Reb Brown (born Robert Edward Brown; April 29, 1948) is an American former football player and actor. Brown is perhaps best known for playing the lead in the television film Captain America and the action war film Uncommon Valor. He is also known for the 1983 cult film Yor, the Hunter from the Future, regarded as a classic B-movie, as well as the sci-fi film Space Mutiny, and for the collaborations with director Bruno Mattei in the films Strike Commando and Robowar. Early years Brown's father was a policeman who had also been a singer. He grew up in the Los Angeles area and played football at Temple City High School. After graduating in 1966, he received a scholarship to play fullback at the University of Southern California during the 1967 season. He ended up losing the starting running back position to another student, O. J. Simpson, and Brown decided to transfer to another college in the Los Angeles area. Acting career Brown's acting career started in 1973, when he appeared in the films The Girl Most Likely to... and Sssssss. When he began acting, there was already a Robert Brown in the Screen Actor's Guild, so he took his initials, Reb, as his first name for acting. He later appeared in guest starring roles in several Universal Studios-produced television series, including Emergency!, Marcus Welby, M.D., Kojak, The Eddie Capra Mysteries, and The Rockford Files. He also appeared as Rebel, a southern boy who has a fight with Ralph Malph in Happy Days, and played Jim Bridger in the all-star miniseries Centennial. He also appeared in Three's Company as Elmo, a date for Chrissy Snow. He also played Captain America in two made-for-TV films, Captain America and Captain America II: Death Too Soon, during the late 1970s, part of the same development deal that yielded the Lou Ferrigno vehicle, The Incredible Hulk. In the film, Big Wednesday (1978), Brown played the role of "Enforcer." He landed the supporting role of the only starting white member (as a freshman) of the team in the college basketball comedy, Fast Break (1979), starring Gabe Kaplan. In Paul Schrader's 1979 film Hardcore, he plays a bouncer in a neon-lit sex shop who throws George C. Scott into the street after Scott's character becomes rowdy. In 1983, Brown landed a lead role in the cult film classic Yor, the Hunter from the Future, as well