Lyle Alzado
Lyle Martin Alzado was an American professional All Pro football defensive end of the National Football League (NFL), famous for his intense and intimidating style of play.
Alzado pursued an acting career in both movies and television, appearing mostly in youth-oriented comedy and adventure roles. His most notable film roles include the bully construction worker in Ernest Goes to Camp and the unstoppable killer in Destroyer. He also appeared in Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All as a notorious bodyguard and rifleman. He played prison staff member Brawn in the 1990 film Club Fed, and co-starred in the film Neon City.
On television, Alzado appeared in a number of mid-1980s commercials for Sports Illustrated with "Jack", who tries to help him perform the commercial correctly. He played himself, wearing his Raiders uniform, in the Amazing Stories episode "Remote Control Man" He also played himself in a 1988 episode of Small Wonder, and made a guest appearance on The Super Mario Bros. Super Show in 1989. Alzado starred in the sitcom Learning the Ropes as a high school teacher whose secret alter ego is a professional wrestler known as "The Masked Maniac," alongside numerous NWA Wrestling stars. Alzado appeared in the series premiere of the short-lived 1991 sitcom Good Sports with Ryan O'Neal and Farrah Fawcett, and in episodes of It's Garry Shandling's Show and MacGyver.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 3.383 |
Birthday | 1949-04-03 |
Place of Birth | Brooklyn, New York, USA |
Also Known As |
1991
Hangfire
4.2/4
When a large group of escaped convicts take Ike Slayton, a Vietnam veteran's wife hostage, Slayton enlists the help of his old army friend in a furiou...
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1987
Ernest Goes to Camp
5.2/152
Ernest, a lovable loser who works as a summer camp handyman and dreams of becoming a guidance counselor, must find a way to inspire a group of juvenil...
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Ernest Goes to Camp
1991
Neon City
4.8/32
"Mad Max" clone set in the not-too-distant future about a group of people trying to escape to a safe haven called Neon City after a solar disaster tha...
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Neon City
1988
Destroyer
5.1/25
A prison riot breaks out at the moment of a serial murderer's execution by electrocution, and his fate becomes indeterminate when the prison is shut d...
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Destroyer
1979
The Double McGuffin
5.3/9
Some school kids stumble across a briefcase full of money, when they go back for it, they find a body instead. When they bring the police, neither is...
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The Double McGuffin
1989
Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All
5/6
Mike Hammer is kidnapped and led to believe it is the work of a Las Vegas entertainer, but soon realises somebody else is involved.
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Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All
1988
Tapeheads
5.2/53
The story of Ivan and Josh, two dim witted ex-security guards who love music videos. Out of work, with no job prospects, they form a music video produ...
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Tapeheads
1991
Comrades in Arms
2.7/3
Men from Russia and the United States join forces to prevent a powerful drug ring from achieving global domination.
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Comrades in Arms
1981
The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite
3/2
In this sequel to "The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything," down-on-his-luck Kirby Winter inherits a floundering business, and the magical gold watch w...
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The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite
1990
Zapped Again!
4.1/31
A new kid moves into school, making enemies with the affluent societies and joining the beleaguered Science Club. But when an old potion is discovered...
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Zapped Again!
1989
Who's Harry Crumb?
5.932/316
Harry Crumb is a bumbling and inept private investigator who is hired to solve the kidnapping of a young heiress which he's not expected to solve beca...
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Who's Harry Crumb?
2008
Bigger Stronger Faster*
6.8/125
In America, we define ourselves in the superlative: we are the biggest, strongest, fastest country in the world. Is it any wonder that so many of our...
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Bigger Stronger Faster*
1986
Oceans of Fire
4.4/8
Ben, a former Navy officer now works on a rig as the guy in charge, but since a lot of crew keeps dying whilst diving and planting the rig in the sea...
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Oceans of Fire
1989
Shocktroop
4/1
The special commando Delta Force is sent behind the line of fire into the terrain of the enemy. Their mission goal is to destroy a base where the enem...
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