- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- October 29, 1949
- Place of Birth
- Brandon, Florida, USA
Paul Orndorff
Paul Parlette Orndorff Jr., nicknamed "Mr. Wonderful", was an American professional wrestler and college football player, best known for his appearances with WWE and World Championship Wrestling (WCW). After seven years working around the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), Orndorff became a star in the 1980s WWE wrestling boom, and featured with manager Bobby Heenan and champion Hulk Hogan extensively, including in the main events of the first WrestleMania and Survivor Series. With an untreated neck injury, he left WWE for WCW in early 1988, where he won the WCW World Television Championship and the WCW World Tag Team Championship with Paul Roma (as a team called Pretty Wonderful). Arm atrophy from a nagging injury led him to retire in 2000 and he was treated for cancer in 2011. After retiring, he trained aspiring wrestlers. Orndorff was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2005 and the…
Filmography
tvMr. McMahon
2024 · “Mr. Wonderful” Paul Orndorff (Archive Footage)
movie350 Days
2019 · Self
movieAndre the Giant
2018 · Self (archive footage)
movieWWE Unreleased: 1986-1995
2017
tvWWE Table For 3
2015 · Paul Orndorff
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2014
movieWWE Tribute to the Troops 2014
2014 · Associate Producer
movieLegends of Mid-South Wrestling
2013 · Himself
movieWWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden
2013 · Himself
movieWWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event
2009 · Himself
movieMid-South Wrestling Giants, Midgets, Heroes & Villains vol. 1
2007 · Paul Orndorff
movieWWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
2006 · 'Mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff
movieWWE: The History Of The WWE Championship
2006
tvHogan Knows Best
2005
movieThe Greatest Wrestling Stars of the '80s
2005 · Self
tvWWE Hall of Fame
2005 · Self
movieWWE Hall of Fame 2005
2005 · Himself
movieWCW Fall Brawl 2000
2000 · Himself
movieWCW World War 3 1995
1995 · "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
movieWCW Clash of The Champions XXXI
1995 · "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
movieWCW Bash at the Beach 1995
1995 · "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
movieWCW Slamboree 1995
1995 · Himself
movieWCW Clash of The Champions XXIX
1994 · "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
movieWCW Halloween Havoc 1994
1994 · "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
movieWCW Fall Brawl 1994
1994 · "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
movieWCW Clash of the Champions XXVIII
1994 · "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
movieWCW Bash at the Beach 1994
1994 · "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
movieWCW SuperBrawl IV
1994 · "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
movieWCW Clash of The Champions XXVI
1994 · "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
movieWCW Starrcade 1993
1993 · Himself
movieWCW BattleBowl
1993 · "Mr. Wonderful"
movieWCW Clash of the Champions XXV
1993 · "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
movieWCW Halloween Havoc 1993
1993 · "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
movieWCW Fall Brawl 1993
1993 · "Mr Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
movieWCW Clash of the Champions XXIV
1993 · "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
movieWCW Beach Blast 1993
1993 · "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
movieWCW Clash of The Champions XXIII
1993 · Paul Orndorff (Manager)
movieWCW Slamboree 1993
1993 · "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
movieWCW SuperBrawl III
1993 · "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
movieWCW Clash of The Champions XXII
1993 · "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
movieSMW Fire on The Mountain 1992
1992 · "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
SMW Volunteer Slam 1992
movieSMW Volunteer Slam 1992
1992 · "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
movieUWF Beach Brawl
1991 · "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
movieWCW The Great American Bash 1990
1990 · "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
movieNWA Clash of the Champions XI: Coastal Crush
1990 · "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
TWA Summer Sizzler
movieTWA Summer Sizzler
1990 · "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
TWA Spring Spectacular
movieTWA Spring Spectacular
1990 · "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
tvClash of the Champions
1988 · "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff, Paul Orndorff (Manager)
movieThe Best of the WWF: volume 14
1987 · "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
movieWrestling's Most Embarrassing Moments
1987 · Paul Orndorff
WWE Houston Wrestling: December '87
movieWWE Houston Wrestling: December '87
1987 · "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
movieWWE Survivor Series 1987
1987 · Paul Orndorff
WWE Houston Wrestling: November '87
movieWWE Houston Wrestling: November '87
1987 · "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '87
movieWWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '87
1987 · "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
movieThe Best of the WWF: volume 12
1987 · "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: June '87
movieWWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: June '87
1987 · "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
movieWWF Hulkamania 2
1987 · "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: March '87
movieWWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: March '87
1987 · "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: January '87
movieWWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: January '87
1987 · "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
movieBob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports
1987 · "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WWE Houston Wrestling: November '86
movieWWE Houston Wrestling: November '86
1986 · "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WWE Houston Wrestling: October '86
movieWWE Houston Wrestling: October '86
1986 · "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
tvWWF Wrestling Challenge
1986 · Paul Orndorff
tvWWF Superstars
1986 · "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
movieWWE The Big Event
1986 · "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
Wrestling's Living Legend Bruno Sammartino
movieWrestling's Living Legend Bruno Sammartino
1986
movieWrestleMania II
1986 · "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
movieWWE Grudge Match
1986 · "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
movieThe Best of the WWF: volume 5
1986 · "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: December '85
movieWWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: December '85
1985 · "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
movieThe Wrestling Classic
1985 · "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
movieRowdy Roddy Piper's Greatest Hits
1985 · Paul Orndorff
movieThe Best of the WWF: volume 4
1985 · "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
movieAndre the Giant
1985 · "Mr Wonderful" Paul Orndorff (Archive footage)
tvWWE Saturday Night's Main Event
1985 · , Paul Orndorff
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: April '85
movieWWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: April '85
1985 · "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
movieWrestleMania
1985 · "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
tvWWE Pay Per View
1985
movieBob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports
1985 · "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff (archive footage)
movieWWE War to Settle the Score
1985 · "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
movieWrestling's Bloopers, Bleeps, & Bodyslams
1985 · Self
movieBest of the WWF Volume 3
1985 · "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
movieMost Unusual Matches
1985 · Paul Orndorff
movieBest of the WWF Volume 2
1985 · "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: December '84
movieWWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: December '84
1984 · "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WWE St. Louis Wrestling: September '84
movieWWE St. Louis Wrestling: September '84
1984 · "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
movieWWE The Brawl to End it All
1984 · "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: July '84
movieWWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: July '84
1984 · "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
tvTuesday Night Titans
1984 · Paul Orndorff, Paul Orndorff (Archive footage)
tvMid-South Wrestling
1981 · Paul Orndorff
tvWWE Old School
1973 · Paul "Mr. Wonderful" Orndorff, "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff, Paul Orndorff (Manager)
Fury Hour
tvFury Hour
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