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| name = Rick Hill
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| currentnumber = 24<ref name="clem-prog">{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=28 September 1974 |title=The Georgia Tech Game |magazine=Official Program |location=Clemson |publisher=Clemson University Athletic Department |page=43 }}</ref>
| currentposition = [[Fullback]],<ref name="clem-prog"/> [[Tailback]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Hyatt |first=Richard |date=September 29, 1971 | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/398578475 | title=Frosh Open Grid Slates |newspaper=The Atlanta Constitution |page=2-D {{subscription required|via=newspapers.com}}}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|January 26, 1953}}<ref name="imdb">{{cite web |title=Rick Hill |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0384605 |website=imdb.com |publisher=Amazon |access-date=20 September 2021}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Harlan, Kentucky]]<ref name="imdb"/>
| heightft = 6
| heightin = 1<ref name="clem-prog"/>
| weight = 206<ref name="clem-prog"/>
| highschool = [[Perrysburg High School|Perrysburg (OH)]]
|pastschools=
* [[Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football|Georgia Tech]] (1971–1975)
| bowlgames=
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'''Richard "Rick" Hill''' (born January 26, 1953) is an [[American]] actor, author, and former [[gridiron football]] player. He is perhaps best known for his appearances in several films from veteran producer [[Roger Corman]], including playing the title role in two installments of his ''Deathstalker'' series. He also collaborated with controversial baseball figure [[Pete Rose]] on his autobiography.
==Football career==
Hill was a three-sport letterman for [[Perrysburg High School|Perrysburg High]] in [[Perrysburg, Ohio]]. In football, he twice won MVP honors in the [[Northern Lakes League]], and was also a league all-star in basketball.<ref name="ac-24nov71">{{cite news |last=Hyatt |first=Richard |date=24 November 1971 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/398398803/ |title=King, Hill to duel at flats |work=The Atlanta Journal|page=40 {{subscription required|via=newspapers.com}}}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=26 January 2006 |title=Sidelines: Perrysburg, Lake set to induct hall-of-fame members |url=https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/...uct-hall-of-fame-members/stories/200601260019 |website=toledoblade.com |access-date=17 September 2021}}</ref> He was recruited by the [[Georgia Tech football]] program<ref name="ac-24nov71"/>, but his career was plagued by injuries.<ref name="aj-7dec81">{{cite news |last=Greppi |first=Michelle |date=7 December 1981 | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/974102648/ | title=Ex-Tech player scoring on 'FBI' |newspaper=The Atlanta Journal |page=6-C {{subscription required|via=newspapers.com}}}}</ref>
Before 1972, NCAA players were required to spend a year on a freshman team before graduating to the varsity team.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/01/09/...ports-ncaas-surprise-move.html|title=Freshmen Given Varsity Status in Major Sport |work=New York Times |date=9 January 1972}}</ref> Despite a slow start which he attributed to an ankle sprain,<ref name="aj-23nov71">{{cite news |last=Arey |first=Norman |date=November 23, 1971 | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/971969180/ | title=Baby Jackets' Hill Finally 'Showed Up' |newspaper=The Atlanta Journal |page=6-C {{subscription required|via=newspapers.com}}}}</ref> Hill led the so-called "Baby Jackets" in ground gains,<ref>{{cite news| last=Hunter |first=Jim |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/972064899/ |title=Horne is Healed... Ready |work=The Atlanta Journal & Constitution|page=7-D|date=2 April 1972}}</ref> in part because future [[College Football Hall of Fame|College Hall of Famer]] [[Randy Rhino]] was moved to defense.<ref>{{cite news |last=Krueger |first=John |date=November 25, 1971 | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/846766577/ | title=Frosh Teams Look Alike |newspaper=The Macon Telegraph |page=2C {{subscription required|via=newspapers.com}}}}</ref> Hill's sophomore year started slow again on a weak team, and he was [[Redshirt (college sports)|redshirted]] partway into the season, although head coach [[Bill Fulcher]] called him "probably as good a back as we have at Tech".<ref name="mac-7nov72">{{cite news |last=Bowers |first=Harley |date=7 November 1972 | url= | title=Fulcher: Duke Proved We're Over our Head |newspaper=The Macon Telegraph |page=BA {{subscription required|via=newspapers.com}}}}</ref>
