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Man Mountain Dean

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Frank Simmons Leavitt (June 30, 1891 – May 29, 1953) was an American professional wrestler of the early 1900s, known by the ring name Man Mountain Dean. Leavitt wrestled with limited success at first, and after an injury took a job as a police officer in Miami, Florida. Here he met his wife, Doris Dean, who also became his manager. At her suggestion, in 1932 he adopted the nickname "Man Mountain" and substituted the more Anglo-Saxon-sounding last name of Dean. At a stocky 5'11" and weighing over 300 pounds, Dean was an imposing figure. He also grew a long, full beard as part of his ring persona. After a successful wrestling tour of Germany which had been booked by his wife, Doris Dean, he was invited to take a job in the UK as stunt-double for Charles Laughton in the movie The Private Life of Henry VIII. This would be the beginning of a subsidiary movie career for Dean, who would appear in various roles in twelve other movies, playing himself in five of them. One of the movies in which he portrayed himself was the Joe E. Brown comedy The Gladiator, a 1938 adaptation of Philip Gordon Wylie's 1930 novel Gladiator.


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Born:
Jun 30, 1891 In New York City, New York, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
7
First Appeared:
In the movie Reckless 1935-04-19
Latest Project:
Movie Surprise Package 1960-09-29
Known For
Poster of Three Legionnaires
Poster of Cappy Ricks Returns
Poster of We're in the Money
Poster of Reckless
Filmography
Movie Surprise Package Igor Trofim 1960-09-29
Movie The Gladiator The Wrestler 1938-08-14
Movie Three Legionnaires Ivan 1937-07-10
Movie Big City Man Mountain Dean 1937-09-03
Movie Reckless Man Mountain Dean - Wrestler 1935-04-19
Movie Cappy Ricks Returns One of Bill's Men (uncredited) 1935-09-25
Movie We're in the Money Man Mountain Dean 1935-08-17