Many of these actors achieved stardom because of their start in film noir; others, despite it. In any case, at one time or another, sometimes many times, they played cops and robbers, hoodlums and toadies, doomed anti-heroes and femme fatales in one of filmdom’s richest genres. And all of us fans of film noir are richer for that. A tip of the fedora to them all.
MIKE MAZURKI
Mike Mazurki (1907-90) was a Ukrainian-born actor and professional wrestler who appeared in over 100 movies. Tall, stocky and muscular with a dough-like face that looked as if it had taken one too many punches and with a raspy, rugged voice to match, he was naturally cast as gangsters, thugs and henchmen, including a wrestler in NIGHT AND THE CITY , a boxer in THE HARDER THEY FALL, and a lovesick mug called Moose Malloy in MURDER, MY SWEET, all noir classics.
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