[2] At the time, critics said the dark-haired, square-jawed, muscular Henry resembled classic illustrations of the apeman more than any other actor who had taken on the role.

[citation needed] Henry turned down the lead of the subsequent Tarzan television series, which then went to Ron Ely.

[citation needed] Henry is probably best known to movie audiences for playing Jackie Gleason's character's son Junior in the Smokey and the Bandit comedies starring Burt Reynolds and Sally Field.

[2][4] Henry played Sergeant Kowalski in The Green Berets (1968), Luke Santee in More Dead Than Alive (1968), and corrupt Sheriff "Blue Tom" Hendricks in Rio Lobo (1970).

Henry died on January 8, 2021, at the age of 84 at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, California, after years of complications from both Parkinson's disease and chronic traumatic encephalopathy.