Расці Вескот, Лёгкая атлетыка і акцёрскае майстэрства
Нарадзіўся Норман Эдвард Уэскоат на Гаваях у жніўні 2, 1911, «Расці» Уэскоат гуляў у футбол за Гавайскі ўніверсітэт, перш чым дэбютаваць у прафесійнай барацьбе на Гаваях падчас 1933. Уэскот таксама быў чэмпіёнам па плаванні. Першапачаткова Уэскоат зрабіў больш навін для свайго плавання, чым для барацьбы, калі паехаў у кантынентальную частку Злучаных Штатаў у 1935.
У велікодную нядзелю, Красавіка 21, 1935, Wescoatt swam the five-mile ferry route between Oakland and San Francisco in two hours, eight minutes, and five seconds. The San Francisco Examiner article noted Wescoatt held the national backstroke championship as well.
Wescoatt married swimming champion and film actor Vivian DeBarre. After their marriage, Vivian managed Rusty’s career and traveled the country with him.
Rusty Wescoatt performed as a solid mid-card wrestler but never developed into a main event performer. Wescoatt’s best year was 1939 when he wrestled a few main events in California and Texas.
In Harlingen, Texas on May 31, 1939, Wescoatt wrestled Juan Humberto in the main event on the card. Humberto won the first fall of the best two-out-of-three-falls match. The referee awarded Wescoatt the second fall on a disqualification, but Wescoatt refused to accept it. Wescoatt defeated Humberto cleanly for the second fall.
The men wrestled a fast-paced, evenly contested third fall before Humberto pinned Wescoatt for the third fall. The fans thought little separated the two wrestlers. На жаль, these few matches were the highlights of his career.
By the late 1940s, Wescoatt transitioned into acting in “B” films and serials such as Batman and Robin (1949). Wescoatt plays the henchman Ives in this serial (affiliate link) in chapters 3 для 13. Wescoatt played in over eighty films and television before retiring from acting in the late 1950s.
After retiring from acting and athletics, Wescoatt operated a chain of food markets in Los Angeles and San Diego. Wescoatt lived in the Hollywood area until his death on September 3, 1987, at seventy-six years of age. Wescoatt’s wife Vivian passed away in 1985 after fifty years of marriage.
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Sources: San Francisco Examiner (San Francisco, Каліфорнія), Красавіка 22, 1935, р. 19, The Times Dispatch (Рычманд, Virginia), Сакавік 19, 1936, р. 14, Valley Morning Star (Harlingen, Texas), Чэрвень 1, 1939, р. 6, Los Angeles Times, Ліпеня 22, 1985, р. 28 and September 5, 1987, р. 59 і The Honolulu Star-Bulletin (Honolulu, Hawaii), <Прамежак bbox_x = "925" bbox_y = "2194" bbox_w = "63" bbox_h = "19" FSIZE = "13" fweight = "3" чырвоны = "255" зялёны = "255" сіні = "255" альфа = " 11, 1987, р. 13