Roosevelt Grier
- Actor
- Writer
- Soundtrack
Former star player with the Los Angeles Rams during the 1960s, this
impressively built African-American athlete broke into acting via
appearances in TV shows including
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964),
The Wild Wild West (1965)
and
I Dream of Jeannie (1965).
Grier received positive reviews for his role in the TV movie
The Desperate Mission (1969)
and then landed a recurring role alongside
Fess Parker in the hugely popular
children's TV series
Daniel Boone (1964). This led to
a short-lived stint as host of his own variety show
The Rosey Grier Show (1968)
which only ran the one season. He kept busy with work in other TV shows
and appeared in several feature films including
Skyjacked (1972),
The Thing with Two Heads (1972)
and The Timber Tramps (1973).
He continued to turn up in a handful of minor roles throughout the
1970s, but arguably did not possess the acting skill of other prominent
African-American athletes-turned-actors such as
Fred Williamson,
Jim Brown and
Jim Kelly.
He became an ordained minister in 1983, and has continued to champion
the causes of those less fortunate, and to guide inner city teens from
poor backgrounds.
impressively built African-American athlete broke into acting via
appearances in TV shows including
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964),
The Wild Wild West (1965)
and
I Dream of Jeannie (1965).
Grier received positive reviews for his role in the TV movie
The Desperate Mission (1969)
and then landed a recurring role alongside
Fess Parker in the hugely popular
children's TV series
Daniel Boone (1964). This led to
a short-lived stint as host of his own variety show
The Rosey Grier Show (1968)
which only ran the one season. He kept busy with work in other TV shows
and appeared in several feature films including
Skyjacked (1972),
The Thing with Two Heads (1972)
and The Timber Tramps (1973).
He continued to turn up in a handful of minor roles throughout the
1970s, but arguably did not possess the acting skill of other prominent
African-American athletes-turned-actors such as
Fred Williamson,
Jim Brown and
Jim Kelly.
He became an ordained minister in 1983, and has continued to champion
the causes of those less fortunate, and to guide inner city teens from
poor backgrounds.