Saturday, October 31, 2015

Les Josephson in TV and Movies


In 1970 Josephson played a football Player in the TV show Bracken's World 





 In 1975 he was Rick Laport in  The Six Million Dollar Man






Police Woman (1977)



In 1978's Superdome he was Nick Caretta



Also in 1978 he was Owens in Heaven Can Wait 










Friday, October 23, 2015

Eric Dickerson in Hollywood

On the HBO series 1st & Ten: The Championship Dickerson played a Clubber Lang-type athlete, full of taunting.







The Kid & I was a film in 2005 and Dickerson essentially played himself.

According to IMDB Dickerson played a US Marshall CSI: NY (TV Series) 

Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Billy Wade's Hollywood Connection

Billy Wade starred as himself in the Donna Reed Show in 1958 with a host of other Rams.









The Wit and Wisdom of Ron Caitlin


Cynical All-Pro Quarterback Ron Caitlin was full of quit-witted barbs in the film Number One. Here are a few examples.

On losing a game:

On the NFL payscale:

On the media:


On retirement:


When being taunted by a rookie:

 
 

Friday, October 9, 2015

Rolf Benirschke in Hollywood

Rolf Benirschke, after his NFL career, got the gig as the host of  "Wheel of Fortune" replacing Pat Sajak from January 10 to June 30, 1989.




Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Defensive Linemen in Film: Carl Eller

Carl Eller was another defensive linemen featured in The Black Six. More of a heavy that Joe Greene he still had comedic moments. Mocking a redneck's knife during a rumble, for example. Here are some stills of Eller from the film.