Ivan Linow

Born in Latvia on November 21, 1888,{{cite web | url=http://movie-like.com/actor/ivan-linow_155785/ | publisher=Movie-Like.com | title=Ivan Linow | accessdate=January 1, 2015}} Linow began wrestling in the United States in 1918. Between 1918 and 1933, he participated in 92 matches, with a record of 38 wins and 23 losses.{{cite web | url=http://wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=bios&wrestler=16247&bild=1&details=7 | publisher=WrestlingData.com | title=Ivan Linow | accessdate=January 1, 2015}} Linow's monikers in the ring were "the Cossack" and the "Russian Man-Eater".{{cite news | url=https://classicwrestlingarticles.wordpress.com/2014/08/07/toe-hold-to-be-barred-in-linow-lewis-match/#more-5080 | newspaper=Norfolk Virginian-Pilot | title=Toe Hold To Be Barred In Linow-Lewis Match | date=April 24, 1916 | accessdate=January 1, 2015}} During his wrestling career, he faced other notable wrestlers of that era, such as Joe Stecher and Ed Lewis.{{cite web | url=http://wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=bios&wrestler=16247&bild=1&details=10&statart=2&sort=1 | publisher=WrestlingData.com | title=Ivan Linow Details | accessdate=January 1, 2015}}

Using his popularity as a wrestler, Linow entered the film industry during the 1920s, his first film being Cappy Ricks (1921).{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=3202 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=Cappy Ricks | accessdate=January 1, 2015}} In his fifteen-year acting career, he appeared in over forty films in supporting and bit parts.{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/SearchResult.aspx?s=&Type=CA&Tbl=PN&CatID=&ID=73810&searchedFor=Ivan_Linow_&SortType=ASC&SortCol=RELEASE_YEAR | publisher=American Film Institute | title=Ivan Linow | accessdate=January 1, 2015}}{{cite web | url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/114499%7C73810/ivan-linow#filmography | publisher=Turner Classic Movies | title=Ivan Linow: Complete Filmography | access-date=January 1, 2015}} While appearing in films, Linow continued his wrestling career. In his final match in July 1931, under the pseudonym Jack Leon, he defeated Young Sandow.{{cite web | url=http://wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=bios&wrestler=16247&bild=1&details=7&kampfland=3&jahr=1933 | publisher=WrestlingData.com | title=The match Ivan Linow fought @ United States of America in the year 1933 | accessdate=January 1, 2015}} Linow retired from films two years later, in 1935; his final film was The Black Room, starring Boris Karloff.{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=5754 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=The Black Room | accessdate=January 1, 2015}} On November 21, 1940, while in London, Linow died of a heart attack.{{cite web | url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/ivan-linow-p42591 | publisher=AllMovie | title=Ivan Linow, biography | accessdate=January 1, 2015}}

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(Per AFI database)

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• Cappy Ricks (1921)
• Enemies of Women (1923)
• Fury (1923)
• Zaza (1923)
• The Story Without a Name (1924)
• Three Miles Out (1924)
• Wages of Virtue (1924)
• Lover's Island (1925)
• Sunken Silver (1925)
• His Rise to Fame (1927)
• The Crimson Flash (1927)
• The Noose (1928)
• Plastered in Paris (1928)
• The Red Dance (1928)
• In Old Arizona (1929)
• Black Magic (1929)
• The Cock-Eyed World (1929)
• The Far Call (1929)
• The River (1929)
• Speakeasy (1929)
• City Girl (1930)
• Just Imagine (1930)
• Madonna of the Streets (1930)
• Numbered Men (1930)
• The Ship from Shanghai (1930)
• The Silver Horde (1930)
• Song of the Flame (1930)
• Temple Tower (1930)
• The Unholy Three (1930)
• Goldie (1931)
• It's Tough to Be Famous (1932)
• Scarlet Dawn (1932)
• The Sport Parade (1932)
• Jewel Robbery (1932)
• Rackety Rax (1932)
• Tillie and Gus (1933)
• The Cat's-Paw (1934)
• Kid Millions (1934)
• Wharf Angel (1934)
• The Merry Frinks (1934)
• The Black Room (1935)
• Vagabond Lady (1935)

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