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Donald Gibb, Ogre From ‘Revenge Of The Nerds,’ Dies At 71

Posted on 5/12/26 at 8:57 pm
Posted by BowDownToLSU
Livingston louisiana
Member since Feb 2010
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Posted on 5/12/26 at 8:57 pm
Donald Gibb, who starred as the brutish football player Ogre in the 1984 campus comedy classic Revenge of the Nerds, has died.

The actor’s son, Travis, told TMZ that his father died Tuesday after suffering from health complications in Texas. He was 71.
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Born Donald Richard Gibb on Aug. 4, 1954, in New York City, Gibb’s first screen role came in an uncredited role as a henchman in the Clint Eastwood action comedy Any Which Way You Can. The bit role was followed by a pair of uncredited turns in two more high-profile films, as a bouncer in the mud-wrestling bar in Bill Murray’s 1981 comedy Stripes; and King Osric’s (Max von Sydow) in the 1982 Arnold Schwarzenegger fantasy adventure Conan the Barbarian.
RIP Big Fella
Posted by Soul Gleaux
Baton Rouge
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Posted on 5/12/26 at 9:04 pm to
What if C-A-T really spelled “dog?”
Posted by fricket
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Posted on 5/12/26 at 9:05 pm to
Posted by BigDropper
Member since Jul 2009
8633 posts
Posted on 5/12/26 at 9:08 pm to
His best work was in Bloodsport with JCVD.
Posted by olemc999
At a blackjack table
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Posted on 5/12/26 at 9:08 pm to
One of my favorite shows that no one has ever heard of was called 1st and 10. Gibb was hilarious in that show as the team linebacker.

Posted by Rouxdee
Member since Nov 2021
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Posted on 5/12/26 at 9:08 pm to
Ray Jackson
Posted by PGAOLDBAWNevahBroke
Member since Oct 2025
435 posts
Posted on 5/12/26 at 9:10 pm to
His brother worked at Goldman and at one point he had a hotline you could call and he would do the NERDS!!! for a fee.

Traders regular called the hotline.
Posted by shutterspeed
MS Gulf Coast
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Posted on 5/12/26 at 9:14 pm to
Oh, like put up your dukes, roight?
Posted by L5UT1ger
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Posted on 5/12/26 at 9:31 pm to
He was the big bad hitter for the Mets in rookie of the year.

Rip ogre
Posted by Buck Magnum
Springdale
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Posted on 5/12/26 at 9:58 pm to
That is Tom Milanovich.
Posted by Tigersfan
Member since Feb 2006
2694 posts
Posted on 5/12/26 at 10:38 pm to
Dr Death and Mad Dog were a hell of a duo. I use to have to be sneaky to watch it when in the 80’s.
I actually stumbled across the DVD box set about 15 years ago in a discount bin at Best Buy. The show didn’t hold up well but it was worth a watch for nostalgia alone.
Posted by olemc999
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Posted on 5/12/26 at 10:42 pm to
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Dr Death and Mad Dog were a hell of a duo.


They damn sure where. And on the offensive side you had Jethro and Bubba.
Posted by TBubba
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Posted on 5/12/26 at 10:59 pm to
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that no one has ever heard of


“I once lived in Bulgaria….. now I’m making half a mil”


I remember.
Posted by jizzle6609
Houston
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Posted on 5/12/26 at 11:11 pm to
RIP Ray Jackson

My favorite movie as a youngster was bloodsport. Loved his character.
Posted by RoyalWe
Louisiana
Member since Mar 2018
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Posted on 5/12/26 at 11:12 pm to
Damn that sucks. RIP, big guy. NERDS!!!!
Posted by Snoop Dawg
Member since Sep 2009
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Posted on 5/12/26 at 11:55 pm to
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Donald Gibb, who starred as the brutish football player Ogre in the 1984 campus comedy classic Revenge of the Nerds, has died.


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Born Donald Richard Gibb on Aug. 4, 1954


Dude was 30 years old when he played a college guy in the first movie, not sequel.

Posted by Sho Nuff
Oahu
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Posted on 5/13/26 at 1:29 am to
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One of my favorite shows that no one has ever heard of was called 1st and 10

Wat

I think you mean younger folks may not have heard of it, but I loved that shite when I was younger.
Posted by msudawg1200
Central Mississippi
Member since Jun 2014
10863 posts
Posted on 5/13/26 at 5:08 am to
First Skolnick and now Ogre. Who's next? Wormser? Forgot that Poindexter was a child molester.
Posted by Shorter Yards
Here and There
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Posted on 5/13/26 at 5:35 am to
Always liked anything he was in. RIP
Posted by DrewTheEngineer
Baton Rouge (Oak Hills)
Member since Jun 2006
1287 posts
Posted on 5/13/26 at 7:24 am to
"Ogre, you a$$hole"
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