# Remember this guy?(Actor died from AIDS) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 8, 2016, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-this-guy-actor-died-from-aids/762105 "2016-08-08T01:56:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-this-guy-actor-died-from-aids/762105/1 "2016-08-08T01:56:07Z")
A white American (possibly Canadian) actor from late 70/early 80s typecast as the dumb, zany guy in movies and tv. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-this-guy-actor-died-from-aids/762105/2 "2016-08-08T02:04:00Z")
[Stephen Stucker?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Stucker) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-this-guy-actor-died-from-aids/762105/3 "2016-08-08T02:05:22Z")
Stephen Stucker? ---
**Author:** ![Marion\_Wormer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d07c76/32.png) [@Marion\_Wormer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marion_Wormer)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-this-guy-actor-died-from-aids/762105/4 "2016-08-08T02:31:26Z")
All his funny lines from “Airplane” [http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0006148/quotes](http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0006148/quotes) 35 years later and he still makes me laugh just reading his lines and remembering… ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-this-guy-actor-died-from-aids/762105/5 "2016-08-08T03:09:29Z")
No, not “Johnny” from Airplane. The guy I’m thinking of was younger and had a full head of curly hair. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-this-guy-actor-died-from-aids/762105/6 "2016-08-08T03:40:10Z")
He wasn’t actually younger, but he looked younger: Dack Rambo? ---
**Author:** ![Obeseus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbce88/32.png) [@Obeseus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Obeseus)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-this-guy-actor-died-from-aids/762105/7 "2016-08-08T03:42:09Z")
Tommy Sexton? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-this-guy-actor-died-from-aids/762105/8 "2016-08-08T03:43:05Z")
I’d say Dack Rambo, Brad Davis, or even Robert Reed if not for the zany part. ---
**Author:** ![Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90ced4/32.png) [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waltzes_with_Cacti)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-this-guy-actor-died-from-aids/762105/9 "2016-08-08T04:21:05Z")
Tom Villard had abundant curly hair, guested in quite a few sitcoms and died of AIDS. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-this-guy-actor-died-from-aids/762105/10 "2016-08-08T04:49:35Z")
[Merrit Butrick](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merritt_Butrick)? He starred in **Square Pegs** , but was also famous as David Marcus, Admiral Kirk’s son in Star Trek II and III. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-this-guy-actor-died-from-aids/762105/11 "2016-08-08T04:58:32Z")
> [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](#): > > Tom Villard had abundant curly hair, guested in quite a few sitcoms and died of AIDS. That’s a good call ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-this-guy-actor-died-from-aids/762105/12 "2016-08-08T07:00:23Z")
Do any names on [Wikipedia’s List of Celebrities with AIDS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HIV-positive_people) ring a bell? ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-this-guy-actor-died-from-aids/762105/13 "2016-08-08T13:50:40Z")
> [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](#): > > Tom Villard had abundant curly hair, guested in quite a few sitcoms and died of AIDS. That’s him! [![](https://www.sitcomsonline.com/photopost/data/699/wetom544d_1.JPG) ](https://www.sitcomsonline.com/photopost/data/699/wetom544d_1.JPG) Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90ced4/32.png) [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waltzes_with_Cacti)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-this-guy-actor-died-from-aids/762105/14 "2016-08-08T15:08:11Z")
You’re welcome. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-this-guy-actor-died-from-aids/762105/15 "2016-08-09T00:38:13Z")
Moving this to CS. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-this-guy-actor-died-from-aids/762105/16 "2016-08-09T01:54:14Z")
> [@Marion\_Wormer](#): > > All his funny lines from “Airplane” > > [http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0006148/quotes](http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0006148/quotes) > > 35 years later and he still makes me laugh just reading his lines and remembering… Thanks for the link. He was hilarious. “And Leon is getting larrrrgerrrr!” ---
**Author:** ![Meliza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/858c86/32.png) [@Meliza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meliza)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-this-guy-actor-died-from-aids/762105/17 "2016-11-07T05:49:30Z")
Thinking of my gentle, zany, wise friend Tom Villard as his birthday approaches. So glad to see your posts Waltzes With Cacti and Marion\_Wormer. So glad to see that he is remembered. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-this-guy-actor-died-from-aids/762105/18 "2016-11-07T15:28:15Z")
Al Traina? ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-this-guy-actor-died-from-aids/762105/19 "2016-11-08T03:48:58Z")
> [@Meliza](#): > > Thinking of my gentle, zany, wise friend Tom Villard as his birthday approaches. So glad to see your posts Waltzes With Cacti and Marion\_Wormer. So glad to see that he is remembered. Here he is on $1000,000 Pyramid [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/jeMwCOZPWFg/hqdefault.jpg "The $100,000 Pyramid 1991 Episode, Part 1 of 5: JoMarie Payton vs. Tom Villard") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeMwCOZPWFg)