Richard Speight Jr.
This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.
This goo was worth a point in July 2026.
publication date: Wednesday, July 15, 2026 (part of July 2026)
category: 
Television
clue: He isn't a politician from North Carolina. He's an actor, best known as an angel who lied for a yuk to the Supernatural brothers and a soldier who died in the muck with the Band of Brothers.
explanation: In Supernatural, Speight played the archangel Gabriel, who pretended to be the trickster god Loki. In Band of Brothers, he played Warren "Skip" Muck, who was killed in a foxhole during the Battle of the Bulge. more…
intended difficulty: hard
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Richard Slominsky, and Erik Bates
trivia: This goo was inspired by founding father Richard Dobbs Spaight.
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