I went down that rabbit hole. Here are some. Selective credits on some of them. I will list more later today.
Bob Seagren – 21 credits including Adam-12, Wonder Woman, Fantasy Island, Fame and Dynasty
Jesse Owens – The Advocates, Ed Sullivan Show
Rafer Johnson – The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Lassie, Daniel Boone, Tarzan, Police Story, Mission: Impossible, The Six Million Dollar Man
Buster Crabbe – B.J. and the Bear
Nadia Comaneci – Touched by an Angel
Bart Connor – Highway to Heaven, Diff’rent Strokes, Touched by an Angel (with his wife Nadia C)
Mary Lou Retton – Knots Landing, Baywatch
Bill Russell (basketball) – Miami Vice, The White Shadow, Love, American Style, It Takes a Thief
Bubba Smith – The White Shadow, The Odd Couple, B.J and the Bear, Good Times, Charlies Angels
Chet Walker – The White Shadow
Mickey Mantle – Remington Steele, The White Shadow, Mr. Belvedere
Artis Gilmore – The White Shadow
Sparky Anderson – WKRP in Cincinnati, Arli$$, The White Shadow
Elgin Baylor – Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, The White Shadow
Mike Warren – Hill Street Blues, etc. Star basketball player at UCLA
‘Sweet Lou” Dunbar (Harlem Globetrotters) – The White Shadow
Curly Neal – Love Boat, The White Shadow
Geese Ausbie – The White Shadow
Rosie Grier – The Man From U.N.C.L.E., Daniel Boone, Kojak, CHiPs, The Love Boat
Ben Davidson – Police Woman, Eight is Enough, CHiPs, Happy Days, Charlie’s Angels
Hank Aaron – Happy Days, McGyver, Touched by an Angel, Arli$$
Cathy Rigby – Police Woman, The Six Million Dollar Man, CHiPs
Merlin Olsen – Little House on the Prairie, CHiPs, Petticoat Junction, Kung Fu
Phil Rizzuto – ChiPs, Mission: Impossible, Seinfeld (all voice only)
Tommy Lasorda – Hart to Hart, CHiPs, Simon & Simon, Silver Spoons, Everybody Loves Raymond
Robbie Knievel – ChiPs
Fred Dryer – Hunter, Laverne & Shirley, Lou Grant, Cheers, NCIS
Fred Williamson – Ironside, Star Trek, The Rookies, CHiPs
Jim Brown – ChiPs, Police Story, Knight Rider, T.J. Hooker, The A-Team
Bruce Jenner – The Fall Guy, CHiPs, Silver Spoons, Murder She Wrote
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