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name: "Mike Mazurki"
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born: "25 December 1907"
died: "9 December 1990"
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# Mike Mazurki

Actor. Born 25 December 1907 in Tarnopol, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Ternopil, Ukraine]. Died 9 December 1990.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 25 December 1907, Tarnopol, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Ternopil, Ukraine]
- **Died:** 9 December 1990
- **Also known as:** Michail Mazuruski, 'Iron' Mike Mazurki, Michael Mazurki, Markiyan Yulianovich Mazurkevich, Маркіян (Михайло) Мазуркевич

## Biography

Mike Mazurki was a Ukrainian-American actor and professional wrestler. Born Markiian Yulianovych Mazurkevych on 25 December 1907 in Kupczyńce near Tarnopol, Galicia, Austria-Hungary (now Ukraine), he emigrated to the United States, attended LaSalle Institute and graduated from Manhattan College in 1930 before studying law at Fordham University. He worked as a professional wrestler and football player before entering acting.

Mazurki was discovered by Josef von Sternberg and made his screen debut in *The Shanghai Gesture* (1941). He appeared in dozens of films, often cast as tough guys, thugs and gangsters, with roles including Moose Malloy in *Murder, My Sweet* (1944), the Strangler in *Night and the City* (1950), and Spats' Henchman in *Some Like It Hot* (1959). His television credits include appearances in *Batman* (1966), *Bonanza* (1959), *I Dream of Jeannie* (1965), *It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World* (1963) and *The Munsters* (1964).

He founded and served as the first president of the Cauliflower Alley Club from 1965 until his death on 9 December 1990 in Glendale, California.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Some Like It Hot* (1959), Fi1m 92, as Spats' Henchman — [page](https://film.one/film/some-like-it-hot.md)

## Also known for

- *Dick Tracy* (1990), Old Man at Hotel
- *I Dream of Jeannie* (1965), Girard
- *It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World* (1963), Miner
- *Batman* (1966), Allegro
- *Around the World in 80 Days* (1956), Drunk in Hong Kong Dive
- *Bonanza* (1959), Big Jack
- *The Munsters* (1964), Leo 'Knuckles' Kraus
- *Alligator* (1980), Gatekeeper

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