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Mike Mazurki (December 25, 1907 – December 9, 1990) was a Ukrainian-American actor and professional wrestler who appeared in more than 142 films. Although educated as an attorney, his hulking 6 ft 5 in (196 cm) presence, craggy face, and croaking voice had him often typecast as brainless athletes, tough guys, thugs, and gangsters.
With an intimidating face like craggy granite and a towering 6'5" solid frame, Mike Mazurki (born Mikhail Mazuruski or Mikhail Mazurkiewicz) was one of cinema's first serial thugs and specialized in playing strongarm men, gangsters and bullies for over 50 years on screen.
With an intimidating face like craggy granite and a towering 6'5" solid frame, Mike Mazurki (born Mikhail Mazuruski or Mikhail Mazurkiewicz) was one of cinema's first serial thugs and specialized in playing strongarm men, gangsters and bullies for over 50 years on screen.
Dec 11, 1990 · Mike Mazurki, a former college football player and professional wrestler who portrayed menacing thugs or dull-witted giants in more than 80 adventure films and crime melodramas, died...
The Films of Mike Mazurki. by robertstrom • Created 5 years ago • Modified 5 years ago. Professional wrestler Mike Mazurki got his break in Hollywood with Mae West hired him as her bodyguard. West was forced to give her jewelry to gangsters after they threatened to throw acid in her face. The actress wanted Mazurki nearby at all times.
Dec 12, 1990 · Mike Mazurki, a wrestler turned actor, died Sunday at Glendale Adventist Medical Center. He was 82 years old and had been in poor health in recent years, said a hospital spokesman, Kevin...
Mar 6, 2006 · Mike Mazurki is the heavyweight champion of wrestlers turned actors. With his busted-up, deeply etched face, cauliflower ears and crooked nose, he turned years of getting beaten up for a living into an asset.
Dec 9, 1990 · Mike Mazurki (born: Markijan Mazurkiewicz; 25 December 1907 – 9 December 1990) was an American actor and professional wrestler who appeared in more than 100 films. His towering 6 ft 5 in (196 cm) presence and intimidating face usually got him roles playing tough guys, thugs, strong men, and gangsters.
Mike Mazurki was a Ukrainian-American actor and professional wrestler who appeared in more than 142 films. Although educated as an attorney, his hulking 6 ft 5 in (196 cm) presence, craggy face, and croaking voice had him often typecast as brainless athletes, tough guys, thugs, and gangsters.
Mike Mazurki, born Mikhail Mazurwski in Austria-Hungary, was a charactor actor most active in film from the 1940s through 1980s. Trained as a professional wrestler he turned to acting after serving as Mae West’s bodyguard.