Hill came out strong in the 1973–74 campaign and led the team with six touchdowns by early November, when he suffered a ligament tear that took him out of action for the rest of the schedule.<ref name="ac-13nov73">{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/398541275/ |title=Tech's Hill Lost for Season |work=Atlanta Journal-Constitution |page=57|date=13 November 1973}}</ref> Unsure if he would even be able to play until late into the pre-season, Hill took the field for the 1974–75 campaign<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=September 9, 1974 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/293921030/ |title=Notre Dame Favored to Whip Georgia Tech |newspaper=The Times Recorder |location=Zanesville |agency=United Press International |pages=3-B {{subscription required|via=newspapers.com}}}}</ref> but was quickly sidelined with a [[hamstring]] injury.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=19 September 1974 | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/846932420 | title=Georgia Tech Loses Rick Hill |newspaper=The Macon Telegraph |agency=United Press International |page=4B {{subscription required|via=newspapers.com}}}}</ref> He recovered and helped a rejuvenated Tech offense to several school records in the final stretch.<ref>{{cite news |last=Roberts |first=Charlie |date=2 April 1975 | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/398617586/ | title=Pepper Starts Filling Shoes |newspaper=The Atlanta Constitution |page=5-D {{subscription required|via=newspapers.com}}}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Head Prefers to Wear White |last=Roberts|first=Charlie|work=Atlanta Journal-Constitution|page=86|date=10 October 1974}}</ref>
Hill was a [[Rhodes Scholarship]] nominee at Georgia Tech, from where he graduated in 1975 with a major in business.<ref name="aj-7dec81"/><ref name="aj-29jun83">{{cite news |last=Cain |first=Scott |date=29 June 1983 | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/974689893/ | title=Ex-Yellow Jacket fights dark forces |newspaper=The Atlanta Journal |page=12-B {{subscription required|via=newspapers.com}}}}</ref> Thereafter, he briefly enrolled at [[Emory University]] to study law, before attempting to turn pro. Hill trained with the [[Detroit Lions]] of the [[NFL]], but did not make the team.<ref name="aj-7dec81"/> He signed a contract with the [[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]] of the [[CFL]] in the spring of 1976,<ref>{{cite news|title=Bombers Find Saddle for 'Rider |work=Winnipeg Free Press |page=65 |date=May 29, 1976}}</ref> but suffered a dislocated shoulder during the preseason and left training camp<ref>{{cite news|title=Veteran, rookie 'take a flyer' |work=Winnipeg Free Press |page=74 |date=16 June 1976}}</ref> with no appearance on record in the regular season.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.statscrew.com/football/roster/t-CFLWPG/y-1976 |title=1976 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Roster | website=statscrew.com | access-date=May 5, 2024}}</ref>
==Film career==
Hill's acting break came when he was scouted at a [[Los Angeles]] beach and offered the small part of a lifeguard in a production called ''One of a Kind''.<ref name="aj-7dec81"/>
The same setting begat a leading role in ''[[Beach Patrol (film)|Beach Patrol]]'', the 1979 pilot for a proposed [[Aaron Spelling]] series, although the show was not picked up.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arch...de8-c180-4e7a-8fa7-17000706b3a7/|title=Tanned Androids and Bikini Beauties on 'Beach Patrol'|website=[[The Washington Post]]|date=April 30, 1979|access-date=August 2, 2018}}</ref>
Hill was able to capitalize on his athletic background to keep his career going: he played a college football star (albeit from [[Michigan Wolverines|Michigan]]) in ''Detour to Terror'', an [[NBC]] telefilm starring and produced by [[O.J. Simpson]],<ref name="aj-7dec81"/><ref>{{cite AV media |date=22 February 1980 |title=Detour to Terror | medium=television |language=English |location=Los Angeles |publisher=Orenthal Productions}}</ref> and had a recurring role as another football player on the daytime drama ''[[Days of Our Lives]]''.<ref>{{cite news | last =Reed | first =Jon-Michael | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/386837168/ | title =What happened on the soaps |quote=Football player Kyle McCullough "*****" a kick out of Maggie at the casino. |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |agency=United Feature Syndicate |date =23 August 1980 | page=15 }}</ref> He also guest-starred as a varsity football player on an episode of ''[[Charlie's Angels]]'', another Spelling production.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Contant |first1=Éric |last2=Gourdeau |first2=Philippe |date=1995 |url=https://books.google.fr/books?id=EnNYDwAAQBAJ |title=Drôles de dames: Entre féminisme et sexisme | chapter=Quatrième saison : 1979–80 |series=Guide du téléfan |location=Pézilla-la-Rivière |publisher=DLM Éditions |pages= |isbn=2877950670 |language=fr}}</ref> In 1981, he was cast in ''[[Today's FBI]]'', a re-imagining of classic show ''[[The F.B.I. (TV series)|The FBI]]'', which ran for a single season on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]].<ref name="aj-29jun83"/>
In 1983, Hill made his theatrical debut in ''[[Deathstalker (film)|Deathstalker]]'', which was part of a wave of [[heroic fantasy]] films that followed ''[[Conan the Barbarian (1982 film)|Conan The Barbarian]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.ign.com/articles/2011/08/22/sword-and-sorcery-collection-dvd-review | title =Sword and Sorcery Collection DVD Review | last=Shaffer | first=R.L. | date =19 January 2012 | website =ign.com | publisher =News Corporation | access-date =September 14, 2021}}</ref> The film was profitable for [[Roger Corman]]'s [[New World Pictures]], and Hill subsequently starred in several action films for Corman (including the [[Deathstalker IV: Match of Titans|third ''Deathstalker'' sequel]]) and his associate [[Cirio Santiago]].<ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?roles=nm0384605,nm0000339&title_type=feature | title =Feature Films, with Rick Hill, Roger Corman |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> | website =imdb.com | publisher =Amazon | access-date =14 September 2021}}</ref> Hill also appeared in ''Warrior Queen'', a film aping the ''Deathstalker'' template but made by another exploitation producer, [[Harry Alan Towers]]. In 1994, he played a secondary protagonist in the final installment of the ''Class of...'' series, ''[[Class of 1999 II: The Substitute|Class of 1999 II]]''. Around the same time, the actor made another push for a leading role with ''Immortal Soldier'', an [[android]] film which he co-wrote and was to feature genre veterans [[Maria Conchita Alonso]], [[Jeff Wincott]], [[Robert Davi]], [[Michael Ironside]] and [[Louise Fletcher]]. However the project, promoted by newcomers Hatch Entertainment, did not materialize.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Helving |first1=San |date=January 1993 |title=Notules Lunaires |url=https://archive.org/details/081_20231031/page/6/mode/ |magazine=[[Mad Movies]] |location=Paris |publisher=Jean-Pierre Putters |issue=81 |pages=7 | language=fr |issn=03386791}}</ref>
In the 1980s, Hill was a member of the Hollywood All-Stars, a touring celebrity softball team raising money for various charitable causes.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=May 10, 1985 |title =Tucson Sportwatch |url =https://www.newspapers.com/image/167499830/ |newspaper=The Arizona Daily Star |location=Tucson |page=6–F {{subscription required|via=newspapers.com}}}}</ref>
==Writing career==
Early in his entertainment career, Hill expressed an interest in writing, and was working on a spec script based on his college recruiting experience.<ref name="aj-7dec81"/> A baseball fan, he wrote another about the life of [[Jim Eisenreich]], who battled through [[Tourette syndrome]] to become a [[Major League Baseball|Major League]] player. After that one was optioned, his agent tried to pitch him as a writer for a planned biopic of [[Pete Rose]],<ref>{{cite web | url =https://variety.com/1999/film/news/baseball-biopic-finds-home-1117755675/ | title =Baseball biopic finds home | last =Graser | first =Marc | date =15 September 1999 | website =variety.com | publisher =Reed Business Information| access-date =September 20, 2021}}</ref> a fellow [[Ohioan]] with whom Hill had become acquainted at a 1986 celebrity softball game.<ref>{{cite web |title=Perrysburg native co-authored Rose's book |url=https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/...-co-authored-Rose-s-book/stories/200402100048 | last=Saevig | first=Dan | website=toledoblade.com |access-date=21 September 2021 |date=10 October 2004}}</ref> While neither film projects panned out, Rose read the Eisenreich script and chose Hill to write a tell-all book about his life. In the resulting opus, ''[[My Prison Without Bars]]'', Rose admitted to betting on MLB games for the first time, an accusation he had steadfastly denied before.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/06/...mits-betting-on-his-team.html|title=Baseball; Rose, in New Book, Admits Betting on His Team | last =Curry | first =Jack | date =6 January 2004 | website=nytimes.com | access-date =September 21, 2021}}</ref>
==Selected filmography==
''Note'': This Rick Hill is not to be confused with several homonyms, including an Australian actor and a kickboxer who appeared in ''[[Bloodfist II]]'' for his frequent employer Roger Corman.
===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|1983
|''[[Deathstalker]]''
|Deathstalker
|
|-
|1986
|''The Devastator''
|Deacon Porter
|
|-
|1987
|''Warrior Queen''
|Marcus
|
|-
|1988
|''Fast Gun''
|Jack Steiger
|
|-
|1990
|''Fertilize the Blaspheming Bombshell''
|Dan Allen
|
|-
|1991
|''[[Dune Warriors]]''
|John
|
|-
|1991
|''[[Deathstalker IV: Match of Titans]]''
|Deathstalker
|
|-
|1991
|''[[Eye of the Widow]]''
| Chris Jones
|
|-
| 1994
|''[[Class of 1999 II: The Substitute]]''
| G.D. Ash
|
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Inferno (1997 film)|Inferno]]''
| Trevor
| Also known as ''Operation Cobra''
|-
|1998
|''Storm Trooper''
|Denton
|
|}
===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|1978
|''[[ABC Afterschool Specials]]''
|Lifeguard
|Episode: "One of a Kind"<ref name="aj-7dec81"/>
|-
|1979
|''[[Beach Patrol (film)|Beach Patrol]]''
|Earl "Hack" Hackman
|TV movie
|-
|1979
|''[[Charlie's Angels]]''
|Steve Fitzpatrick
|Episode: "Angels on Campus"
|-
|1979
|''Steeletown''
|Coach Barnes
|TV movie
|-
|1980
|''[[Eight is Enough]]''
|Scoutmaster Harvey
|2 episodes
|-
|1980
|''[[Days of Our Lives]]''
|Kyle McCullough
|24 episodes
|-
|1980
|''Detour to Terror''
|Kurt
|TV movie
|-
|1980
|''Where the Ladies Go''
|Steve
|TV movie
|-
|1981
|''[[Today's F.B.I.]]''
|Al Gordean
|19 episodes
|-
|1982
|''[[Magnum, P.I.]]''
|Lee Chambers
|Episode: "The Eighth Part of the Village"
|-
|1981
1983
|''[[The Dukes of Hazzard]]''
|Matt / Phil Ackley
|2 episodes
|-
|1983
|''[[Cheers (TV series)|Cheers]]
|Tibor Svetkovic
|Episode: "Now Pitching, Sam Malone"
|-
|1984
|''[[The Master (American TV series)|The Master]]''
|Ron Gordon
|Episode: "Kunoichi"
|-
|1988
|''[[Matlock]]''
|Vince Campbell
|Episode: "The Body"
|-
|1991
|''[[The New Adam-12]]''
|Bomb Squad Officer
|Episode: "Playing with Fire"
|-
|1993
|''[[Raven (TV series)|Raven]]''
|Al Striker
|Episode: "Poisoned Harvest"
|-
|1998
|''[[Mowgli: The New Adventures of the Jungle Book]]''
|Russell
|Episode: "What Goes Around..."
|}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*{{IMDb name|id=0384605|name=Rick Hill}}
*[https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/rick-hill-1.html Rick Hill stats at SRCFB]
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{{Infobox college football player
| name = Rick Hill
| image =
| caption =
| currentnumber = 24<ref name="clem-prog">{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=28 September 1974 |title=The Georgia Tech Game |magazine=Official Program |location=Clemson |publisher=Clemson University Athletic Department |page=43 }}</ref>
| currentposition = [[Fullback]],<ref name="clem-prog"/> [[Tailback]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Hyatt |first=Richard |date=September 29, 1971 | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/398578475 | title=Frosh Open Grid Slates |newspaper=The Atlanta Constitution |page=2-D {{subscription required|via=newspapers.com}}}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|January 26, 1953}}<ref name="imdb">{{cite web |title=Rick Hill |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0384605 |website=imdb.com |publisher=Amazon |access-date=20 September 2021}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Harlan, Kentucky]]<ref name="imdb"/>
| heightft = 6
| heightin = 1<ref name="clem-prog"/>
| weight = 206<ref name="clem-prog"/>
| highschool = [[Perrysburg High School|Perrysburg (OH)]]
|pastschools=
* [[Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football|Georgia Tech]] (1971–1975)
| bowlgames=
| highlights =
}}
'''Richard "Rick" Hill''' (born January 26, 1953) is an [[American]] actor, author, and former [[gridiron football]] player. He is perhaps best known for his appearances in several films from veteran producer [[Roger Corman]], including playing the title role in two installments of his ''Deathstalker'' series. He also collaborated with controversial baseball figure [[Pete Rose]] on his autobiography.
==Football career==
Hill was a three-sport letterman for [[Perrysburg High School|Perrysburg High]] in [[Perrysburg, Ohio]]. In football, he twice won MVP honors in the [[Northern Lakes League]], and was also a league all-star in basketball.<ref name="ac-24nov71">{{cite news |last=Hyatt |first=Richard |date=24 November 1971 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/398398803/ |title=King, Hill to duel at flats |work=The Atlanta Journal|page=40 {{subscription required|via=newspapers.com}}}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=26 January 2006 |title=Sidelines: Perrysburg, Lake set to induct hall-of-fame members |url=https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/...uct-hall-of-fame-members/stories/200601260019 |website=toledoblade.com |access-date=17 September 2021}}</ref> He was recruited by the [[Georgia Tech football]] program<ref name="ac-24nov71"/>, but his career was plagued by injuries.<ref name="aj-7dec81">{{cite news |last=Greppi |first=Michelle |date=7 December 1981 | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/974102648/ | title=Ex-Tech player scoring on 'FBI' |newspaper=The Atlanta Journal |page=6-C {{subscription required|via=newspapers.com}}}}</ref>
Before 1972, NCAA players were required to spend a year on a freshman team before graduating to the varsity team.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/01/09/...ports-ncaas-surprise-move.html|title=Freshmen Given Varsity Status in Major Sport |work=New York Times |date=9 January 1972}}</ref> Despite a slow start which he attributed to an ankle sprain,<ref name="aj-23nov71">{{cite news |last=Arey |first=Norman |date=November 23, 1971 | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/971969180/ | title=Baby Jackets' Hill Finally 'Showed Up' |newspaper=The Atlanta Journal |page=6-C {{subscription required|via=newspapers.com}}}}</ref> Hill led the so-called "Baby Jackets" in ground gains,<ref>{{cite news| last=Hunter |first=Jim |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/972064899/ |title=Horne is Healed... Ready |work=The Atlanta Journal & Constitution|page=7-D|date=2 April 1972}}</ref> in part because future [[College Football Hall of Fame|College Hall of Famer]] [[Randy Rhino]] was moved to defense.<ref>{{cite news |last=Krueger |first=John |date=November 25, 1971 | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/846766577/ | title=Frosh Teams Look Alike |newspaper=The Macon Telegraph |page=2C {{subscription required|via=newspapers.com}}}}</ref> Hill's sophomore year started slow again on a weak team, and he was [[Redshirt (college sports)|redshirted]] partway into the season, although head coach [[Bill Fulcher]] called him "probably as good a back as we have at Tech".<ref name="mac-7nov72">{{cite news |last=Bowers |first=Harley |date=7 November 1972 | url= | title=Fulcher: Duke Proved We're Over our Head |newspaper=The Macon Telegraph |page=BA {{subscription required|via=newspapers.com}}}}</ref>
