Possible Clues:

• Forebear of one of the 12 tribes of Israel
• News-caster Rather
• Vice president before Al
• Judo proficiency level
• Actor Ackroyd
• Karate may have helped him, in short, to give the lions the chop
• Rather good at reporting?
• D.J.'s dad, on "Roseanne"
• '___ in Real Life' (unwatchable romcom)
• Mr. Rather