I once read that Jack Roper, who fought Joe Louis for the title, was a good actor. I also liked Archie Moore as Jim in "Huckleberry Finn". Joe Bugner and Kallie Knoetze have starred alongside Bud Spencer (Italian actor who is probably quite unknown in USA/UK) in some funny movies and Spaghetti Westerns. I loved all that stuff when I was a kid. This content is protected This content is protected
I mentioned him (and said he’s the hands-down winner of this to me) about six posts above, but I didn’t mention him at the top of my post.
Floyd Patterson was in an episode of the wild Wild West. A good meaty role. Jerry quarry was also in episodes of I dream of Jeanie and the magician. I recall art Aragon in an episode of ellery queen as well.
I was pretty proud of myself when I looked up at some street guy getting interrogated and immediately knew it was Mamby. (I once spotted a young Sharon Tate in a black wig on a Beverly Hillbillies episode while switching channels and looked it up and was right, too, haha.)
I haven't watched a movie with Marvin Hagler till now. I've already heard that he he had acted in movies and wanted to check it out... but somehow other things have kept me from doing it... But anyway, I found this on youtube now. "Virtual Weapon" is a movie with Marvin Hagler and Terence Hill. Terence Hill (alias Mario Girotti) and Bud Spencer (alias Carlo Pedersoli) are a very famous and iconic actor- and comedy duo in Italy and German-speaking countries (also because of the funny dubbing). Their movies are often on TV and they have a huge fanbase... Outside of these countries they are probably quite unknown (maybe "My Name Is Nobody" starring Terence Hill and Henry Fonda might be a little famous) Anyway, to cut a long story short, Joe Bugner and Kallie Knoetze are well known for roles in some of these movies... Thus, it's unusual that I haven't watched the movie with Marvin Hagler now. However, it is a very late movie (Terence Hill was nearly 60) and IMDb give it just a 4.4 star rating. But I am not a big movie buff as well. For instance, I love Hitchcock movies but have never watched one of his silent films. Other movies with Marvin Hagler are "Indio" and "Indio 2" (IMDb: 5,5 not tooo shabby) which I also haven't watched. This content is protected This content is protected This content is protected
Not aiming this at you but that word triggers me: A hurricane is tragic. A car crash is tragic. Someone dying from a disease is tragic. What happened to Sharon Tate and the rest of the Manson victims was an atrocity. A tragedy occurs. An atrocity is perpetrated.
Archie Moore was in an episode of the family comedy Family Affair in the late 1960's. Jerry Quarry appeared in an episode of Batman in 1967 and Adam 12 in 1969. Jerry also Dragnet in 1969.
a few: Jack Roper--fought Joe Louis for heavyweight title. Had 89 film and TV appearances. Often played bad guys in B westerns. Best known film role--Roper was the "good egg" John Wayne killed in the ring in The Quiet Man. Frank Moran--fought Jack Johnson & Jess Willard for the heavyweight championship. Later had 153 acting credits. Best role was probably as an Ape Man in one of the Bela Lugosi Ape Man movies. Frank Hagney--Australian who had fights with Arthur Pelkey, Colin Bell, Charley Weinert, Luis Angel Firpo, and Erminio Spalla. Was much more prolific as an actor, running up 451 credits. I have seen him in B movies as a villain and in A movies in small roles. Was in It's a Wonder Life. Is the gunman after Randolph Scott in the opening scene of A Lawless Street. Acted from 1919 to 1967. Bombadier Billly Wells--I don't think he ever actually acted, but he was the most prominent of the J. Arthur Rank "gong men" who rang the big gong to introduce Rank films in Britain. George Godfrey--a powerful puncher of the 1920's & 1930's. Big George was in Old Ironsides in 1926 and perhaps surprisingly for an Afircan-American at that time, was one of the heroes along with Charles Farrell, Wallace Beery, and George Bancroft.
