Coca-Cola commercial[]
Greene appeared in a famous commercial for Coca-Cola that debuted on October 1, 1979, and was aired during Super Bowl XIV on January 20, 1980. The ad won a Clio Award in 1980 for being one of the best commercials of 1979.[1] It is widely considered to be one of the best television commercials of all time.[2][3] The commercial helped shift the public's perception of Greene as hostile and unapproachable, to a soft-hearted "nice guy".
Acting career[]
Other roles[]
While most well known for the Coca-Cola commercial, Greene has acted in other roles. One of his first acting roles was in The Black Six, a blaxploitation film starring other NFL players including fellow Hall of Famers Lem Barney, Willie Lanier, and Carl Eller.[4] Greene also played himself in a TV movie on teammate Rocky Bleier, titled Fighting Back: The Rocky Bleier Story, and in Smokey and the Bandit II.
References[]
- ↑ Shontell, Alyson (January 18, 2011) "The 10 Best Award-Winning TV Ads Everyone Must See". Business Insider
- ↑ Fowler, Scott (February 23, 1992). "Take it from Mean Joe: Famous ad wasn't easy". Philadelphia Inquirer.
- ↑ Mooney, Philip; Ryan, Ted; Nash, Helen (November 29, 2000). "Highlights in the History of Coca-Cola Television Advertising". Library of Congress. Archived from the original on March 8, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100308123331/http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ccmphtml/colahist.html.
- ↑ Butters, Gerald R. (2016). From Sweetback to Super Fly: Race and Film Audiences in Chicago's Loop. University of Missouri Press. p. 104. ISBN 978-0826273291. https://books.google.com/books?id=QmxxDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA104&lpg#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved August 25, 2018.