American actor and professional football player (1939–2017)
American football player
Bernard Terry Casey (June 8, 1939 – September 19, 2017) was an American actor , poet , visual artist and professional American football player.
Early life and education
Casey was born in Wyco, West Virginia , the son of Flossie (Coleman) and Frank Leslie Casey.[ 2] East High School in Columbus , Ohio. He then attended Bowling Green State University .
Career
Athletics
Casey was a record-breaking hurdler for Bowling Green State University [ 3] 1959 football team win a small college national championship.[ 4] All-America recognition and a trip to the finals at the U.S. Olympic Trials in 1960 . In addition to national honors, he won three consecutive Mid-American Conference titles in the high-hurdles, 1958–60.[ 5]
Casey was the ninth overall selection of the 1961 NFL draft , taken by the San Francisco 49ers . He played eight NFL seasons (several positions, first five seasons mainly a halfback, last three seasons a flanker (setback wide receiver)): six with the 49ers and two with the Los Angeles Rams . His best-known play came in 1967 for the Rams in the penultimate game of the regular season against the Green Bay Packers . The Rams needed to win to keep their division title hopes alive, but trailed 24–20 with under a minute to play. Facing fourth down, the Packers lined up to punt, but Tony Guillory blocked the Donny Anderson punt and Claude Crabb returned it to the Packer five-yard line. After an incomplete pass, Casey caught the winning touchdown pass from Roman Gabriel with under thirty seconds to play to give the Rams a 27–24 victory.[ 6] [ 7] Baltimore Colts the following week to win the Coastal Division title at 11–1–2.[ 8] [ 9] [ 10] [ 11]
Acting
Casey began his acting career in the film Guns of the Magnificent Seven The Magnificent Seven Jim Brown in the crime dramas ...tick...tick...tick... Black Gunn Gargoyles Tamara Dobson 's love interest in 1973's Cleopatra Jones
Casey in 2014 From there he moved between performances on television and the big screen such as playing team captain for the Chicago Bears in the TV film Brian's Song NBC television series Harris and Company black family. In 1980, he played Major Jeff Spender in the television mini-series The Martian Chronicles Ray Bradbury .
In 1981, Casey played a detective opposite Burt Reynolds in the feature film Sharky's Machine Rent-a-Cop
In 1983, he played the role of CIA agent Felix Leiter in the non-Eon Productions James Bond film Never Say Never Again Revenge of the Nerds John Landis film Spies Like Us Hit Man
Also during his career, he worked with such well-known directors as Martin Scorsese in his 1972 film Boxcar Bertha The Streets of San Francisco
He played a version of himself, and other football players turned actors, in Keenen Ivory Wayans 's 1988 comedic film I'm Gonna Git You Sucka [ 12] Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure Walter Hill 's Another 48 Hrs. USS Missouri in Under Siege
In 1994, Casey guest-starred in a two-episode story arc in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Maquis leader Lieutenant Commander Cal Hudson , and in 1995 as a guest-star on both SeaQuest 2032 Babylon 5 Derek Cranston . In 2006 , he co-starred in the film When I Find the Ocean alongside such actors as Lee Majors .
Personal life and death
Casey enjoyed painting and writing poetry. Look at the People , a book of his paintings and poems, was published by Doubleday in 1969.[ 13] Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on September 19, 2017, after a stroke.[ 14] [ 15]
Filmography
Film
Television
References
Citations
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