Robert Ridgely for Gino's Hamburgers 1978

[@770WT]

Robert Ridgely was a great character actor.

[@TenNoZeorymer72]

It's Steve Exhaustion! The Six Dollar and 95 Cent Man!!! So many wonderful memories involving this wonderful man.

[@mortensenegbert6619]

That's the Colonel from "Boogie Nights"!

[@mortensenegbert6619]

Thanks for the info. From what I've seen he had a flair for comedy.

[@Odawg96]

Interesting seeing Bob Ridgely using his "higher register" voice. I'm one of a generation of kids who--in addition to living ing Gino's territory in Alexandria, VA in the early 80s--were familiar with his more authoritative baritone voice as heard in titutlar characters in cartoons like Tarzan, Flash Gordon, and especially THUNDARR the Barbarian.

[@TheREALSofaKing0306]

Second burger ad for Ridgely - he was in the famous McDonald's commercial with the dancing employees (with Anson Williams & John Amos)

[@seoulkidd1]

R.I.P.

[@ALANLACORTEBRITO]

THE VOICE OF THE ORANGE CAT IN SOOPER GOOP IN A EDUCATIONAL FILM BETWEEN 1975

[@ShadesBelow03]

And "The Colonel" from "Boogie Nights", his last film.

[@davidwiseman7891]

I'd like to see ads for Rustlers Steak house, which was a sister chain of Gino's

[@sherri419]

my sister worked there in the mid-70s.

[@mikewest6569]

He was on Uncle Crocs Block.

[@funktron4]

Around the same time as this----Geno's featured Muhammad Ali in a commercial. Same music track too. I wish someone would post that one.

[@robatsea2009]

@TheStanbabe Yes - he was in both of those as well as another Brooks comedy, "High Anxiety" where he played a flasher

[@TheDeadHead420]

classic

[@blind_t2]

kinda off topic, kinda not, but I got a collab list going here where I’m doing local and national, classic to current commercial jingles. if you wanna collab, here’s the link to do it. kzbin.info/aero/PLtKcvJywmR41HIZ9zxHPrXCbF7R6ZEBl_&jct=b1LyJzGi_GxlZiJxkMfgBMWg_GiCrQ

[@cm1701a]

Yeah, it was like - "Gino Giant, you listen to me...." Something like that anyhow. Great place done in by the Hero Burger.

[@teredoan5753]

The roamer i remember as a teen is Gino's did so well that Mcd's and Jack in the crack sued them and then they were gone!

[@brightbite]

Everyone LOOK at the size of that burger- TINY! Not big enough for 3 people like today's fast food burger!

[@Odawg96]

@pardyhardly Yep, that's how it was back then. I remember seeing KFC commercials in the early 80s, but in Alexandria, you had to go to the Gino's on Duke STreet to get KFC.

[@pardyhardly]

@Odawg96 I remember when Gino's was the only place around that sold Kentucky Fried Chicken. I still sometimes call a KFC "Gino's".

[@7980COOL1]

Does ANYBODY have the the 1978 GINO`S TV commercial featuring Muhammad Ali ?

[@jmarcguy]

Tarzan to me. 👍🏼