Hill came out strong in the 1973–74 campaign and led the team with six touchdowns by early November, when he suffered a ligament tear that took him out of action for the rest of the schedule.<ref name="ac-13nov73">{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/398541275/ |title=Tech's Hill Lost for Season |work=Atlanta Journal-Constitution |page=57|date=13 November 1973}}</ref> Unsure if he would even be able to play until late into the pre-season, Hill took the field for the 1974–75 campaign<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=September 9, 1974 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/293921030/ |title=Notre Dame Favored to Whip Georgia Tech |newspaper=The Times Recorder |location=Zanesville |agency=United Press International |pages=3-B {{subscription required|via=newspapers.com}}}}</ref> but was quickly sidelined with a [[hamstring]] injury.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=19 September 1974 | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/846932420 | title=Georgia Tech Loses Rick Hill |newspaper=The Macon Telegraph |agency=United Press International |page=4B {{subscription required|via=newspapers.com}}}}</ref> He recovered and helped a rejuvenated Tech offense to several school records in the final stretch.<ref>{{cite news |last=Roberts |first=Charlie |date=2 April 1975 | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/398617586/ | title=Pepper Starts Filling Shoes |newspaper=The Atlanta Constitution |page=5-D {{subscription required|via=newspapers.com}}}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Head Prefers to Wear White |last=Roberts|first=Charlie|work=Atlanta Journal-Constitution|page=86|date=10 October 1974}}</ref>
Hill was a [[Rhodes Scholarship]] nominee at Georgia Tech, from where he graduated in 1975 with a major in business.<ref name="aj-7dec81"/><ref name="aj-29jun83">{{cite news |last=Cain |first=Scott |date=29 June 1983 | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/974689893/ | title=Ex-Yellow Jacket fights dark forces |newspaper=The Atlanta Journal |page=12-B {{subscription required|via=newspapers.com}}}}</ref> Thereafter, he briefly enrolled at [[Emory University]] to study law, before attempting to turn pro. Hill trained with the [[Detroit Lions]] of the [[NFL]], but did not make the team.<ref name="aj-7dec81"/> He signed a contract with the [[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]] of the [[CFL]] in the spring of 1976,<ref>{{cite news|title=Bombers Find Saddle for 'Rider |work=Winnipeg Free Press |page=65 |date=May 29, 1976}}</ref> but suffered a dislocated shoulder during the preseason and left training camp<ref>{{cite news|title=Veteran, rookie 'take a flyer' |work=Winnipeg Free Press |page=74 |date=16 June 1976}}</ref> with no appearance on record in the regular season.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.statscrew.com/football/roster/t-CFLWPG/y-1976 |title=1976 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Roster | website=statscrew.com | access-date=May 5, 2024}}</ref>
==Film career==
Hill's acting break came when he was scouted at a [[Los Angeles]] beach and offered the small part of a lifeguard in a production called ''One of a Kind''.<ref name="aj-7dec81"/>
The same setting begat a leading role in ''[[Beach Patrol (film)|Beach Patrol]]'', the 1979 pilot for a proposed [[Aaron Spelling]] series, although the show was not picked up.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arch...de8-c180-4e7a-8fa7-17000706b3a7/|title=Tanned Androids and Bikini Beauties on 'Beach Patrol'|website=[[The Washington Post]]|date=April 30, 1979|access-date=August 2, 2018}}</ref>
Hill was able to capitalize on his athletic background to keep his career going: he played a college football star (albeit from [[Michigan Wolverines|Michigan]]) in ''Detour to Terror'', an [[NBC]] telefilm starring and produced by [[O.J. Simpson]],<ref name="aj-7dec81"/><ref>{{cite AV media |date=22 February 1980 |title=Detour to Terror | medium=television |language=English |location=Los Angeles |publisher=Orenthal Productions}}</ref> and had a recurring role as another football player on the daytime drama ''[[Days of Our Lives]]''.<ref>{{cite news | last =Reed | first =Jon-Michael | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/386837168/ | title =What happened on the soaps |quote=Football player Kyle McCullough "*****" a kick out of Maggie at the casino. |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |agency=United Feature Syndicate |date =23 August 1980 | page=15 }}</ref> He also guest-starred as a varsity football player on an episode of ''[[Charlie's Angels]]'', another Spelling production.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Contant |first1=Éric |last2=Gourdeau |first2=Philippe |date=1995 |url=https://books.google.fr/books?id=EnNYDwAAQBAJ |title=Drôles de dames: Entre féminisme et sexisme | chapter=Quatrième saison : 1979–80 |series=Guide du téléfan |location=Pézilla-la-Rivière |publisher=DLM Éditions |pages= |isbn=2877950670 |language=fr}}</ref> In 1981, he was cast in ''[[Today's FBI]]'', a re-imagining of classic show ''[[The F.B.I. (TV series)|The FBI]]'', which ran for a single season on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]].<ref name="aj-29jun83"/>
