{"id":1909,"date":"2026-05-13T03:04:51","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T03:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/revenge-of-the-nerds-star-donald-gibb-dead-at-71\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T03:04:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T03:04:51","slug":"revenge-of-the-nerds-star-donald-gibb-dead-at-71","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/revenge-of-the-nerds-star-donald-gibb-dead-at-71\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Revenge of the Nerds&#8217; star Donald Gibb dead at 71"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/127599437.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Actor Donald Gibb, known for playing \u201cOgre\u201d in the classic \u201cRevenge of the Nerds\u201d movie franchise, died at 71, according to a <a href=\"http:\/\/He%20had%20a%20brief%20roster%20spot%20with%20the%20San%20Diego%20Chargers%20prior%20to%20his%20acting%20career,%20according%20to%20IMDB.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report from TMZ<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>His death comes just <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/24\/entertainment\/robert-carradine-revenge-of-the-nerds-and-lizzie-mcguire-actor-dead-at-71\/\">three months after the passing<\/a> of fellow \u201cNerds\u201d star Robert Carradine, who also died at the age of 71 in February. <\/p>\n<p>Per the outlet, who spoke to his son, Travis, Gibb died Tuesday evening due to ongoing health complications at his home in Texas. His son noted that he was surrounded by family at the time of his passing.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Actor Donald Gibb, known for playing \u201cOgre\u201d in the classic \u201cRevenge of the Nerds\u201d movie franchise, has died at 71. He\u2019s seen here in 2019. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Gibb died Tuesday due to ongoing health complications at his home in Texas, according to his son. He\u2019s seen on the right here in 1984. <span class=\"credit\">\u00a920thCentFox\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Gibb\u2019s son told TMZ that his father loved the Lord and his family, friends and fans with all his heart, and asked for prayers and privacy, adding that their father will be deeply missed and forever remembered.<\/p>\n<p>While Gibb is best-known for his portrayal of the hulking Alpha Beta frat brother in the \u201cNerds\u201d franchise, he additionally starred in 1988\u2019s \u201cBloodsport\u201d and its 1996 sequel, \u201cBloodsport II: The Next Kumite.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His other onscreen credits include \u201c1st &amp; Ten,\u201d \u201cHancock,\u201d \u201cJocks\u201d and \u201cAmazon Women on the Moon.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>While Gibb is best-known for his portrayal of a frat brother in the \u201cNerds\u201d franchise, he additionally starred in 1988\u2019s \u201cBloodsport\u201d and its 1996 sequel, \u201cBloodsport II: The Next Kumite.\u201d He\u2019s seen above at left on the \u201cNerds\u201d set in 1984. <span class=\"credit\">\u00a920thCentFox\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>His other credits include \u201c1st &amp; Ten,\u201d \u201cHancock,\u201d \u201cJocks\u201d and \u201cAmazon Women on the Moon.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">\u00a920thCentFox\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He had a brief sports stint with the San Diego Chargers prior to his acting career, according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0316455\/bio\/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">IMDB<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Costar Carradine, who played the role of Lewis Skolnick in \u201cRevenge of the Nerds\u201d alongside Gibb, took his own life after\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/24\/celebrity-news\/inside-robert-carradines-mental-heath-struggles-before-shocking-death-at-71\/\">battling bipolar disorder<\/a>, his brother and actor Keith Carradine said in February,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/02\/robert-carradine-dead-age-71-1236734055\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to Deadline<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>His work, along with Gibb\u2019s, in the 1984 comedy in which a group of losers take on a jock fraternity, won over film lovers and made the production a beloved classic.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Gibb, seen top right with \u201cNerds\u201d costars in 1994, also had a brief stint with the San Diego Chargers prior to his acting career, according to IMDB. <span class=\"credit\">\u00a920thCentFox\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Gibb\u2019s death comes just three months after the passing of fellow \u201cNerds\u201d star Robert Carradine, who also died at the age of 71 in February. Carradine is seen here in his \u201cNerds\u201d role in 1984. <span class=\"credit\">\u00a920thCentFox\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt is with profound sadness that we must share that our beloved father, grandfather, uncle, and brother\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/24\/celebrity-news\/robert-carradines-final-photos-revealed-before-his-tragic-death-at-71\/\">Robert Carradine<\/a>\u00a0has passed away,\u201d his family said in a statement to the outlet at the time.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/12\/celebrity-news\/revenge-of-the-nerds-star-donald-gibb-dead-at-71\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actor Donald Gibb, known for playing \u201cOgre\u201d in the classic \u201cRevenge of the Nerds\u201d movie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1910,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/127599437.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}