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Baitball Blogger

(46,703 posts)
Mon Feb 24, 2014, 10:28 AM Feb 2014

Walking Dead Question regarding show that aired Feb 23, 2014

In this show Rick was sleeping in a house when it was commandeered by a group of ruffians. He managed to get away from them and joined Michonne and Carl after one of the men he killed turned into a zombie and became a distraction for the other guys.

But, there was one scene which lead me to believe that we're not done with the men in the house. Before Rick got away, there was a guy that got some camera attention. He was sitting on the rail on the verandah, while Rick was preparing to jump him. In the end, the screams from the house (when the guy Rick killed turned into a zombie) distracted him. But, I SWEAR that the guy sitting on that rail is an actor with chops. He's just showing a lot more salt and pepper in his hair than we're used to seeing.

Next time you see the show, look for the guy on the rail, before Rick joins Michonne and Carl, and tell me if you recognize who he is.

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Walking Dead Question regarding show that aired Feb 23, 2014 (Original Post) Baitball Blogger Feb 2014 OP
To be honest, I don't remember him NewJeffCT Feb 2014 #1
It was Jeff Kober (last played the mayor/land developer on Sons of Anarchy) hlthe2b Feb 2014 #2
ya never know, West Wing used to bring in guest stars all the time for small roles charlie and algernon Feb 2014 #3
I remember that from Police Squad NewJeffCT Feb 2014 #6
Hell, I'm surprised they never had celebrities as zombies charlie and algernon Feb 2014 #7
I think they've had a few NewJeffCT Feb 2014 #9
Here we go, it was Hines Ward charlie and algernon Feb 2014 #12
BINGO! Baitball Blogger Feb 2014 #4
They did have a cameo in season 2 NewJeffCT Feb 2014 #8
What a teaser, because now we'll be wondering which way it will go. Baitball Blogger Feb 2014 #10
Heres a pic of him, leaked last summer Joe Shlabotnik Feb 2014 #13
Jeff Kober, more info. Solly Mack Feb 2014 #5
That last link had some pretty amazing reveals. Baitball Blogger Feb 2014 #11
I have another question about last night's episode Beaverhausen Feb 2014 #14
I think he was knocked out. Remember, the guy isn't going to kill someone Baitball Blogger Feb 2014 #15

hlthe2b

(102,236 posts)
2. It was Jeff Kober (last played the mayor/land developer on Sons of Anarchy)
Mon Feb 24, 2014, 10:50 AM
Feb 2014

This guy and yes, he's too accomplished an actor to come in for a mere "throwaway" appearance:

charlie and algernon

(13,447 posts)
3. ya never know, West Wing used to bring in guest stars all the time for small roles
Mon Feb 24, 2014, 11:02 AM
Feb 2014

They would bring in pretty decent actors to portray senators and representatives for a scene or two and then we'd never see them again.

With the Walking Dead so popular, it makes sense for accomplished actors to want to do little guest spots just for the hell of it.

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)
6. I remember that from Police Squad
Mon Feb 24, 2014, 11:23 AM
Feb 2014

with Leslie Nielson - before the movies came out. They'd have the credits, and say "guest starring William Shatner" and they'd show Shatner sitting in a restaurant booth, and he'd exchange gunfire with somebody and die... and that would be it for the show.

of course, a bit different milieu than The Walking Dead.

charlie and algernon

(13,447 posts)
7. Hell, I'm surprised they never had celebrities as zombies
Mon Feb 24, 2014, 11:29 AM
Feb 2014

Show a zombie William Shatner trudging through the woods or have Michonne decapitate a zombie Benedict Cumberbatch, etc. They don't even have to make it obvious that it's a famous person. That, if anything, I would think Actors and Actresses would be jumping for, a chance for a bloody death on the Walking Dead.

charlie and algernon

(13,447 posts)
12. Here we go, it was Hines Ward
Mon Feb 24, 2014, 11:57 AM
Feb 2014


Former NFL star Hines Ward has gone from “Dancing With the Stars” to shuffling with the zombies.

On Sunday’s episode of AMC’s “The Walking Dead,” Ward was unrecognizable in a cameo as one of the titular undead flesh-eaters.

"It was an amazing experience,” Ward told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, “Just being in makeup preparing me for my role was cool. I actually scared myself when I looked in the mirror for the first time after."

IronE Singleton, a star on the show (SPOILER ALERT) whose character T-Dog died a horrible death in an episode last fall, is a former University of Georgia teammate and helped get Ward on the show, the 2006 Super Bowl MVP told the newspaper.



http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/hines-ward-scores-cameo-walking-dead-zombie-article-1.1261260

Baitball Blogger

(46,703 posts)
4. BINGO!
Mon Feb 24, 2014, 11:02 AM
Feb 2014

I wonder if he was put in there because he pulled strings just for a cameo, or if there is something more coming.

After all, the house ruffians are down at least two men, maybe three.

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)
8. They did have a cameo in season 2
Mon Feb 24, 2014, 11:37 AM
Feb 2014

from the guy who plays Neal on Once Upon A Time, and had also been in True Blood. I think he was only in that bar scene where Rick shot him and his buddy, and that was it.

Baitball Blogger

(46,703 posts)
10. What a teaser, because now we'll be wondering which way it will go.
Mon Feb 24, 2014, 11:40 AM
Feb 2014

Maybe we'll find out in the town where the reunions will take place.

Beaverhausen

(24,470 posts)
14. I have another question about last night's episode
Mon Feb 24, 2014, 07:17 PM
Feb 2014

When Rick was hiding under the bed and the two men were fighting, one man was killed by another.

However, the dead man seemed to move or breathe after we thought he was dead. It was right before Rick got out from under the bed. My husband and I both saw it.

Did anyone else notice that?

Baitball Blogger

(46,703 posts)
15. I think he was knocked out. Remember, the guy isn't going to kill someone
Mon Feb 24, 2014, 07:39 PM
Feb 2014

and then fall asleep, because the dead guy will turn into a zombie.

But, Rick did kill someone in the bathroom, and he did turn into a zombie, based on the screams that came from the house.

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