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Fred Dryer

Acting

Born July 6, 1946 · Hawthorne, California, USA

Also known as John Frederick Dryer · Fred Dreyer · John F. Dryer

Biography

John Frederick Dryer is an American actor, radio host, and former professional football player who played as a defensive end in the National Football League for 13 years with the New York Giants and Los Angeles Rams, participating in 176 games and recorded 103 career sacks starting in 1969 until his retirement in 1981, and is the only NFL player to score two safeties in one game. Following his retirement from football, Dryer had a successful career as a film and television actor, notably starring as the titular character Detective Sgt. Rick Hunter in the NBC police drama series Hunter, with his height of 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) and physique proving useful for action roles.

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Awards & recognition

  • All-Pro · 1974
  • Little All-America college football team · 1968
  • 1975 Pro Bowl

Filmography27 titles

Highway 395

2000as Rawley Wade

Justice League

2001as Sgt. Rock / Flagship Pilot #2 (voice)

NCIS

2003as Marine Master Sergeant Thomas Fletcher

Cheers

1982as Dave Richards

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

2013as Octavian Bloom

Celebrity Ghost Stories

2008as Self

Laverne & Shirley

1976

Diagnosis: Murder

1993as Police Chief Masters

Hunter

1984as Rick Hunter

Fire Over Afghanistan

2003as Collins ezredes

Land's End

1995as Mike Land

CHiPs

1977as Lt. John LeGarre

Hart to Hart

1979

Bumblebee

2018as Sheriff Lock

Relic Hunter

1999as Randall Fox

The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A.

1995as Rick Hunter

Crisis

2014as Thomas Jefferson Smith

Gus

1976as Atoms player (sideline & showers) (uncredited)

Something So Right

1982as Mike Bosnick

The Millers

2013as Sarge

Accidentally on Purpose

2009as Edward

The Wrong Woman

2013as Detective Sanford

Cannonball Run II

1984as CHP #3

Suits on the Loose

2005as Senator Boxwell

Death Before Dishonor

1987as Gunnery Sgt. Burns

Shakedown

2002as General Wolf

Wild Grizzly

2000as Ranger Frank Bradford