George Kotsonaros

{{short description|American actor}}

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| birth_name = Giorgios Demetrios Kotsonaros

| birth_date = October 16, 1892

| birth_place = Nafplio, Greece

| death_date = {{death date and age|1933|7|13|1892|10|16}}

| death_place = Eutaw, Alabama, U.S.

| nationality = Greek-American

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| occupation = Wrestler, actor

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George Kotsonaros ({{langx|el|Γεώργιος Κωτσονάρος}}; October 16, 1892 – July 13, 1933) was a Greek professional wrestler and film actor. He acted mostly in silent pictures. His original name was Giorgios Demetrios Kotsonaros. He emigrated to the United States in July 1910.

His swarthy, menacing face—and pugilist's rearranged nose—got him many roles as a tough guy or a prizefighter at a time when boxing movies were a flourishing subgenre due to the sport's huge popularity with the public.

Most of Kotsonaros's films are today considered lost. Later, Kotsonaros began a career in professional wrestling.{{cn|date=November 2022}}

On July 13, 1933, Kotsonaros was driving through Alabama when his car overturned, killing him."Kotsonaros Dies in Auto; Actor-Wrestler Killed In Alabama; John Paul Jones Badly Hurt", New York Times, July 14, 1933; Tim Hornbaker, National Wrestling Alliance: The Untold Story of the Monopoly That Strangled Pro Wrestling (ECW Press, 2007), p. 194