Tab Thacker

Tab Thacker

Born: March 10, 1962
Died: December 28, 2007
in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
Talmadge Layne "Tab" Thacker (March 10, 1962 – December 28, 2007) was an American wrestler and actor.

Thacker was the NCAA Division I Wrestling heavyweight national champion in 1984 as a senior.

He began his film career after Clint Eastwood noticed him in Time magazine and noted the 6-foot-4 and 450-pound (1.93 m, 204 kg) Thacker's size. Thacker went on to appear in several films including City Heat, Wildcats, two of the Police Academy films, and Identity Crisis.

After leaving Hollywood, Thacker returned to Raleigh, North Carolina, where he opened a remodeling business and operated several nightclubs. He later became a bail bondsman.

Thacker died from failing his health at the age 45 on December 28, 2007. He developed diabetes and had a foot amputated some years before he died.

Movies for Tab Thacker...

Identity Crisis
Title: Identity Crisis
Character: I.Q.
Released: January 1, 1989
Type: Movie
A rapper finds himself possessed by the soul of a dead fashion designer; frequently switching personalities.
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Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach
Title: Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach
Character: House
Released: March 17, 1988
Type: Movie
The Police Academy misfits travel to Miami Beach for Commandant Lassard to be honored with a prestigious lifetime award pending his retirement. Things take a turn when Lassard unknowingly ends up in possession of stolen diamonds from a jewel heist.
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Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
Title: Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
Character: House
Released: April 2, 1987
Type: Movie
A new batch of recruits arrives at Police Academy, this time a group of civilian volunteers who have joined Commandant Lassard's new Citizens on Patrol program. Although the community relations project has strong governmental support, a disgusted Captain Harris is determined to see it fail.
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Wildcats
Title: Wildcats
Character: Phillip Finch
Released: February 14, 1986
Type: Movie
Molly is a high school track coach who knows just as much about football as anyone else on the planet. When a football coach's position becomes vacant, she applies for the job, despite snickers from fellow staff members and her former husband.
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City Heat
Title: City Heat
Character: Tuck
Released: December 7, 1984
Type: Movie
Set in Kansas City in 1933, Eastwood plays a police lieutenant known simply by his last name, Speer. Reynolds plays a former cop turned private eye named Mike Murphy. Both Speer and Murphy served on the force together and were once good friends, but are now bitter enemies. When Murphy's partner is slain they team up again to fight the mob.