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Wolf Ruvinskis
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Of Jewish origins, Wolf Ruvinskis Manevics was born in 1921 in Riga (Latvia), but fearing persecution during World War II his family relocated to Argentina, where they lived in extreme poverty. In spite of his deprived childhood, Wolf excelled in sports and became interested in wrestling. When he was 19 years old he started his professional career and toured South America, the United States and Mexico, where he decided to stay. Although he stayed on the ring until the 1960s - in matches with top Mexican wrestlers, as El Santo, Black Shadow, El MĂ©dico Asesino and Lobo Negro - Wolf was also a tango singer and a magician, and in 1949 he was called to act on the stage and in films. One of his biâŠ
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Of Jewish origins, Wolf Ruvinskis Manevics was born in 1921 in Riga (Latvia), but fearing persecution during World War II his family relocated to Argentina, where they lived in extreme poverty. In spite of his deprived childhood, Wolf excelled in sports and became interested in wrestling. When he was 19 years old he started his professional career and toured South America, the United States and Mexico, where he decided to stay. Although he stayed on the ring until the 1960s - in matches with top Mexican wrestlers, as El Santo, Black Shadow, El MĂ©dico Asesino and Lobo Negro - Wolf was also a tango singer and a magician, and in 1949 he was called to act on the stage and in films. One of his biggest successes was _Bestia magnĂfica, La (1953)_, the first in a series of movies centered on Neutron, a character he created. His popularity was firmly established with his role as the handsome rural boy who becomes the victim of a mad scientist in the cult film The Body Snatcher (1957), he was a regular performer in all kinds of movies until the 1990's and was nominated for an Ariel as Best Supporting Actor for _Juego limpio (1996/II)_. He was also a businessman, and married three times: to Beatriz Perez, to dancer Armida Herrera, and to actress Lilia Micheluntil his death in 1999.
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Wolf Ruvinskis's Filmography
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La Lucha Invade el Cine Mexicano
as Neutron
No Poster
Living in Wrestling: History of Wrestling in Mexico
as Himself
La mujer de los dos
as Enrique
Juego limpio
DĂas de combate
as Leclerc
Wall of Darkness
No Poster
Extraños caminos
Mi compadre Capulina
Bonampak
Rosa de dos aromas
By Fire And Sword
El Secuestro De Lola - Lola La Trailera 2
The Realm of Fortune
as Doctor
Chido Guan, el tacos de oro
as HĂ©ctor Zepeda
Mientras MĂ©xico duerme
Los Verduleros
Los Matones Del Norte
A garrote limpio
as SaĂșl Brook / Vicente Viveros
Knock Out
as SaĂșl BeltrĂĄn
Mexico vs. Estados Unidos
as Gerente
No Poster
La fuga de Carrasco
El patrullero 777
as Mayor Urbano MalagĂłn
The Mexican
as Comandante Alvarado
La puerta falsa
El hombre del puente
Mexico, Mexico, ra, ra, ra!
Acapulco 12-22
Descenso del PaĂs de la Noche
Island of Lost Souls
as Colonel Venancio Salvatierra
Mujeres de medianoche
as Lobo
El crepĂșsculo de un dios
as Inspector Charlie Gonzalez
Esclava del deseo
as Bronco
Santo vs. The Ring Villains
as Rodolfo Labra
Pistoleros de la frontera
Santo vs. the Martian Invasion
as Argos
Demonios sobre ruedas
Jinetes de la llanura
as Andrés Menchaca
No Poster
El mexicano
Forbidden Cargo
El proceso de Cristo
as Barrabas
El señor doctor
as PapĂĄ de Beto
Neutron vs. the Maniac
as Neutron / Carlos Marquez
Neutron Battles the Karate Assassins
as Neutron / Carlos Marquez
The Devil in the Blood
Rata de puerto
as Pablo, "El Rata"
Neutron vs. Dr. Caronte
as Carlos MĂĄrquez
Sangre en el ring
Bajo un mismo rostro
as Inspector Maldonado
Neutron the Atomic Superman vs. the Death Robots
as Neutron / Carlos MĂĄrquez
The Shame of the Sabine Women
as RĂłmulo
Dinamita Kid
El justiciero vengador
Neutron and the Black Mask
as NeutrĂłn
El jinete enmascarado
Las canciones unidas
No Poster
Vivo o muerto
La estrella vacĂa
as TomĂĄs TĂ©llez
Los tigres del ring
La Ășltima lucha
as Lobo
Born to Love
No Poster
El superflaco
ÂĄPaso a la juventud..!
No Poster
A Media Luz Los Tres
Los tres mosqueteros y medio
The Body Snatcher
as Guillermo Santana
No Poster
Asesinos, S.A.
El gato sin botas
as Humberto Carrasco (picador)
Furias desatadas
El diablo desaparece
Diabolical Kidnapping
as El Bronco
Una piedra en el zapato
as Villardel
El sultĂĄn descalzo
as Hilario Trujeque
The Hawks
as Romulo
El gavilan vengador
El tĂșnel 6
Secreto profesional
as Antonio
The Medallion of Crime
as RamĂłn Torres
La Vida No Vale Nada
as El caimĂĄn
Tailored gentleman
as Chucho el SacristĂĄn
La gitana blanca
as Yaco
Por qué ya no me quieres
as Renato Mancera
Reportaje
as Policeman
Mr. Photographer
as Lepka
Pepe El Toro
as Bobby Galeana
El vagabundo
The Magnificent Beast
as Carlos
Me traes de un ala
as Mayordomo
La sexta carrera
When the Fog Lifts
as Paciente
El luchador fenĂłmeno
as El Diablo Negro
The Sleeping Beauty
as TracatĂĄ/Dr. Heinrich Wolf
MĂșsica, mujeres y amor
as Javier (as Wolf Rubinskys)
Mi campeĂłn
as Pablo Rivas
Night Falls
as Bodoques
Los tres alegres compadres
as Freddy
Las locuras de Tin Tan
as (uncredited)
Las tres alegres comadres
as Tranquilino
El cardenal
Mujeres sin mañana
as Juan
The Troublemaker
as Roberto
Hell Road
as Tony (sin créditos)
Streetwalker
as Carlos (uncredited)
Una gringuita en MĂ©xico
Una mujer sin destino
The Man Without a Face
as El Monstruo
Wild Love
as Hombre golpeado (as Wolf Rubinsky)
The Black Sheep
as El CampeĂłn Asesino
ÂĄNo me defiendas, compadre!
as El enmascarado
HipĂłcrita..!
as El rayas
