Looking Back
Mr. T. Turns 60: A Look Back at His Rise to Fame, from Bodyguard to Superstar
Mr. T never let anything get him down. He might have sometimes had a "bad attitude" when he served in the military as a young man, then later in his breakout role on The A-Team, but his winning personality and desire to beat all the odds made him the most popular bodyguard on the planet. By Romi Stepovich
Mr. T. as Leon Spinks’s Bodyguard, Circa 1970s
In 1978, Mr. T. got a big break, getting hired to guard boxing champion Leon Spinks for $1,000 a day. He stepped in front of the cameras to tell the press “that was enough” and ended up becoming a news story. Here is a segment from the E! True Hollywood story about Mr. T.’s rise to fame.
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