The Bad News Bears (1976) has at least 1 Black credited character out of 26.
The Van Lathan Ratio · 4%
One. Technically not zero.
10 credited actors have no public bio we could find, so we couldn't check them. They count toward the 26, so the real number may be higher. Why.
Every credited role on TMDB, in billing order. Uncredited roles are left out. marks actors we counted as Black; marks actors with no public bio we could find, so we couldn't check them. How actors are tagged.
| # | Actor | Character | Black |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walter Matthau | Morris Buttermaker | |
| 2 | Tatum O'Neal | Amanda Whurlitzer | |
| 3 | Vic Morrow | Roy Turner | |
| 4 | Joyce Van Patten | Cleveland | |
| 5 | Ben Piazza | Bob Whitewood | |
| 6 | Jackie Earle Haley | Kelly Leak | |
| 7 | Alfred Lutter | Ogilvie | |
| 8 | Chris Barnes | Tanner Boyle | |
| 9 | Erin Blunt | Ahmad Abdul Rahim | ●Counted as Black |
| 10 | Gary Lee Cavagnaro | Endelberg | ?No public bio we could find |
| 11 | Jayme Escobedo | Jose Agilar | ?No public bio we could find |
| 12 | Scott Firestone | Regi Tower | ?No public bio we could find |
| 13 | George Gonzales | Miguel Agilar | ?No public bio we could find |
| 14 | Brett Marx | Jimmy Feldman | |
| 15 | David Pollock | Rudi Stein | ?No public bio we could find |
| 16 | Quinn Smith | Timmy Lupus | ?No public bio we could find |
| 17 | David Stambaugh | Toby Whitewood | ?No public bio we could find |
| 18 | Brandon Cruz | Joey Turner | |
| 19 | Timothy Blake | Mrs. Lupus | |
| 20 | Bill Sorrells | Mr. Tower | ?No public bio we could find |
| 21 | Shari Summers | Mrs. Turner | ?No public bio we could find |
| 22 | Joe Brooks | Umpire | |
| 23 | George Wyner | White Sox Manager | |
| 24 | David Lazarus | Yankee | ?No public bio we could find |
| 25 | Charles Matthau | Athletic | |
| 26 | Maurice Marks | Announcer (voice) |