Have you ever seen (or known of) celebrities going to watch big pool events?

Tommy-D said:
I had a 4 hour+ encounter with Tony Stewart at the Derby one time. We bullshit about different things,side bet on matches,etc.

Even though we introduced ourselves,I didn't know who he was until I saw him on ESPN later that night when they were making a big deal out of him not being in Daytona for pre-season testing,because he was "at a pool tournament".

He was there with Shannon Daulton. Tommy D.
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I met Tony at the Greyhound track. Like myself he owned a few Greyhounds also. He didn't stay in that business long though. Seemed like an alright guy off the track. I've heard he can be a problem on the track. Johnnyt
 
branpureza said:
Paul Reubens has been doing a little more acting lately. He used to play a mean game of pocket pool back in the early 90's.
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I'm probably just a little better than Paul, just haven't been caught! What about mars Callahan? Some of his cue movements look like he's a decent player but then again it's Hollywood!
 
Fixed that for ya! :thumbup:

Astaire had 4 nine foot tables in his basement. Jack White was there several times.

Scott Lee
http://poolknowledge.com

franko said:
Fred Astaire was a big Pool fan, I have a photo from 1968 in LA with him , Danny Dileberto, and Pete Margo.

David Steinbrenner avid Pool player and I think part owner in Amsterdam Billiards before he died.

Jerry Orbach from Law and Order and the actor ( do not know his name...James Tolkan...who is a big pool fan, and has taken pool lessons ) who played the Capt. in Top Gun. attended some Tournaments .

The best was our own Keith McCready aka Grady Seasons.
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Peter Falk (Columbo) was also an excellent pool player in Hollywood...especially for only having only one eye! Frank Gorshin (played the Riddler in the original Batman tv series) also loved the game, and gambled small stakes.

Scott Lee
http://poolknowledge.com

jay helfert said:
Tom Cruise came to the U.S. Open prior to filming TCOM. The best celeb pool players begin and end with Fred Astaire and Walter Alston (former Dodger manager). They were both 100 ball runners. Leo Durocher was a good money player around New York even after he began playing in the major leagues. So was Jackie Gleason before he got big in show biz.

Jerry Orbach hung in the big New York pool halls before ever making it big as an actor. He was widely known as "Jerry the Actor" and liked to play cheap 9-Ball for five and ten a game. I played him in Guys and Dolls in the 60's at 50th and Broadway upstairs. He surprised me by showing up for the Peter Vitalie event in L.A. in 1987.

David Brenner and Paul Sorvino were avid pool players. as is Joe Rogan, who has a nice Diamond in his home. Mark Kendall from Great White is an excellent player as well. The little guy from Fantasy Island came to a pro event in L.A. back in 1986. Bo Belinsky and Dean Chance bet it up pretty big at Tropicana Bowl in L.A. in the 60's. Bo liked to play 100 a game 9-Ball, serious money back then. Ronnie Allen and Richie Florence tagged him pretty good!

A number of famous athletes are really into pool. The Rolling Stones hired David Howard to accompany them on tour and took a pool table with them in the early 90's. Mizerak hung with many of the big sports stars of his era.
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I heard a rumor that there are Hollywood celebrities who plan on moving to Canada...keep your eye out at tournaments up there.

During a NASCAR race, one of the TV announcers said none of the other drivers wanted to play pool with Tony Stewart. I do know Shannon Daulton gifted Tony with a Justis case. Jack Justis told me that when I was ordering my case.
 
Scott Lee said:
Peter Falk (Columbo) was also an excellent pool player in Hollywood...especially for only having only one eye! Frank Gorshin (played the Riddler in the original Batman tv series) also loved the game, and gambled small stakes.

Scott Lee
http://poolknowledge.com
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I forgot about Falk. He came to a lot of the big tourneys here in the 70's.
 
Reportedly, Samuel L. Jackson is moving to South Africa, and Cher is moving to Jupiter.

Let's hope so.

All the best,
WW
 
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