In 1983, Hill made his theatrical debut in ''[[Deathstalker (film)|Deathstalker]]'', which was part of a wave of [[heroic fantasy]] films that followed ''[[Conan the Barbarian (1982 film)|Conan The Barbarian]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.ign.com/articles/2011/08/22/sword-and-sorcery-collection-dvd-review | title =Sword and Sorcery Collection DVD Review | last=Shaffer | first=R.L. | date =19 January 2012 | website =ign.com | publisher =News Corporation | access-date =September 14, 2021}}</ref> The film was profitable for [[Roger Corman]]'s [[New World Pictures]], and Hill subsequently starred in several action films for Corman (including the [[Deathstalker IV: Match of Titans|third ''Deathstalker'' sequel]]) and his associate [[Cirio Santiago]].<ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?roles=nm0384605,nm0000339&title_type=feature | title =Feature Films, with Rick Hill, Roger Corman |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> | website =imdb.com | publisher =Amazon | access-date =14 September 2021}}</ref> Hill also appeared in ''Warrior Queen'', a film aping the ''Deathstalker'' template but made by another exploitation producer, [[Harry Alan Towers]]. In 1994, he played a secondary protagonist in the final installment of the ''Class of...'' series, ''[[Class of 1999 II: The Substitute|Class of 1999 II]]''. Around the same time, the actor made another push for a leading role with ''Immortal Soldier'', an [[android]] film which he co-wrote and was to feature genre veterans [[Maria Conchita Alonso]], [[Jeff Wincott]], [[Robert Davi]], [[Michael Ironside]] and [[Louise Fletcher]]. However the project, promoted by newcomers Hatch Entertainment, did not materialize.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Helving |first1=San |date=January 1993 |title=Notules Lunaires |url=https://archive.org/details/081_20231031/page/6/mode/ |magazine=[[Mad Movies]] |location=Paris |publisher=Jean-Pierre Putters |issue=81 |pages=7 | language=fr |issn=03386791}}</ref>
In the 1980s, Hill was a member of the Hollywood All-Stars, a touring celebrity softball team raising money for various charitable causes.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=May 10, 1985 |title =Tucson Sportwatch |url =https://www.newspapers.com/image/167499830/ |newspaper=The Arizona Daily Star |location=Tucson |page=6–F {{subscription required|via=newspapers.com}}}}</ref>
==Writing career==
Early in his entertainment career, Hill expressed an interest in writing, and was working on a spec script based on his college recruiting experience.<ref name="aj-7dec81"/> A baseball fan, he wrote another about the life of [[Jim Eisenreich]], who battled through [[Tourette syndrome]] to become a [[Major League Baseball|Major League]] player. After that one was optioned, his agent tried to pitch him as a writer for a planned biopic of [[Pete Rose]],<ref>{{cite web | url =https://variety.com/1999/film/news/baseball-biopic-finds-home-1117755675/ | title =Baseball biopic finds home | last =Graser | first =Marc | date =15 September 1999 | website =variety.com | publisher =Reed Business Information| access-date =September 20, 2021}}</ref> a fellow [[Ohioan]] with whom Hill had become acquainted at a 1986 celebrity softball game.<ref>{{cite web |title=Perrysburg native co-authored Rose's book |url=https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/...-co-authored-Rose-s-book/stories/200402100048 | last=Saevig | first=Dan | website=toledoblade.com |access-date=21 September 2021 |date=10 October 2004}}</ref> While neither film projects panned out, Rose read the Eisenreich script and chose Hill to write a tell-all book about his life. In the resulting opus, ''[[My Prison Without Bars]]'', Rose admitted to betting on MLB games for the first time, an accusation he had steadfastly denied before.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/06/...mits-betting-on-his-team.html|title=Baseball; Rose, in New Book, Admits Betting on His Team | last =Curry | first =Jack | date =6 January 2004 | website=nytimes.com | access-date =September 21, 2021}}</ref>
==Selected filmography==
''Note'': This Rick Hill is not to be confused with several homonyms, including an Australian actor and a kickboxer who appeared in ''[[Bloodfist II]]'' for his frequent employer Roger Corman.
