Donald Gibb, 1954 – 2026

Big tough-guy character actor Donald Gibb, 71, died on May 12. He played Ogre in three Revenge of the Nerds movies, also appearing in two Bloodsport movies with Jean-Claude Van Damme. He played football with the San Diego Chargers before turning to acting, and his distinctive looks got him roles on such movies and TV shows as Stripes, Conan the Barbarian, The A-Team, Magnum PI, Amazon Women on the Moon, Night Court, Quantum Leap, Cheers, The X-Files, Seinfeld, Murphy Brown, Days of Our Lives, and Veronica’s Closet. To help pay the rent (though he was still acting as of this year), Gibb co-owned the Chicago bar Trader Todd’s, as well as the brew Trader Todd's Adventure Beer.