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George Steele
Sign in to saveAlso known as George "The Animal" Steele, William James Myers
American professional wrestler and actor (1937-2017)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 5
Top works
- Sky That Sings
- Port Maintenance Handbook
- The crisis we face
- Wait Till It Gets Dark
- Central Heating
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Film & TV
Detroit, Michigan, USA
William James Myers, better known by his ring name George "The Animal" Steele, is a former American professional wrestler, author and actor. Steele's career lasted from 1967 until 1988, though he made occasional wrestling appearances into the 1990s and 2000s. He also portrayed Swedish wrestler/actor Tor Johnson in Ed Wood, directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp.
Known for
- 350 Days — Self2019
- The Price of Fame — Self2017
- Wrestlemania Rewind — George Steele2014
- Timeline The History of WWE – 1986 – As Told By George Steele — George "The Animal" Steele2012
- The True Story of WrestleMania2011
- Card Subject To Change2010
- Boston Girls — Harold2010
- WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event — George "The Animal" Steele2009
- South of Heaven — The Man2008
- Ed Wood: Let's Shoot This @#!% — Self2004
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 36
- Total plays
- 95
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- George
- Family name
- Myers
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Detroit
- Place of death
- Cocoa Beach
- Occupation
- television actor
- Educated at
- Central Michigan University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Award
- WWE Hall of Fame
- Mass
- 131
- Official website
- www.georgetheanimalsteele.com
- Image
- GeorgeSteeleWrestler2009.png
- Height
- 191
Show 8 more facts
- writing language
- English language
- Commons category
- George Steele
- date of birth
- 1937-04-16
- social media followers
- 6417
- date of death
- 2017-02-16
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- kidney failure
- start of work period
- 1962-00-00
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