- Born
- Birth namePhillip Lynn Hoover
- Nickname
- Flip
- Phil Hoover was a big, beefy and brawny actor who often portrayed mean and intimidating bad guys in a handful of enjoyably trashy 70s drive-in flicks. Hoover played football for the University of Southern California. He began acting in films in the early 70's. Phil appeared in several lowdown sleazy pictures for exploitation movie director Lee Frost; he's especially memorable as vicious convict Gentry in "Chain Gang Women," fierce criminal Doc in "Policewomen," and slimy rapist mobster Vito in "The Black Gestapo." Other notable roles include no-count hoodlum Tommy Hooks in the entertainingly silly "Superchick," a henchman for crazed gangster Timothy Carey in "Chesty Anderson, USN," an unhelpful mechanic in Jack Starrett's terrific Satan worship car chase horror/action treat "Race with the Devil," and drug kingpin John Harkins' brutish flunky George in the fun dope deal opus "Acapulco Gold." Among the TV shows Phil did guest spots on are "Hunter," "T.J. Hooker," "Dallas," "Simon & Simon," "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century," "Eight Is Enough," "The Incredible Hulk," "The Bionic Woman," "The Rockford Files," and "Cannon." Phil Hoover's last film appearance was yet another nasty heavy part in the excellent thriller "Best Seller."- IMDb Mini Biography By: woodyanders
- SpouseNancy Ellen Krag(July 8, 1961 - present)
- Hoover attended Poly High, where he did prep football, and Pasadena High School, where he played varsity track and high jumping. After graduating in 1956, then attended Pasadena City College, where he played as a receiver for the Lancers, and joined the Marines around the same time. Afterwards, he joined University of South California and started playing as left-end receiver for the Trojans in 1961. After playing defensive in the 1963 Rose Bowl, he left USC and joined the Orange County Rhinos that same year. By 1965, he had signed an additional contract for the Saskatchewan Roughriders, and served as a defensive halfback. By 1969, Hoover was coach for for the Valley All-Stars.
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