Bob Seagren

A native of Pomona California Seagren was one of the worlds top pole vaulters in the late 1960s and early 1970s He won six National AAU and four NCAA titles indoors and outdoors Indoors he posted eight world bests between 1966 and 1969 He was also the Pan American Games champion in 1967 Seagren went on to become an actor appearing in several movies and television shows including the controversial sitcom Soap in 1977 in which he played Dennis Phillips a gay football player in a relationship with Billy Crystals character Jodie Dallas He appeared as a guest star in an episode of Charlies Angels in 1980 called Tonis Boys as a detective who worked for a friend of Charlie who was also in the detective business The episode was a back door pilot for a new series but the show wasnt picked up by the network He was referred to in the episode as an Olympic Champion although he played a fictional character He also guest starred on the tv series Wonder Woman in the episode called The Man Who Could Not Die Seagren played himself serving as an LAPD youth camp counselor on the Camp Two episode of Adam12