Kiwi Kingston

{{Short description|New Zealand wrestler and actor (1914–1992)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=February 2014}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Kiwi Kingston

| image =The Evil of Frankenstein (1964) trailer - Frankenstein's monster 1.png

| caption =Kingston as Frankenstein's monster in The Evil of Frankenstein

| birth_name = Ernest Walter Kingston

| birth_date = 1914

| birth_place = Banks Peninsula, New Zealand

| death_date = 1992

| death_place = Christchurch, New Zealand

| occupation = Actor
professional wrestler

| years_active =

{{Infobox professional wrestler|child=yes

| names = Cowboy Kiwi
Ernie Kingston
Kiwi Kingston
Gaucho Kiwi

| height = 6 ft 5 in

| weight =

| billed =

| debut = 1939

| retired = 1970

| trainer = Anton Koolmann

}}

}}

Ernest Walter "Kiwi" Kingston (1914–1992) was a 6' 5" wrestler and film actor from New Zealand.{{cite web|url=http://wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=bios&wrestler=4641|title=Wrestlingdata.com – The World's Largest Wrestling Database|author=Axel Saalbach}} He is relatively unknown, but still remembered for his role as the Karloff-like Frankenstein's monster in Hammer's The Evil of Frankenstein (1964). He also appeared in the film Hysteria (1965).{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2ba17470da|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120809221134/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2ba17470da|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-08-09|title=Kiwi Kingston|publisher=British Film Institute}}