When I imagine an American-made masked wrestler
movie in the early 1960s I think of Gordon Scott as the hero. Though he
would probably demand to go without the mask for more than half the
flick. Unlike the stars of the Mexiluchahero movie. Allison Hayes would
be great in the type of roles that Lorena Velasquez played. Either a
seductive villainess or damsel in distress. John Carradine would be the
villain. And I would, of course, leave space for Tor Johnson to play
the villain's hulking henchman.
6' 3" 387 lb. pro wrestler Tor Johnson (born Karl Tore Johansson)
became a cult movie star playing hulking brutes in Ed Wood Jr. flicks
BRIDE OF THE MONSTER (1955), PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE (1959) and
NIGHT OF THE GHOULS (1959).
Before that the massive Johnson who
wrestled under the names the Super Swedish Angel and King Kong had
appeared in movies usually in bit parts playing carnival/circus
strongmen or wrestlers.
In the bio-flick ED WOOD (1994) Tor was portrayed by pro
wrestling great George "The Animal" Steele.
The story goes that while
wrestling in New York during the 70s, Steele saw Don Post's Tor Johnson
Halloween mask in a Times Square novelty shop. He wanted to know who
was exploiting his image and how he was going to get his cut.
Below you can find a Mr.Incognito comic by myself and Vance Capley
so that you might get an idea what an American masked wrestler movie of
the 60s might look like.
ORIGINALLY PRESENTED IN
BEHIND THE MASK
by GOODE & CAPLEY
ORIGINALLY PRESENTED IN
BEHIND THE MASK
by GOODE & CAPLEY
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