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Tiger Joe Marsh. Actor: Escape to Witch Mountain. Big, bald, and burly 6'1" professional wrestler and actor Tiger Joe Marsh was born Joseph Samuel Marusich to parents of Yugoslavian descent on August 25, 1911 in Chicago, Illinois.
- Actor
- August 25, 1911
- Tiger Joe Marsh
- May 9, 1989
Tiger Joe Marsh. Actor: Escape to Witch Mountain. Big, bald, and burly 6'1" professional wrestler and actor Tiger Joe Marsh was born Joseph Samuel Marusich to parents of Yugoslavian descent on August 25, 1911 in Chicago, Illinois. Marsh was born in a South Chicago neighborhood and eventually moved to the area around 24th Street and Wentworth Avenue. He attended St. Jerome's Grammar School and ...
- August 25, 1911
- May 9, 1989
Jan 16, 2014 · Tiger Joe Marsh was a villain, warned the Hartford Courant in November 1939, as he was “as unethical and rough a wrestler as have ever appeared in Hartford.”. On the WrestlingClassics.com newsboard, Lou Thesz was asked about the big baddie. “Tiger Joe Marsh was a Chicago boy and ended up in the movie industry,” wrote Thesz.
May 10, 1989 · Former wrestler-turned-actor Tiger Joe Marsh, who once was declared “heavyweight champion of the world,” died Tuesday of heart failure in Chicago’s Michael Reese Hospital. He was 78. Marsh ...
Aug 8, 2021 · Joseph Marusich, also known as Tiger Joe Marsh, 77, a longtime wrestler in Chicago and actor in Hollywood, played ”the muscle” in such movies as”On the Waterfront” and ”Panic in the ...
Tiger Joe Marsh was an actor who founded his entertainment career success with roles in film. In 1937, he won the world-wide heavyweight championship title. Marsh's career beginnings included film roles in "Panic in the Streets" (1950) and the adaptation "The Egyptian" (1954) with Jean Simmons. He went on to act in "Lost in Space" (1965-68), "How I Spent My...
Tiger Joe Marsh was an actor who founded his entertainment career success with roles in film. In 1937, he won the world-wide heavyweight championship title. Marsh's career beginnings included film roles in "Panic in the Streets" (1950) and the adaptation "The Egyptian" (1954) with Jean Simmons. He went on to act in "Lost in Space" (1965-68 ...