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How about his hilariously understated turn as the head of the Lambda-Lambda-Lambda Fraternity
U.N. Jefferson in REVENGE OF THE NERDS!
(Side Note: It's also strange thinking of the bastard Sheriff's Deputy Galt in FIRST BLOOD as the director of CLEOPATRA JONES—Jack Starrett, pretty versatile guy!)
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Nov 28, 2017 - 6:37 AM
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Bob DiMucci
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Bernie Casey tried his hand at television again as part of the ensemble cast of 1983's "Bay City Blues." The Bay City Bluebirds were a minor league baseball team in California. Players varied from young hopefuls to once-great players who were sent to the minors before retirement. Story lines revolved around the players' lives, loves, and problems. The cast of "Bay City Blues" featured the then-unknowns Sharon Stone, Mykelti Williamson, and Dennis Franz. Casey played a washed up coach, "Ozzie Peoples."
Scheduled opposite ABC's "Hart to Hart" and CBS's "Tuesday Night Movies" (the #25 highest rated show of the season), "Bay City Blues" drew poor ratings and was pulled from NBC's lineup after airing only four of the eight episodes that were produced. The four remaining episodes were aired by selected affiliates in two-hour blocks on Sunday July 1 and Sunday July 8, 1984, after the local news broadcasts. The prime-time run ended up ranking 88th out of 94 programs, averaging only a 10 percent household rating.
Bernie Casey (bottom row, left) and the cast of "Bay City Blues"
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Bernie Casey co-starred with Keenan Ivory Wayans in the 1988 spoof of Blaxploitation films I'M GONNA GIT YOU SUCKA. Wayans played Army veteran "Jack Spade" who has returned to his home town to avenge the death of his brother, with the help of local crime-fighting legend "John Slade" (Casey). Wayans also directed the film. It was Casey's third film with co-star Jim Brown. None of David Michael Frank's score appeared on the song-track album released by Arista.
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Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte reprised their roles of con man "Reggie Hammond" and police detective "Jack Cates" in the 1990 sequel ANOTHER 48 HRS. Bernie Casey played "Kirkland Smith," an older African American prisoner who protected Reggie for seven years and now reminds him that he has a debt to pay as soon as he is released and gets the money that Det. Hammond has been holding for him. Walter Hill directed this followup to his 1982 original. James Horner's score claimed four of the nine tracks on the Scotti Bros. CD release of the film's music.
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Casey had a small role as "Commander Harris" in the 1992 Steven Seagal actioner UNDER SIEGE.
Andrew Davis directed the film. Gary Chang's score was released by Varese Sarabande.
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Bernie Casey had a minor role as "John" in the 1993 comedy THE CEMETERY CLUB, about the widows "Doris" (Olympia Dukakis), "Ester" (Ellen Burstyn), and "Lucille" (Diane Ladd), whose husbands die one after another in just a few years. Bill Duke directed the film. Varese Sarabande released Elmer Bernstein's score.
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In John Carpenter's IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS, Sam Neill plays "John Trent," a no-nonsense insurance investigator who loves his job and has disdain for most of humanity--but with a sense of humor. He's sent to find missing mega-selling author "Sutter Caine" (Jurgen Prochnow). Bernie Casey plays Trent's boss, "Robinson." The 1995 film's score, by Carpenter and Jim Lang, was released by DRG.
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Tim Reid, one of the stars of the television show "WKRP in Cincinnati," directed the 1996 memory piece ONCE UPON A TIME ... WHEN WE WERE COLORED. Much of the story is told through the eyes of a young boy named Cliff (played at different ages by three actors), who is raised by his great-grandparents (Al Freeman Jr. and Paula Kelly). Bernie Casey had one of 83 speaking parts in the cast, playing "Mr. Walter." Paul Buckmaster's score for the film did not get a release.
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