Muscular, shaven headed actor & stuntman of Algonquin Indian descent who specialized in tough, villainous roles throughout US cinema of the 1970s and 1980s. Tessier had served time in the US Armed Forces seeing action in Korea as a paratrooper and earning both a Silver Star and a Purple Heart, and in addition was an accomplished motorcycle rider and circus stunt performer.His movie breakthrough came at the age of 33, in the low budget 'Tom Laughlin' biker movie _Born Losers (1967)_ . With hi ...[Read Story]