Mike Mazurki

Actor

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Also Known As

Mikhail Mazurwski

Birth Place

Austria

Born

December 25, 1907

Died

December 09, 1990

Biography

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Professional heavyweight wrestler turned character actor. Mazurki was discovered by Josef von Sternberg and made his screen debut in a bit part in his 1941 film "The Shanghai Gesture." Typecast as dull-witted, sharp-knuckled thugs in a score of supporting roles, because of his huge frame, coarse features and harsh voice, Mazurki created his first memorable character--Moose Malloy, the ex...

Filmography

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Dick Tracy (1990)

Amazon Women On The Moon (1987)

Doin' Time (1984)

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1981)

Alligator (1980)

The Man with Bogart's Face (1980)

Photos & Videos

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Neptune's Daughter (1949) -- (Original Trailer)

Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943) -- (Movie Clip) You Know Who You're Talking To?

Family & Companions

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Jeannette Lindner

Wife

Sylvia Mazurki

Wife

Former agent and casting director. Second wife; died on October 18, 1997 at age 81.

Biography

Professional heavyweight wrestler turned character actor. Mazurki was discovered by Josef von Sternberg and made his screen debut in a bit part in his 1941 film "The Shanghai Gesture."

Typecast as dull-witted, sharp-knuckled thugs in a score of supporting roles, because of his huge frame, coarse features and harsh voice, Mazurki created his first memorable character--Moose Malloy, the ex-convict seeking his lost love--in the film noir "Murder, My Sweet" (1944). Surprisingly he played the lead in the children's nature-adventure film, "Challenge to Be Free" (1976). From the 1950s, Mazurki pursued a second career, refereeing championship wrestling matches in the US, Europe and the Far East.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Dick Tracy (1990)

Amazon Women On The Moon (1987)

Doin' Time (1984)

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1981)

Alligator (1980)

The Man with Bogart's Face (1980)

Gas Pump Girls (1979)

One Man Jury (1978)

The Magic Of Lassie (1978)

The Incredible Rocky Mountain Race (1977)

Mad Bull (1977)

Challenge To Be Free (1976)

The McCullochs (1975)

The Centerfold Girls (1974)

The Mad Trapper (1972)

The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (1967)

Seven Women (1966)

Requiem for a Gunfighter (1965)

Cheyenne Autumn (1964)

Sr. 1st Sgt. Stanislas Wichowsky

The Disorderly Orderly (1964)

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)

4 for Texas (1963)

Donovan's Reef (1963)

Sergeant Menkowicz

Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962)

Swingin' Along (1962)

Pocketful of Miracles (1961)

The Errand Boy (1961)

Blonde "movie siren"

The Facts of Life (1960)

Husband in motel room

The Buccaneer (1959)

Some Like It Hot (1959)

Spats's henchman

Alias Jesse James (1959)

The Man Who Died Twice (1958)

Hell Ship Mutiny (1957)

Comanche (1956)

Around the World in 80 Days (1956)

Drunk at Hong Kong Dive

Man in the Vault (1956)

New Orleans Uncensored (1955)

Blood Alley (1955)

New York Confidential (1955)

Chief policeman

Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier (1955)

The Egyptian (1954)

Death house foreman

Criminal Lawyer (1951)

Moose Hendricks

My Favorite Spy (1951)

The Light Touch (1951)

Ten Tall Men (1951)

Dark City (1950)

Night and the City (1950)

He's a Cockeyed Wonder (1950)

Samson and Delilah (1950)

Leader of Philistine soldiers

Come to the Stable (1949)

Rope of Sand (1949)

Abandoned (1949)

Neptune's Daughter (1949)

The Devil's Henchman (1949)

Devil's Henchmen (1949)

I Walk Alone (1948)

The Noose Hangs High (1948)

Relentless (1948)

Unconquered (1947)

Nightmare Alley (1947)

Bruno, the Strongman

Sinbad the Sailor (1947)

Killer Dill (1947)

Mysterious Intruder (1946)

The French Key (1946)

Live Wires (1946)

The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)

The Spanish Main (1945)

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood (1945)

Dick Tracy (1945)

Splitface, also known as Alexis Banning

Bigtree Collins

The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945)

Humphrey Rafferty

Nob Hill (1945)

Rafferty's fighter

Swing Fever (1944)

Shine on Harvest Moon (1944)

Lost Angel (1944)

The Canterville Ghost (1944)

The Missing Juror (1944)

Murder, My Sweet (1944)

Summer Storm (1944)

The Princess and the Pirate (1944)

It Ain't Hay (1943)

Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)

Henry Aldrich Haunts a House (1943)

Taxi, Mister (1943)

Prairie Chickens (1943)

Behind the Rising Sun (1943)

Japanese wrestler

Mission to Moscow (1943)

Flying Tigers (1942)

The Shanghai Gesture (1942)

Dr. Renault's Secret (1942)

The Moon and Sixpence (1942)

About Face (1942)

That Other Woman (1942)

Gentleman Jim (1942)

Film Production - Main (Feature Film)

Night and the City (1950)

Tech adv on wrestling

Cast (Special)

Revenge of the Gray Gang (1981)

The Chicago Teddy Bears (1971)

Julius; Mobster

Cast (TV Mini-Series)

Mob Boss (1990)

Life Events

1915

Moved from Austria to Cohoes, NY aged six

1941

Screen debut in "The Shanghai Gesture"

1966

TV series debut, as regular on "It's About Time"

Videos

Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943) -- (Movie Clip) You Know Who You're Talking To? S.Z. “Cuddles” Sakall is the promoter with Edward Everett Horton of a fictional wartime benefit show, and they’re being driven nuts by (pretending) egomaniac star Eddie Cantor, so he doesn’t recognize Humphrey Bogart, maybe because of the impressive scruffy beard, in the Warner Bros. morale-Musical variety hit Thank Your Lucky Stars, 1943.

