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Don Meredith Biography
Joseph “Dandy” Don Meredith, popularly known as Don Meredith was an American football quarterback, sports commentator, and actor who spent all nine seasons of his professional playing career from 1960 to 1968 with the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL).
Don Meredith Age | Nationality
Don was born on 10 April 1938. Meredith died on 5 December 2010 when he was 72 years old. He was born in Mount Vernon, Texas, located approximately 100 miles east of Dallas and was therefore of American nationality.
Don Meredith Spouse(s) | Dating| Is He Married or Divorced?
He was married three times. His first wife, Lynne Shamburger was a former SMU cheerleader. They were married from 1959 to 1963 and had one daughter, Mary.
Meredith was then married to the former Cheryl King from 1965 to 1971, with whom he had son Michael and daughter Heather. Afterward, he met his third wife, Susan Lessons Dullea, ex-wife of actor Keir Dullea, as they were both walking down Third Avenue in New York City. In 1972, they got married.
Don Meredith Family
He seems secretive about his early life and details about his parents and siblings are currently not available, they will be updated as soon as it is confirmed and reviewed.
Don Meredith Education
Detailed information about where he attended school is currently not known. However, Don attended Mount Vernon High School in his hometown, where he starred in football and basketball, performed in school plays and graduated second in his class.
Don Meredith Roles
One of Don Meredith’s earliest film roles was as Kelly Freeman in the film of 1974, Terror on the 40th Floor. The film was starred by John Forsythe, Joseph Campanella, and Lynn Carlin.
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One of his recurring starring roles was as Detective Bert Jameson in Police Story. Tony Lo Bianco also had an ongoing role as Det. Calabrese in the same lot of episodes as Meredith. They also appeared as their characters separately in later episodes. One episode, “The Witness”, features a picture of Don in his Dallas uniform hanging on a wall in Delaney’s bar while Don interviews witnesses to a robbery below his picture.
Don Meredith Net worth
As of 2019, his estimated net worth is currently under review and will be updated as soon as possible. Detailed information about his property, cars, houses are also not yet known and we will update you soon.
Don Meredith Death
On 5 December 2010, Meredith died after a long-suffering from a brain hemorrhage. He died at the St. Vincent Regional Medical Center, Santa Fe, New Mexico when he was 72 years old.
Don Meredith Movies and Tv shows
Monday Night FootballBanjo Hackett: Roamin’ FreeUndercover with the KKKTerror Among UsThree Days of Rain (film)Mayday at 40,000 Feet! 1976Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape KidTerror on the 40th FloorThe Night the City ScreamedWyatt Earp: Return to TombstoneSky HeistPolice Story: The Freeway KillingsThe Courage and the PassionLure 2014Supertrain FilmThe Hunters FilmThe Freedom Riders FilmNFL Films Classics: Big Game America 2008
Don Meredith Trivia
He has two nicknames: Dandy Don and The Irrepressible One. Being a player, he was named to the Pro Bowl in each of his last three years. Don subsequently became a color analyst for NFL telecasts from 1970 to 1984.
He famously played the role of Howard Cosell’s comic foil, being an original member of the Monday Night Football broadcast team on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC). He was also an actor who appeared in a dozen films and in seven major television shows, some of which had him as the main starring actor. Don is probably familiar to television audiences as Bert Jameson, a recurring role he had in Police Story.
