teamed up with country superstars Waylon Jennings, Mel Tillis, and Bobby Bare in the group Old Dogs.

as Red Beaulieu, the movie’s chief antagonist and the head coach for the University of Louisiana Cougars football team.

died in Nashville, Tennessee, on September 1, 2008, of complications from emphysema.

co-starred with Robin Williams and Walter Matthau in the Michael Ritchie comedy The Survivors.

made two guest appearances on the sitcom Alice, in 1978 and 1981.

joined entrepreneur Larry Schmittou and other country music stars, such as Conway Twitty, Cal Smith, Larry Gatlin, and Richard Sterban, as investors in the Nashville Sounds, a minor league baseball