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The Burgomaster
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« on: June 04, 2003, 04:55:05 PM »
I'll toss out a few ideas:

* Rosey Grier in THE THING WITH TWO HEADS
* Rosey Grier in THE GLOVE
* Brian Bosworth in STONE COLD (actually, I didn't think he was too bad in this movie, but a lot of other people thought he was terrible)
* Shaquille O'Neal in KAZAM
* Joe Namath in C.C. AND COMPANY

There are a ton of others, so fire away!
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« Reply #1 on: June 04, 2003, 05:56:08 PM »
OJ SIMPSON in any movie except Capricorn One (I like Capricorn One)
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« Reply #2 on: June 04, 2003, 07:24:31 PM »
OJ was pretty good in the Naked Gun movies though.
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« Reply #3 on: June 04, 2003, 07:41:39 PM »
The Barbarian twins, their real name escapes me, in The Barbarians.  D'you think that guy's laugh naturally sounds like a moose in heat, or did the director tell him to do that?

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« Reply #4 on: June 04, 2003, 07:51:04 PM »
Hulk Hogan in Santa with Muscles.
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« Reply #5 on: June 04, 2003, 08:03:49 PM »
Mike Henry in any of hisTarzan films.  He is however to date the only Tarzan with a hairy chest.
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« Reply #6 on: June 04, 2003, 08:53:00 PM »
HULK HOGAN. Though wrestling is hard to call a sport. It's more of an atheletic show. It does take a lot of ability, but it's definitely not competitive.

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« Reply #7 on: June 05, 2003, 12:10:48 AM »
Forgot an obvious one.  Merlin Olson in Mitchell.  Although his performance is probably too small to judge, the simple act of appearing in that atrocity is bad enough.

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« Reply #8 on: June 05, 2003, 05:52:12 AM »
Bo Jackson in "The Chamber"
Joe Namath in "The Last Rebel"
Howie Long in "Broken Arrow"
Chuck Connors in "The Proud And The Damned" and "Ride To Glory/The Deserter"
Bob Uecker as anything other than himself in a film.
Not a movie but, Australian rules football player "Jacko" in that cheesy TV show from the 80s with that combination big rig/helicopter. What ever happened to that guy anyway?
Not just bad acting , but typecasting as well:
OJ Simpson in "The Klansman"  - predicting his future as a cold blooded killer
Lawrence "LT" Taylor in "Any Given Sunday" - what a stretch to play a drug addicted over the hill football player
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« Reply #9 on: June 05, 2003, 09:04:39 AM »
No votes for Bruce Jenner in Can't Stop the Music?!
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SkullNinja
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« Reply #10 on: June 05, 2003, 01:07:43 PM »
And Evel Knievel in Viva Knievel.
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Rob Phillips
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« Reply #11 on: June 05, 2003, 01:12:15 PM »
OJ in the OJ trail?

Does that count?

Uhhh, grunt, squeenze, moan, hyper-ventalate, grimmace, swear . . . (uhh was that the Naked Gun movies or trying to put on the gun?)

hehehe

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« Reply #12 on: June 05, 2003, 01:15:22 PM »
Oh god, no!  The horror, the horror. . .

Wasn't one of the US Olympic gymnastic guys in a movie.  Shows just how memorable that movie/performance was.
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Rob Phillips
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« Reply #13 on: June 05, 2003, 01:19:48 PM »
"to put on the gun"

uhh GLOVE its spelled GLOVE!

:-)

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Damien01
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« Reply #14 on: June 05, 2003, 01:33:54 PM »
Wasnt Bob Hope a boxer?

And then again I cannot think of any really bad movie that Bob Hope was in...

Mary Lou Retton as Tiny Tim in Scrooged... :D
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