Mike Mazurki
American actor and professional wrestler (1907-1990) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 82
Mike Mazurki was a Ukrainian-American actor and professional wrestler who appeared in dozens of 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 is read about 195 times a day, in 19 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 104 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
Dick TracyFilm, 1990Old Man at Hotel1981
...All the MarblesFilm, Chicago Referee (uncredited)1980
AlligatorFilm, Gatekeeper1976
Charlie's AngelsSeries, Robbins1970
Which Way to the Front?Film, Rocky (uncredited)1969
Love, American StyleSeries, Rocky1967
MannixSeries, Kony1966
BatmanSeries, Allegro1965
7 WomenFilm, Tunga Khan1964
Daniel BooneSeries, El Toro
Cheyenne AutumnFilm, 1964Sr. First Sergeant1962
The Beverly HillbilliesSeries
Five Weeks in a BalloonFilm, 1962Slave Captain1960
My Three SonsSeries, Hugo1959
BonanzaSeries, Big Jack
Alias Jesse JamesFilm, 1959Dirty Dog Tough (uncredited)1955
GunsmokeSeries, Whale
Blood AlleyFilm, 1955Big Han1954
The EgyptianFilm, Foreman, House of Death1950
The Colgate Comedy HourSeries1949
Neptune's DaughterFilm, Mac Mozolla1945
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in HollywoodFilm, Klondike Pete1944
Murder, My SweetFilm, Joe "Moose" Malloy1941
The Shanghai GestureFilm, The Coolie1907Born25 December 1907People around Mike
Close ties
John Ford Directed Cheyenne Autumn and 7 Women
Hal B. Wallis Produced I Walk Alone and Dark City
John Wayne Produced Blood Alley and Man in the Vault
Jerry Lewis Produced Which Way to the Front? (1970)
Cecil B. DeMille Directed Samson and Delilah (1950)
Michael Curtiz Directed The Egyptian and Mission to Moscow
Stanley Kramer Produced It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Jules Dassin Directed Night and the City (1950)
Raoul Walsh Directed Gentleman Jim (1942)
Edward Dmytryk Directed Murder, My Sweet (1944)
William Dieterle Directed Dark City and Rope of Sand
William Castle Directed Zotz! and New Orleans Uncensored
Norman Foster Directed Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier (1955)
Henry Wilcoxon Produced The Buccaneer (1958)- Norman Z. McLeod Directed The Canterville Ghost (1944)
George Sherman Directed Comanche and Relentless- Robert Buckner Produced Gentleman Jim and Mission to Moscow
Samuel G. Engel Produced Night and the City (1950)
James Flavin Also in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Anthony Quinn Directed The Buccaneer (1958)
Peter Lorre Also in Around the World in 80 Days (1958)
John Carradine Also in Around the World in 80 Days (1958)
Victor Mature Also in The Egyptian and The Shanghai Gesture- Cyril J. Mockridge Wrote Donovan's Reef and Come to the Stable
Known for
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Some Like It Hot 1959
Night and the City 1950
Pocketful of Miracles 1961
Nightmare Alley 1947
Murder, My Sweet 1944
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 40
151 credits on file
Television 24
Media & music
Photos 1
About this person
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.
