Alan Autry

Alan Autry is an American actor and former football player who, after a brief National Football League career as a quarterback, moved to Hollywood and built a screen career. Born in Shreveport, Louisiana, he was known for a time as Carlos Brown and played three games as the Green Bay Packers' starting quarterback in 1976 before the team cut him. He made his film debut in Remember My Name (1978) and later appeared in Southern Comfort (1981). He played Captain Bubba Skinner on In the Heat of the Night, the NBC and later CBS drama that starred Carroll O'Connor. Autry also appeared in other films and television shows. In 1997 he started Dirt Road Productions, and in 2002 he wrote and directed the Western The Legend of Jake Kincaid. He also recorded country and Christmas music with Randall Franks.