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Garry Robbins
Canadian wrestler and actor (1957–2013) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Garry Robbins (September 9, 1957 – December 11, 2013) was a Canadian actor, politician and professional wrestler.
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Early life
Robbins was born in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada on September 9th 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.
Political career
On August 1st 2006 Garry Robbins officially entered the City of St. Catharines' Mayoral race.[4] On November 13th 2006 he received 2,263 votes, 5.9% of the vote total placing 7th out of 8 total candidates. This was his only known foray into politics.
Death
Robbins died December 11th 2013 in his home in St. Catharines due to a massive heart attack at the age of 56. [5][6][7]
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1987 The Super Dave Osborne Show Wrestler Poundacise
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