生鏽的韋斯科特, 田徑和表演
諾曼愛德華韋斯科特 (Norman Edward Wescoatt) 八月出生於夏威夷 2, 1911, 「生鏽」韋斯考特 (Rusty Wescoatt) 曾在夏威夷大學踢橄欖球，隨後在夏威夷首次亮相職業摔角。 1933. 韋斯科特也是游泳冠軍. 當韋斯科特最初在美國大陸旅行時，他的游泳新聞比摔角新聞還多。 1935.
復活節週日, 四月 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.
Film credits for The Last of the Bucanners with Rusty Wescoatt as part of the cast
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. 不幸的是, 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 (友情鏈接) in chapters 3 至 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, 加州), 四月 22, 1935, P. 19, The Times Dispatch (里士滿, 弗吉尼亞州), 三月 19, 1936, P. 14, Valley Morning Star (Harlingen, Texas), 六月 1, 1939, P. 6, 洛杉磯時報, 七月 22, 1985, P. 28 and September 5, 1987, P. 59 和 The Honolulu Star-Bulletin (Honolulu, Hawaii), 九月 11, 1987, P. 13
