No mention on the list of Mike Henry (former Steelers and LA Rams player) who had a fairly successful career. He also worked with Duke a couple times, along with Burt!
Posts from alamo221 in thread „Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone (TV) (1994)“
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Yep, I used to see Don pop up in places I wouldn't expect him to be. I think out of all the football players, Merlin Olsen turned out to be the best actor. Who do yall like?
Here is a site that shows and talks about 50 football players who became actors. The last one starts with a W....guess who, LOL?
http://www.footballbabble.com/football/movies/actors/
Outside of Duke, Ol' Burt Reynolds, hands down, was the biggest star of them all. But looks like Mark Harmon, Woody Strode, Fred Williamson, Ed O'Neil, Jim Brown, and Dean Cain carved out decent film/TV careers. -
I think the movie was done to "cash in" on the popularity of Tombstone, and Wyatt Earp (to a lesser degree). I didn't watch the original series, so I enjoyed it. As for Dandy Don, He was on a number of the old Police Story episodes, and I was more familiar with him from that, than football.
