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Mike Henry Born Michael Dennis Henry
August 15, 1936
Los Angeles, California, U.S.Mike Henry (American football) Position(s)
LinebackerJersey #(s)
68, 37, 53Born August 15, 1936
Los Angeles, CaliforniaCareer information Year(s) 1959–1964 NFL Draft 1958 / Round: 9 / Pick: 100 College Southern California Professional teams - Pittsburgh Steelers (1959-1961)
- Los Angeles Rams (1962-1964)
Career stats Games played 76 Interceptions 9 Fumble recoveries 6 Stats at NFL.com Career highlights and awards - No notable achievements
Michael Dennis "Mike" Henry (born August 15, 1936 in Los Angeles, California) is a former American football linebacker and actor.
Henry's football career as a linebacker for the Pittsburgh Steelers (1958–1961) and the Los Angeles Rams (1962–1964) led him to be noticed by Warner Bros.
His most prominent role was as Tarzan in three 1960s movies, Tarzan and the Valley of Gold (1966), Tarzan and the Great River (1967), and Tarzan and the Jungle Boy (1968), that were all filmed back-to-back in 1965. Henry turned down the lead of the subsequent Tarzan television series, which then went to actor Ron Ely. After leaving the Tarzan series Henry was one of many actors to be under consideration for the title role in the Batman TV series, which was originally to have been done as a straight crime-adventure series before producer William Dozier decided on a more satirical campy format. (The role of Batman ultimately went to Adam West). Henry is also best known to movie audences for playing Jackie Gleason's dim-witted son "Junior" in the Smokey and the Bandit films opposite Burt Reynolds and Sally Field. Henry also portrayed "Sergeant Kowalski" in The Green Berets, corrupt sheriff "Blue Tom" Hendricks in Rio Lobo, and "Lt. Col. Donald Penobscot" in three episodes of the television series M*A*S*H. His last acting roles were on the TV shows Gilmore Girls and Scrubs in the mid 2000s, after which he contracted Parkinson's Disease and retired from acting.
External links
- Mike Henry at the Internet Movie Database
- Mike Henry at Brian's Drive-In Theater
- Mike Henry's 1962 Post Cereal football card
Honorary titles Preceded by
Jock MahoneyActors to portray Tarzan
1966-1968Succeeded by
Ron ElyCategories:- 1936 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Los Angeles, California
- Players of American football from California
- American football linebackers
- USC Trojans football players
- Pittsburgh Steelers players
- Los Angeles Rams players
- American television actors
- American film actors
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