20 Disabled Characters Played By Able-Bodied Actors

"Ironside" star Blair Underwood isn't the first able-bodied actor to portray a disabled character on television or on film. Take a look at 20 other roles, like original "Ironside" actor Raymond Burr, played by non-disabled actors.

Also read: Hollywood's Disabled React to NBC's 'Ironside' Casting: Give Us a Chance, Too

Raymond Burr as Detective Robert T. Ironside on NBC's "Ironside" (1967-1975).

Jon Voight won an Academy Award as paraplegic Vietnam War veteran Luke Martin in Hal Ashby's 1978 drama "Coming Home."

Tom Cruise received his first Oscar nomination for playing paralyzed Vietnam vet Ron Kovic in Oliver Stone's 1989 drama "Born on the Fourth of July."

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