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This imposing, dignified African-American actor set receiving records as a professional football player... (Learn more)

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Bernie Casey’s Milestones
Raised in Columbus, OH
1968 Retired from professional football after having set receiving records for both the San Francisco 49ers and the Los Angeles Rams
1969 Screen acting debut, "The Guns of the Magnificent Seven"
1971 TV-movie acting debut, "Brian's Song"
1972 First starring role, "Hit Man" (opposite Pam Grier)
1972 Played major supporting role in Martin Scorsese's "Boxcar Bertha"
1975 Starred in the comedy-drama "Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde" in the dual roles of Dr. Pride and Mr. Hyde
1979 TV series debut, starred as assembly line worker Mike Harris on "Harris and Company", one of TV's first black family drama series (aired for only a month)
1983 Cast as a regular on "The Bay City Blues", a short-lived NBC drama about a minor-league baseball team

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Quick Facts

Born

June, 08 1939 in Wyco, West Virginia, USA

Education

  • Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio:

Professions

actor, painter