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Alex Karras (born July 15, 1935 in Gary, Indiana) is an American football player and actor best known for being on the Detroit Lions football team (1958-1971) and for his role on the ABC sitcom Webster as the titular character's adoptive father. During his NFL career he, along with Packer great Paul Hornung, was suspended for one season (1963) for gambling. He later figured prominently in a George Plimpton sports book, Mad Ducks and Bears. He was a commentator and analyst in Monday Night Football from 1974 to 1976, being replaced by returning "MNF" original commentator, Don Meredith. He also played a minor role in Blazing Saddles as the sheriff's deputy "Mongo"; in one especially memorable scene, he knocks out a horse with one punch. He also appeared as the Sheriff, Porky's brother, in Porky's.
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