Garry Robbins

Garry Robbins (September 9, 1957 – December 11, 2013) was a Canadian actor and professional wrestler.

Garry Robbins
Born	(1957-09-09)September 9, 1957 St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Died	December 11, 2013(2013-12-11) (aged 56) St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Years active	1982–2008
Height	2.26 m (7 ft 5 in)
Website	www.garryrobbins.com Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Canadian Destroyer Canadian Giant Demolition Hux Doug Chevalier Paul Bunyan
Billed height	226 cm (7 ft 5 in)
Billed weight	172 kg (379 lb)

Early life

Robbins was born in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada in 1957.^[1]

Acting career

Robbins was discovered working as a bouncer in a local bar and went on to act in his first feature film, Humongous.^[2] In Wrong Turn, he played one of three disfigured brothers in the West Virginia mountains. With makeup and prosthetics by Stan Winston, he portrayed the character "Saw Tooth".

Professional wrestling career

Robbins wrestled all over the world, including for many promotions across Canada, for Global Wrestling Federation in the United States, for New Japan in Japan, for World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico and for Indo-Asian Wrestling in India in the early 1990s. While in Japan he often worked tag team bouts teaming with Demolition Ax as "Demolition Hux".^[3] He was also a stuntman, stunt coordinator, voiceover artist and bodyguard. He retired from wrestling in 1993.

Death

Robbins died due to a massive heart attack at the age of 56 on December 11, 2013.^[4][5][6]

Filmography

Movies

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2008	The Love Guru	Biker
2006	Tears of a Clown	Henchman
2003	Wrong Turn	Saw-Tooth
2002	Narc	Biker
2000	Jill Rips	David Daniels	(as Gary Robbins)
1999	Babel	Wasco
	Call of the Wild: Part 1	Big Toe Blake
1998	My Date with the President's Daughter	Biker #1	TV movie
1997	The Champ	Mike the Mauler
1996	The Stupids	Extremely Tall Guy
	Balance of Power	Giant Man
1995	The Witness	Carl
	Gladiator Cop	Mongol
	Blood Money	Doorman
1994	In the Mouth of Madness	Truck Driver
1993	TC 2000	The Giant	(as Gary Robbins)
	Back in Action	Giant
1989	Crazy as a Soup Sandwich	Volkerps
1988	Short Circuit 2	Francis
1982	Humongous	Ida's Son

Television

Year	Series	Role	Episodes
2006	Jeff Ltd.	Henchman
1999	Due South Due South	'Big Toe' Blake	The Call of the Wild List of Due South episodes#ep66
1997	Wind at My Back	Mike 'The Mauler'
1996	Goosebumps	Mud Monster	You Can't Scare Me!
1995	Due South Due South	Carl	Witness List of Due South episodes#ep66
	Forever Knight	Doorman
1989	The Twilight Zone	Volkerps	Crazy as a Soup Sandwich

1987 The Super Dave Osborne Show Wrestler Poundacise