Mike Mazurki | |
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Майк Мазуркі | |
![]() Mazurki as Splitface in Dick Tracy (1945) | |
Born | Markiian Yulianovych Mazurkevych December 25, 1907 Kupchyntsi (Купчинці), Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austria-Hungary (now Ternopil Raion, Ternopil, Ukraine) |
Died | December 9, 1990 Glendale, California, U.S. | (aged 82)
Alma mater | Manhattan College Fordham University Law School |
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Years active | 1934–1990 |
Height | 6 ft 5 in (196 cm) |
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Children | 2 |
1st President of the Cauliflower Alley Club | |
In office 1965–1990 | |
Succeeded by | Archie Moore |
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. Memorable roles included Moose Malloy in Murder, My Sweet (1944), Splitface in Dick Tracy (1945), Yusuf in Sinbad the Sailor (1947), and "The Strangler" in Night and the City (1950). He was the founder and first president of the Cauliflower Alley Club.[1]