Mike Henry Dies: USC Footballer, LA Ram, Played ‘Tarzan’ And ‘Junior’ In ‘Smokey And The Bandit’, Was 84
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deadline.comMike Henry, a USC and NFL linebacker and later an actor in Tarzan movies of the 1960s and the “Smokey and the Bandit” series, has died.Henry died at age 84 in Burbank, Calif.
on January 8 from chronic traumatic encephalopathy and Parkinson’s disease, according to social media posts. Henry played football for the University of Southern California and was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1958.
He moved on to the Los Angeles Rams in 1962 and was noticed by a Warner Bros. producer. He was subsequently cast as Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle, in three films, including Tarzan and the Valley of Gold (1966), Tarzan and the Great River (1967), and Tarzan and the Jungle Boy (1968).
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