Johnson rose from Miami Hurricanes backup to the world’s highest-paid actor, while Brown transitioned ... Other stars like Merlin Olsen, Alex Karras, and John Matuszak also left their mark ...

He starred in three theatrical releases during his "Kotter" heyday, playing a basketball coach in "Fast Break" (1979), appearing with Robert Klein and Alex Karras as three neurotic friends taking ...

Pam Dawber (co-host), actor-sportscaster Alex Karras, comedian Stan Kann, and solar lobbyist Richard Munson. Actor-musician Conrad Janis (of "Mork and Mindy") performs with George Segal and the ...

He had entered hospice care earlier today. McMichael was known as Mongo, after the character played by former NFL defensive tackle Alex Karras in Blazing Saddles. We extend our condolences to ...

His nickname “Mongo” came from the character portrayed by the late Alex Karras in “Blazing Saddles” who knocked out a horse. It was appropriate, too, considering McMichael stood at 6-foot ...

He had entered hospice care earlier today. McMichael was known as Mongo, after the character played by former NFL defensive tackle Alex Karras in Blazing Saddles. We extend our condolences to ...

10. Alex Karras*, DT, Iowa (1958): Karras was a true renaissance man, starring in movies and TV shows in addition to being one heck of a football player. He spent 12 years with the Lions ...

after an outlaw who knocks out a horse with one punch in Mel Brooks’s “Blazing Saddles” (the character was played by former NFL defensive tackle Alex Karras), and Ming the Merciless ...

Hong Kong singer-actor and former Olympian Alex Fong went back to his aquatic roots recently when he took part in the Singapore leg of the T100 Triathlon World Tour.