===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|1983
|''[[Deathstalker]]''
|Deathstalker
|
|-
|1986
|''The Devastator''
|Deacon Porter
|
|-
|1987
|''Warrior Queen''
|Marcus
|
|-
|1988
|''Fast Gun''
|Jack Steiger
|
|-
|1990
|''Fertilize the Blaspheming Bombshell''
|Dan Allen
|
|-
|1991
|''[[Dune Warriors]]''
|John
|
|-
|1991
|''[[Deathstalker IV: Match of Titans]]''
|Deathstalker
|
|-
|1991
|''[[Eye of the Widow]]''
| Chris Jones
|
|-
| 1994
|''[[Class of 1999 II: The Substitute]]''
| G.D. Ash
|
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Inferno (1997 film)|Inferno]]''
| Trevor
| Also known as ''Operation Cobra''
|-
|1998
|''Storm Trooper''
|Denton
|
|}
===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|1978
|''[[ABC Afterschool Specials]]''
|Lifeguard
|Episode: "One of a Kind"<ref name="aj-7dec81"/>
|-
|1979
|''[[Beach Patrol (film)|Beach Patrol]]''
|Earl "Hack" Hackman
|TV movie
|-
|1979
|''[[Charlie's Angels]]''
|Steve Fitzpatrick
|Episode: "Angels on Campus"
|-
|1979
|''Steeletown''
|Coach Barnes
|TV movie
|-
|1980
|''[[Eight is Enough]]''
|Scoutmaster Harvey
|2 episodes
|-
|1980
|''[[Days of Our Lives]]''
|Kyle McCullough
|24 episodes
|-
|1980
|''Detour to Terror''
|Kurt
|TV movie
|-
|1980
|''Where the Ladies Go''
|Steve
|TV movie
|-
|1981
|''[[Today's F.B.I.]]''
|Al Gordean
|19 episodes
|-
|1982
|''[[Magnum, P.I.]]''
|Lee Chambers
|Episode: "The Eighth Part of the Village"
|-
|1981
1983
|''[[The Dukes of Hazzard]]''
|Matt / Phil Ackley
|2 episodes
|-
|1983
|''[[Cheers (TV series)|Cheers]]
|Tibor Svetkovic
|Episode: "Now Pitching, Sam Malone"
|-
|1984
|''[[The Master (American TV series)|The Master]]''
|Ron Gordon
|Episode: "Kunoichi"
|-
|1988
|''[[Matlock]]''
|Vince Campbell
|Episode: "The Body"
|-
|1991
|''[[The New Adam-12]]''
|Bomb Squad Officer
|Episode: "Playing with Fire"
|-
|1993
|''[[Raven (TV series)|Raven]]''
|Al Striker
|Episode: "Poisoned Harvest"
|-
|1998
|''[[Mowgli: The New Adventures of the Jungle Book]]''
|Russell
|Episode: "What Goes Around..."
|}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*{{IMDb name|id=0384605|name=Rick Hill}}
*[https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/rick-hill-1.html Rick Hill stats at SRCFB]
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