Rusty Wescoatt
Biography
Rusty Wescoatt was an American actor whose screen career stretched from 1947 to 1965 and took in more than 80 films. He was born in Maui. He entered movies with a role as Garrity in the 1947 serial The Vigilante. Serial work followed in The Sea Hound as Singapore Manson, Superman as Elton, and Congo Bill as Ivan. Wescoatt specialized in heavies for B-Westerns and serials, often playing a brawny bully who followed the orders of a smarter criminal. Columbia was his main studio for such roles. He appeared without credit as Maklee Native in Jungle Manhunt (1951) and appeared as Mike Denike in Gang Busters (1955) via archive footage. He also had a driver role in Tarantula. On television he guest starred in shows such as The Lone Ranger, Gunsmoke, Perry Mason, Maverick, Bat Masterson, and The Twilight Zone. During the 1960s he ran food markets in Los Angeles and San Diego.
76years old at death
- Born Maui
- Died Los Angeles
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 6 years1949 to 1955
Every film, newest first
- 1955Gang BustersIMDb rating 5.7
- 1955The Big BluffIMDb rating 5.8
- 1951Jungle ManhuntIMDb rating 5.4
- 1949Batman and RobinIMDb rating 5.9
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A change of course
Before acting, Wescoatt was a professional wrestler who won his first match on July 4, 1933, in Honolulu and later wrestled nearly 200 matches, winning 90 percent of them by September 1936.
A first
Wescoatt set a record on Easter Sunday 1935 by swimming across San Francisco Bay in two hours and five minutes.
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