commercial, he ducks into frame to deliver his final line.
* ''Series/{{Revolution}}'':
** Randall Flynn in his first appearance in "[[Recap/RevolutionS1E2ChainedHeat Chained Heat]]". Then, in "[[Recap/RevolutionS1E7TheChildrensCrusade The Children's Crusade]]", he's actually seen. Turns out he's the [[spoiler:same Department of Defense guy who offered to help Rachel and Ben with their project.]]
** In "[[Recap/RevolutionS1E20TheDarkTower The Dark Tower]]", [[spoiler: the President of the United States]] himself only appears as a silhouette and doesn't say anything.
* ''Series/{{Rhoda}}'': "This is Carlton, your doorman." Played by Lorenzo Music, he was only a voice on the intercom.
* ''Richard Diamond Private Detective'': Sam. She was played by Mary Tyler Moore, but only seen from the legs down.
* ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'': Salem Saberhagen's face is always hidden in flashbacks to when he was a warlock.
* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'':
** "The Continental" sketches have never shown the face of the woman who always visits (and ends up running from) The Continental, only showing the woman's hands (and, on one occasion, her legs and feet). It should be noted that the original version of the show from the 1950s did the same thing (use subjective camera angles to to make female audiences believe they were being romanced through their TV sets), making the sketch accurate for the most part.
** The "Bill Brasky" series of sketches also used a faceless technique, where a group of drunken bar regulars converse amongst themselves discussing the ridiculously outrageous exploits of a man named Bill Brasky, who is never present throughout most of the sketch. Then, at the end of the sketch, you would see Bill Brasky finally appear, but he is only from the back of his head (never his face) and seen via forced prespective (as if a giant) and speaking in a deep baritone voice.
* ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'': George Steinbrenner is always shown from behind his office chair so the only thing the audience ever sees is the back of his head. Also, Fidel Castro and the boss of Tyler Chicken, the latter of whom sounds ''exactly'' like George Steinbrenner (both were voiced by Creator/LarryDavid).
* ''Series/ServantOfThePeople'': The three oligarchs have their faces obscured or out of shot while they plot behind the scenes. Once they take matters in their own hands, their faces become clearly visible.
* ''Series/SevenDays'': The NSA board of directors in one episode were, rather oddly, covered in shadow.
* ''Series/{{Spaced}}'': Marsha's daughter Amber is only ever seen as a faceless blur storming down the apartment building's stairs after yet another argument with her mother.
* ''Series/StargateSG1'':
** Anubis is completely covered by a BlackCloak for the majority of his appearances. It [[TheReveal turns out]] that [[spoiler:he doesn't ''have'' a face, since he has partially [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence Ascended To A Higher Plane Of Existence]] and is an [[EnergyBeings energy being]]]].
*** [[spoiler:Ancient and Human ascended beings usually appear as they were in real life, at least when appearing to non-ascended beings. Anubis instead was an ascended Goa'uld, so he didn't have a humanoid face even before ascension. He did have a humanoid clone (by mixing his DNA with human DNA, which also gave the clone his genetic memory/personality) and an appearance as an ascended being towards Daniel, but neither of those two was played by the same actor.]]
* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'':
** Captain Boday, though that was presumably due to his allegedly squick-inducing transparent skull.
** The Breen. They say no one has seen a Breen's face and lived to tell about it.
* Chef from ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' makes only one physical appearance in the show, but his face isn't seen and he [[TheVoiceless doesn't get any lines]].
* ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody'' and ''On Deck'': Mr Tipton. He always appears surrounded by bodyguards with only his arm shown. He does make a full fledged appearance near the end of ''On Deck''.
* Jackie Chen in ''Series/SzeUTonight'' always wears a mask that covers his whole head. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in one episode, when Johnson goes on a mission to find out if Jackie is male or female, and what he looks like under the mask. Subverted in that Jackie wears a mask underneath his mask.
* ''Series/{{Titus}}'':
** Used this trope a couple of times in the flashbacks featuring Ken Titus's many ex-wives and girlfriends (including the violent, manic-depressive schizophrenic Juanita, who was only TheFaceless on a handful of episodes in which she wasn't prominently featured, but was mentioned by Creator/ChristopherTitus whenever he talked about the differences between growing up with his JerkAss dad and growing up with his mentally-ill mom).
** Also, Titus's first girlfriend (the brainy, yet abusive 5'1" Jewish girl who punched him in the face a lot) was TheFaceless to the extreme when Titus first talked about her on "Dad Is Dead". The only thing viewers could see of her was her hands in a POV shot of her punching Titus with the caption "Psycho Bitch Cam" underneath. She wouldn't be featured in full until season two's "The Last Noelle."
** Also from "The Last Noelle", Titus's second girlfriend, Taylor, was only seen from the back as she was cutting Titus's hair in his sleep and crying over her dead dog (the other two "psycho bitches" Titus dated -- Dakota, who slept with a busboy at a bar, and Chastity, the Satan worshiper who had telekinetic powers -- averted the trope, as their faces were actually shown).
* ''Series/TopGear'': The Stig, the "tame racing driver" of the British automobile MagazineShow. Always appears wearing a full face racing helmet with a dark visor which obscures his face. Also extended to The Stig's African cousin and American cousin in the African and American specials. Played with, as in one episode he is revealed as [[spoiler: the German formula 1 race driver Michael Schumacher. But as shown later, it seems Schumacher is not the Stig as he's completely inept at driving the Test Track.]]
* ''Series/TheWeirdAlShow'': Parodied. In one episode, the Hooded Avenger gets so stressed he removes his mask... and is wearing another mask underneath.

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