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Samson Burke (born Samuel Burke; 8 April 1929) is a Canadian bodybuilder, swimmer, wrestler and actor.
| Samson Burke | |
|---|---|
 Burke in Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses (1968) | |
| Born | 8 April 1929 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Website | http://www.samsonburke.com/ |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Sammy Berg |
| Billed from | Samuel Burke |
| Debut | 1949 |
| Retired | 1964 |
Biography
Born Samuel Burke in Montreal Canada,[1] Burke earned a college degree in physical education.[2] In the 1950s, Burke wrestled for nine years under the names "Sammy Berg" and "Mr Canada", and sparred with athletes including Primo Carnera, Antonino Rocca, Lou Thesz and Joe Lewis. His friend Gordon Mitchell recommended Burke for the lead role of Ursus in the 1961 film The Revenge of Ursus. Burke next appeared opposite Italian comedian Totò in the 1962 comedy Toto vs. Maciste. Norman Maurer then hired him to portray the mythical Greek hero Hercules in The Three Stooges Meet Hercules (1962).
As the sword and sandal craze faded, Burke played Little John in an Italian film called The Triumph of Robin Hood, Polyphemus in a 1968 Italian miniseries of The Odyssey, a villain in a Kommissar X film Kommissar X – Drei grüne Hunde (Death Trip), Harald Reinl's Nibelungenlied films, and appeared alongside Gianni Garko and Klaus Kinski in both a Spaghetti Western, Sartana the Gravedigger, and an Italian war film, Five for Hell (similar in theme to The Dirty Dozen). In the 1980s, Burke relocated to Hawaii and worked on the show Magnum, P.I. until it ceased production in 1988.
Championships and accomplishments
- Worldwide Wrestling Associates / NWA Hollywood Wrestling
- NWA International Television Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Seymour Koenig
- Stampede Wrestling
- NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship (Calgary version) (1 time)
Notes
- Paul, Louis (29 November 2014). Tales from the Cult Film Trenches: Interviews with 36 Actors from Horror, Science Fiction and Exploitation Cinema. McFarland. pp. 32–39. ISBN 978-0-7864-8402-7. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
- www.hollywoodteenmovies.com
External links
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Samson Burke (eigentlich Samuel Burke; * 6. April 1930[1] in Montréal) ist ein kanadischer Bodybuilder und Schauspieler.- [en] Samson Burke
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