Samson Burke
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Samson Burke (born Samuel Burke; 6 April 1930) is a Canadian bodybuilder, swimmer, wrestler and actor.
Biography
Born Samuel Burke in Montreal Canada on 6 April 1930,[1][2] Burke earned a college degree in physical education.[3] 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 Louis. He worked in Montreal, Ottawa, Ontario, Toronto, NWA St. Louis, California, Ohio, the Pacific Northwest, Calgary, and Hawaii.[4]
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 Template:Interlanguage link (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
Notes
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External links
- http://www.samsonburke.com/
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- 1930 births
- Living people
- 20th-century male professional wrestlers
- 20th-century Canadian professional wrestlers
- Canadian male bodybuilders
- Canadian male film actors
- Canadian male professional wrestlers
- Male actors from Montreal
- Male Spaghetti Western actors
- McGill University Faculty of Education alumni
- People associated with physical culture
- Stampede Wrestling alumni
- Professional wrestlers from Montreal
- NWA Canadian Heavyweight Champions (Calgary version)
- 20th-century Canadian sportsmen