Mike Mazurki (December 25, 1907 or 1909 - December 9, 1990) was an American actor and professional wrestler who appeared in over 100 movies. His towering 6' 6" presence and intimidating face usually got the actor movie roles playing tough guys, thugs, strong men, and gangsters. He played a wrestler in "Night and the City" and a boxer in "The Harder They Fall". Wikipedia
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With an intimidating face like craggy granite, and his towering 6' 5" solid, frame Mike Mazurki (born Mikhail Mazurski) was one of the cinema's first serial thugs and he specialised in playing strong arm men, gangsters and bullies for over fifty years on www.imdb.com/name/nm0563417/