Mike Mazurki
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Mike Mazurki (born Mihailo Mazurski on December 25, 1907 in Tarnopol, Galicia, Poland then a part of Austria-Hungary (now Ternopil, Ukraine); died December 9, 1990 in Glendale, California) was a Ukrainian-born actor and professional wrestler who appeared in over 100 movies. His towering 6' 6" presence and intimidating face usually got the actor movie roles playing tough guys, thugs, strong men, and gangsters. He played a wrestler in Night and the City and a boxer in The Harder They Fall.
He was co-founder and first president of the Cauliflower Alley Club, an association of professional wrestlers. A photograph of his cauliflower ear forms the logo of the organization.
[edit] Selected films
- The Shanghai Gesture (1941)
- Murder, My Sweet (1944)
- Nightmare Alley (1947)
- The Devil's Henchman (1949)
- Night and the City (1950)
- Dark City (1950)
- Blood Alley (1955)
- Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier (1955)
- Some Like It Hot (1959)
- Donovan's Reef (1963)
- 4 for Texas (1963)
- It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
- Cheyenne Autumn (1964)
- Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
- Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
- Dick Tracy (1990)
[edit] External links
- Mike Mazurki at the Internet Movie Database
- Mike Mazurki at TV.com
- Find-A-Grave profile for Mike Mazurki
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