Murder, My Sweet (1944) -- (Movie Clip) The Smoke Didn't Move Fake psychic and jewel thief Amthor (Otto Kruger) tricking thug Moose (Mike Mazurki) into throttling P-I Marlowe (Dick Powell), whom he earlier hired to find his girlfriend, who then enters his second semi-conscious episode, in Murder, My Sweet, 1944, directed by Edward Dmytryk, from a Raymond Chandler novel.

Murder, My Sweet (1944) -- (Movie Clip) You're A Private Eye Temporarily blinded P-I Philip Marlowe (Dick Powell) begins the flashback, with director Edward Dmytryk's famous introduction of Moose Malone (Mike Mazurki), early in Murder, My Sweet, 1944, from Raymond Chandler's Farewell, My Lovely.

Blood Alley (1955) -- (Movie Clip) God's Footsteps Sprung from a "Red" Chinese prison and escorted by Big Han (Mike Mazurki), American ship captain Wilder (John Wayne) meets Tso (Paul Fix) and his liberator Cathy (Lauren Bacall), in Blood Alley, 1955, from director Andrew V. McLaglen.

Blood Alley (1955) -- (Movie Clip) Eat It, Comrade! Paused for boat repairs, Cathy (Lauren Bacall), herself a semi-captive of the Chinese authorities, warns Captain Tom (John Wayne) that members of a communist-sympathizing family may have poisoned the other refugees' food supply, in Blood Alley, 1955, directed by Andrew V. McLaglen.

Come To The Stable (1949) -- (Movie Clip) Santa Anita French nuns in New York (Loretta Young as Margaret, Celeste Holm as Scolastica) undeterred by meatball Sam (Mike Mazurki) as they seek audience with kingpin Rossi (Thomas Gomez), who owns the land they want for their school, Marion Martin his manicurist, in Henry Koster's Come To The Stable, 1949.

Alias Jesse James (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Where Can I Find Jesse James? Bob Hope is life insurance salesman Farnsworth, in Missouri to buy back the policy he sold to Jesse James (Wendell Corey), whom he doesn't realize robbed his train earlier, and who visits with his bombshell fianceè Cora (Rhonda Fleming), in the Western comedy Alias Jesse James, 1959.

Dick Tracy (1945) -- (Movie Clip) Must Be The Fuse First appearance for both Jane Greer (as "Judith") and Mike Mazurki (as "Splitface"), as Dick (Morgan Conway) and girlfriend Tess (Anne Jeffreys) visit first Jane's dad's restaurant, then his house where the villain lurks, in RKO's Dick Tracy, 1945.

Canterville Ghost, The -- (Movie Clip) Take Warning! American soldiers led by Cuffy (Robert Young) bivouaced at an English mansion, are less spooked than the title character (Charles Laughton) in Jules Dassin's The Canterville Ghost, 1944, from an Oscar Wilde story.

Zotz! -- (Movie Clip) Powerless! Ray Don, Mike Mazurki and the sublime Tom Poston in a scene (anticipating "The Matrix!") from William Castle's Zotz!, 1962, included in the new William Castle Film Collection DVD set, available October 20th.

Neptune's Daughter (1949) -- (Original Trailer) A polo player romances a bathing suit designer in MGM's Neptune's Daughter (1949), starring Esther Williams.

Pocketful Of Miracles (1961) -- (Original Trailer) Bette Davis plays Apple Annie in Frank Capra's last movie, Pocketful Of Miracles (1961).

Facts of Life, The - (Original Trailer) Suburban marrieds (Bob Hope, Lucille Ball) are tempted to dabble in adultery.

Criminal Lawyer - (Original Trailer) An alcoholic lawyer (Pat O'Brien) sobers up to defend his friend in a murder case in Criminal Lawyer (1951).

About Face - (Original Trailer) Two army sergeants (William Tracy, Joe Sawyer) wreak havoc on leave in the Hal Roach comedy About Face (1942).

Seven Women - (Original Trailer) Seven women staffing an isolated Chinese mission fight to survive a bandit attack in John Ford's last movie Seven Women (1966).

Nightmare Alley - (Textless Trailer) An ambitious carnival worker (Tyrone Power) attempts to scam his way out of the carnival in the brutal noir Nightmare Alley (1947).

Princess and the Pirate, The - (Original Trailer) A cowardly knight (Bob Hope) rescues a disguised princess from pirates.

Horn Blows At Midnight, The - (Original Trailer) Jack Benny plays an angel sent to destroy the Earth with a trumpet blast in The Horn Blows At Midnight (1945).

Donovan's Reef - (Original Trailer) A war veteran in the South Seas tries to salvage a buddy's reputation when the man's daughter comes calling. Director John Ford's last movie starring John Wayne.

My Favorite Spy (1951) - (Original Trailer) A comedian poses as an international spy to recover mysterious microfilm in My Favorite Spy (1951) starring Bob Hope and Hedy Lamarr.

Thank Your Lucky Stars - (Original Trailer) An Eddie Cantor look-alike organizes an all-star show to help the war effort in Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943) with guest appearances by Bette Davis, Errol Flynn & Humphrey Bogart.

Family

Mannette Mazurki

Daughter

Mother, Jeannette Lindner.

Michelle Mazurki

Daughter

Mother, Jeannette Lindner.

Companions

Jeannette Lindner

Wife

Sylvia Mazurki

Wife

Former agent and casting director. Second wife; died on October 18, 1997 at age 81.

Bibliography

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