Rusty Wescoatt, ກິລາ ແລະການສະແດງ
ເກີດ Norman Edward Wescoatt ໃນ Hawaii ໃນເດືອນສິງຫາ 2, 1911, "Rusty" Wescoatt ຫຼິ້ນບານເຕະສໍາລັບມະຫາວິທະຍາໄລ Hawaii ກ່ອນທີ່ຈະເປີດຕົວ wrestling ມືອາຊີບຂອງລາວໃນ Hawaii ໃນລະຫວ່າງ. 1933. Wescoatt ຍັງເປັນແຊ້ມລອຍນ້ໍາ. ໃນເບື້ອງຕົ້ນ Wescoatt ໄດ້ສ້າງຂ່າວສໍາລັບການລອຍນ້ໍາຂອງລາວຫຼາຍກ່ວາການປະປາຂອງລາວໃນເວລາທີ່ລາວເດີນທາງໄປສະຫະລັດອາເມລິກາໃນທະວີບ. 1935.
ໃນວັນອາທິດ Easter, ເມສາ 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. ແຕ່ຫນ້າເສຍດາຍ, 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 ກັບ 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, ຄາລິຟໍເນຍ), ເມສາ 22, 1935, ຫນ້າ. 19, The Times Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia), ມີນາ 19, 1936, ຫນ້າ. 14, Valley Morning Star (Harlingen, Texas), ເດືອນມິຖຸນາ 1, 1939, ຫນ້າ. 6, The Los Angeles Times, ກໍລະກົດ 22, 1985, ຫນ້າ. 28 and September 5, 1987, ຫນ້າ. 59 ແລະ The Honolulu Star-Bulletin (Honolulu, Hawaii), <ກວ້າງ bbox_x bbox_y = "335" = "380" bbox_w = "53" bbox_h fsize = "17" = "11" fweight = "3" ສີແດງ = "255" ສີຂຽວສີຟ້າ = "210" = "31" ບໍ່ມີເພດ; = " 11, 1987, ຫນ້າ. 13