Actor turns invisible during preview!

I am making a character actor that falls over when an object that is thrown hits him. I go and place him in my scene, which is the free cannonball physics template, and when I press preview, the cannonball hits it like it is there, but it is not visible on the screen. It is set up just like the bricks are on there, and the visible checkmark under graphics is even clicked, so can anybody help me out here?
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