Name Tab Thacker | Role Wrestler | |
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Full Name Talmadge Layne Thacker Born March 10, 1962 USA Spouse Sharon Thacker (m. ?–2007) Movies Police Academy 5: Assign, Police Academy 4: Citizen, Wildcats, City Heat, Identity Crisis Similar People Alan Myerson, Neal Israel, Jim Drake, Billie Bird, Michael Ritchie | ||
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Talmadge Layne "Tab" Thacker (March 10, 1962 – December 28, 2007), was a former NCAA wrestler and actor.
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While at North Carolina State University Thacker won the NCAA heavyweight wrestling championship in 1984, collecting 4 Atlantic Coast Conference titles along with the Wolfpack. He finished his college career 92-11-1, ranking second in N.C. State history with an .889 winning percentage and 54 pins.
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. He went on to appear in several films including City Heat, Wildcats, two of the Police Academy films, and Identity Crisis.
After his departure from Hollywood, Thacker relocated to Raleigh, North Carolina. There, he established a remodeling business and operated several nightclubs. Subsequently, he transitioned into a new career as a bail bondsman.
Thacker had majored in criminal justice at NC State.
A North Carolina native, Thacker died in Raleigh, North Carolina on December 28, 2007 at the age of 45 after years of failing health. Some years before his death, he developed diabetes and had a foot amputated; shortly before his death, he lost his legs too. He is survived by his wife, Sharon, and six children.
He was buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.