Mike Mazurki
Born: 1907-12-25 in Tarnopol, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Ternopil, Ukraine]
Died: 1990-12-09
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
2020
- The Bowery Boys: Legends of Laughter as Self (archive footage)
1994
- Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld as Self (archive footage)
1990
- Dick Tracy as Old Man at Hotel
- Mob Boss as Don Taglianeti
1987
- Amazon Women on the Moon as Dutch (segment "Reckless Youth")
1985
- Doin' Time as Bruno
1981
- ...All the Marbles as Chicago Referee (uncredited)
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as Logan
1980
- Alligator as Gatekeeper
- The Man with Bogart's Face as Himself
1979
- Gas Pump Girls as Moiv
1978
- The Magic of Lassie as Apollo
1977
- Mad Bull as Tidy
- The Incredible Rocky Mountain Race as Crazy Horse
1976
- Charlie's Angels as Robbins
- Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood as Studio Guard
1975
- Switch as Blaine
- Bronk
- The Wild McCullochs as Cliff Randall
- Challenge to be Free as Trapper
- The Christmas Tree: Christmas Eve in the Ukraine as Old Man
- Paesano as Bodyguard
1974
- The Centerfold Girls as The Caretaker
1972
- Kung Fu as Hannibal
1970
- Which Way to the Front? as Rocky (uncredited)
1969
- Love, American Style as Rocky
1968
- Adam-12 as Claude Terry
- Land of the Giants as Loach
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Self
1967
- Mannix as Kony
- Mr. Terrific as Shoulders
- Rango
- The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin as Mountain Ox
1966
- Batman as Allegro
- It's About Time
1965
- I Dream of Jeannie as Girard
- Laredo
- F Troop
- The Loner
- 7 Women as Tunga Khan
- Requiem for a Gunfighter as Ivy Bliss
1964
- Daniel Boone as El Toro
- The Munsters as Leo 'Knuckles' Kraus
- Gilligan's Island
- Cheyenne Autumn as Sr. First Sergeant
1963
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as Peewee
- The Bill Dana Show
- Donovan's Reef as Monk Menkowicz
- 4 for Texas as Chad
- The Losers as Mr. Anston
1962
- The Beverly Hillbillies
- Zotz! as Igor
- Five Weeks in a Balloon as Slave Captain
- Chun King Chow Mein Hour
1961
- Mister Ed
- Pocketful of Miracles as Big Mike
- The Errand Boy as Blonde 'Movie Siren'
- Swingin' Along as Bookie
1960
- My Three Sons as Hugo
- The Roaring 20's
- Johnny Midnight
- The Facts of Life as First Husband in Motel Room
1959
- Bonanza as Big Jack
- The Untouchables as Frankie Marlowe
- The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
- Tightrope as Jim Raskin
- Some Like It Hot as Spats' Henchman
- NBC Sunday Showcase as Maxwell Mason
- Alias Jesse James as Dirty Dog Tough (uncredited)
1958
- The Texan as First Bank Robber
- The Man Who Died Twice as Rax
1957
- Perry Mason as Arthur Jacks
- Have Gun, Will Travel as Breed
- Official Detective as Banning
- Hell Ship Mutiny as Ross
1956
- The Adventures of Jim Bowie
- Around the World in 80 Days as Drunk in Hong Kong Dive
- Comanche as Flat Mouth
- Man in the Vault as Louie
1955
- Gunsmoke as Whale
- Kismet as Chief Policeman
- Blood Alley as Big Han
- New York Confidential as Arnie Wendler
- Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier as Bigfoot Mason
- New Orleans Uncensored as Big Mike
- Davy Crockett Goes to Congress as Big Foot
1954
- Studio 57
- Public Defender as Derek
- The Egyptian as Foreman, House of Death
1953
- General Electric Theater as Hoodlum
1951
- The Red Skelton Show as Max the Black (Pirate)
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
- Ten Tall Men as Roshko
- My Favorite Spy as Monkara
- The Light Touch as Charles
- Pier 23 as Ape Danowski
- Criminal Lawyer as 'Moose' Hendricks
1950
- The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
- Night and the City as The Strangler
- Dark City as Sidney Winant
- He's a Cockeyed Wonder as 'Lunk' Boxwell
1949
- Samson and Delilah as Leader of Philistine Soldiers
- Neptune's Daughter as Mac Mozolla
- Abandoned as Hoppe
- Rope of Sand as Pierson (guard)
- Come to the Stable as Sam
- The Devil's Henchmen as Rhino
1948
- Relentless as Jake
- The Noose Hangs High as Chuck
1947
- Unconquered as Bone
- Nightmare Alley as Bruno
- I Walk Alone as Dan
- Sinbad the Sailor as Yusuf
- Killer Dill as Little Joe
1946
- Mysterious Intruder as Harry Pontos
- Live Wires as Patsy 'Pat' Clark
- The French Key as Sam Cragg
1945
- Dakota as Bigtree Collins
- Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood as Klondike Pete
- The Spanish Main as Erik Swaine
- Dick Tracy as 'Splitface'
- The Horn Blows at Midnight as Bass Player / Humphrey Rafferty
1944
- Murder, My Sweet as Joe "Moose" Malloy
- The Princess and the Pirate as Pirate (uncredited)
- The Canterville Ghost as Metropolus
- Shine on Harvest Moon as Bouncer (uncredited)
- Summer Storm as Tall Policeman Bending Over Petroff (uncredited)
- The Missing Juror as Cullie, Steam Room Attendant (uncredited)
1943
- Thank Your Lucky Stars as Olaf (uncredited)
- Mission to Moscow as Russian Machinist Workman (uncredited)
- Behind the Rising Sun as Japanese Wrestler
- It Ain't Hay as Bouncer (uncredited)
- Swing Fever as Wrestler (uncredited)
- Lost Angel as Fighter (uncredited)
- Whistling in Brooklyn as Henchman on Ship (uncredited)
- Taxi, Mister as Henchman Joe
1942
- Gentleman Jim as Jake Kilrain (uncredited)
- Dr. Renault's Secret as Rogell (uncredited)
- That Other Woman as Jealous Sunbather at Hotel
- About Face as Tough Sailor (uncredited)
1941
- The Shanghai Gesture as The Coolie
1938
- Mr. Moto's Gamble as Bit Part (Uncredited)