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Rosey Grier (1)
Mostly Credited As: Rosey Grier (1) Sometimes Credited As: Rosie Grier, Jr. Rosie Grier Roosevelt Grier Roosevelt "Rosey" Grier The Fearsome Foursome 'Rosey' Grier Birth Name: Roosevelt Grier Date Of Birth: July 14, 1932 (Age 80) Country Of Birth: USA Birth Place: Brooklyn, New York City, New York Height: 6' 5" (1.95 m)

This former football star played for the L.A. Rams for some years until until a torn heel ended his sports career. His first first acting appearances were in several sixties comedies, including "I Dream Of Jeannie." Later he received kudos for a TV movie "Desperate Mission" (1969). He garnered further attention with a continuing role along Fess Parker in "Daniel Boone." Thereafter Grier got his own show "The Rosey Grier Show" which lasted only one season in 1969. For most of the 70s, he kept working in TV and movies. Today Rosey Grier is devoted to a congregation where he was ordained as minister.

TV Appearances

Main cast

Roots: The Next Generations (1979)	As: Big Slew Johnson
The $1.98 Beauty Show (1978)	As: Himself (Judge)
Daniel Boone (1964) (1964)	As: Gabriel Cooper (S06)

Episode Cast Credits

The Simpsons (1989)
	• Sunday, Cruddy Sunday	10x12: (Jan/31/1999)	*Voiced*	Himself
Saved by the Bell: The New Class (1993)
	• Bayside Story	02x13: (Oct/22/1994)	As	Rock
The Jeffersons (1975)
	• The List	10x08: (Nov/20/1983)	As	Powerhouse Watson
Aloha Paradise (1981)
	• Catching Up/ Wambling Out to Yon/ Black Day at Bad Rock	01x08: (Apr/29/1981)	As	Unknown
The White Shadow (1978)
	• If Your Number's Up, Get It Down	03x04: (Dec/16/1980)	As	Himself
Flying High (1978)
	• The Great Escape	01x04: (Oct/20/1978)	As	Tarkanian
Quincy, M.E. (1976)
	• Crib Job	03x13: (Jan/06/1978)	As	Himself
CHiPs (1977)
	• Moving Violation	01x04: (Oct/13/1977)	As	Car Killer
Kojak (1973) (1973)
	• Black Thorn	04x12: (Dec/05/1976)	As	Salathiel Harms
	• Bad Dude	03x19: (Jan/25/1976)	As	Salathiel Harms
Movin' On (1974) Show all 6 episode cast credits
	• Living It Up	02x19: (Feb/10/1976)	As	Benjy
	• Breakout	02x13: (Dec/16/1975)	As	Benjy
	• General Delivery	02x08: (Nov/04/1975)	As	Benjy
	• The Toughest Man in America	02x03: (Sep/23/1975)	As	Benjy
Tony Orlando and Dawn (1974)
	• Season 1, Episode 1	01x01: (Jul/03/1974)	As	Himself
Make Room for Granddaddy (1970) Show all 5 episode cast credits
	• Monument for Uncle Tonoose	01x24: (Mar/18/1971)	As	Rosey Robbins
	• Women of the World, Unite	01x12: (Dec/16/1970)	As	Rosey Robbins
	• He Did It His Way	01x11: (Dec/02/1970)	As	Rosey Robbins
	• Tonoose the Exile	01x08: (Nov/11/1970)	As	Rosey Robbins
The Andy Williams Show (1969) (1969)
	• Carl Ballantine / Charlie Callas / Jackson 5 / Ken Berry / Rosey Grier / Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66	01x17: (Jan/31/1970)	As	Himself
The Hollywood Palace (1964)
	• Host: Sammy Davis Jr. / Cass Elliott	07x04: (Nov/01/1969)	As	Himself
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967) (1967)
	• Show #47	03x01: (Sep/09/1968)	As	Himself
The Wild Wild West (1965)
	• The Night of the Undead	03x21: (Feb/02/1968)	As	Tiny Jon (as Roosevelt Grier), [Co-Guest Stars]
Shindig (1964)
	• Chuck Berry / Rosie Grier / The Spats / Adam Faith	01x30: (Mar/31/1965)	As	Himself
	• First 60-minute show: Rolling Stones; Petula Clark; Kinks	01x21: (Jan/20/1965)	As	Himself (Fearless Foursome)
Hullabaloo (1965)
	• Show #10 Host: Jack Jones	01x10: (Mar/16/1965)	As	Himself
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (1964)
	• The Brain-Killer Affair	01x23: (Mar/08/1965)	As	Jason (as Roosevelt Grier), [Featuring]
American Bandstand (1957)
	• Brenda Holloway / Roosevelt Grier	07x38: (Jun/06/1964)	As	Himself

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