- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- May 15, 1887
- Place of Birth
- Voghera, Lombardy, Italy
- Died
- January 24, 1950
Bull Montana
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lewis Montagna (born Luigi Montagna, May 16, 1887 – January 24, 1950), better known as Bull Montana, was an Italian-American professional wrestler and actor. Montagna was born on May 16, 1887 in Voghera, Italy and came to the United States as a child. He became a professional wrestler under the name of Bull Montana. He gravitated to films in 1917, appearing first in several of the vehicles of his close pal Douglas Fairbanks. In 1919 he appeared as a gruesome villain in Maurice Tourneur's masterpiece Victory alongside Lon Chaney. Numbered among his many friends was Abe "The Newsboy" Hollandersky, boxer, wrestler, and movie extra, who claimed Montagna offered to help him finance his 1930 autobiography. In the early 1920s Montana, as he was known, often wrestled with his friend Jack Dempsey prior to some of Dempsey's larger fights to help entertain …
Filmography
Venere Paura
movieVenere Paura
1990 · Original Music Composer
movieSpaceship to the Unknown
1966 · Monkey-Man (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieBig City
1937 · Bull Montana
movieFlash Gordon
1936 · Monkey Man
movieNever Too Late
1935 · Monte, an escaped convict
moviePalooka from Paducah
1935 · Bullfrog Kraus
movieTiger Rose
1929 · Joe
movieGlorifying the American Girl
1929 · Customer Requesting "Baby Face" (uncredited)
movieLoud Soup
1929 · Convict
movieHow to Handle Women
1928 · The Turk
The Fight Pest
movieThe Fight Pest
1928
movieGood Morning, Judge
1928 · First Crook
movieLimousine Love
1928 · The Chauffer
movieThe Sting of Stings
1927 · Bull Montana
movieMany Scrappy Returns
1927 · Zozo's Husband
movieOn the Front Page
1926 · Private Secretary
movieThe Son of the Sheik
1926 · Mountebank
movieThe Skyrocket
1926 · Film Comedian
movieVanishing Millions
1926 · The Gorilla
movieThe Uneasy Three
1925
The Bashful Buccaneer
movieThe Bashful Buccaneer
1925 · Second Mate
movieNo Father to Guide Him
1925 · Wanted Kidnapper in Photo (uncredited)
movieThe Lost World
1925 · Ape Man
movieDick Turpin
1925 · Bully Boy
movieLaughing at Danger
1924 · Killer Murphy
Hello, 'Frisco
movieHello, 'Frisco
1924 · Bull Montana
movieThe Fire Patrol
1924 · Fireman
moviePainted People
1924 · Ed Decker
movieHeld to Answer
1923 · 'Red' Lizard
movieJealous Husbands
1923 · Portland Kid
movieHollywood
1923 · Bull Montana
movieThe Three Must-Get-Theres
1922 · Li'l Cardinal Richie-Loo
movieThe Timber Queen
1922
movieGay and Devilish
1922 · Tony
movieThe Foolish Age
1921 · Bubbs
movieCrazy to Marry
1921 · Dago Red (a crook)
One Wild Week
movieOne Wild Week
1921 · Red Mike
movieHard Luck
1921 · Virginia's Husband
Hearts Are Trumps
movieHearts Are Trumps
1920 · Jake
movieGo and Get It
1920 · The Gorilla
movieThe Adventures of Daredevil Jack
1920
movieWhat Women Love
1920 · Jose
movieTreasure Island
1920 · Morgan
movieWhen the Clouds Roll By
1919 · The Nightmare
movieVictory
1919 · Pedro
movieHis Majesty, the American
1919 · Undetermined Role
movieEasy to Make Money
1919 · Charles 'Kid' Miller
movieCowardice Court
1919 · Flash Morton
movieBrass Buttons
1919 · Jake the Priest
movieThe Unpardonable Sin
1919 · The Brute
movieIn for Thirty Days
1919 · 'Hot Stove' Kelly
Fair Enough
movieFair Enough
1918 · 'Happy' Flanigan
movieJohanna Enlists
1918 · Brakeman (uncredited)
movieHe Comes Up Smiling
1918 · Baron Bean
movieThe Border Legion
1918 · Red Pierce
movieSnap Judgment
1917 · Bull Montana
movieDown to Earth
1917 · Wild Man
movieWild and Woolly
1917 · Bartender (Uncredited)
movieIn Again, Out Again
1917 · Quenton Auburn - The Burglar