Bull Montana
Known for Acting · 58 credits
- Born
- 1887-05-15
- Died
- 1950-01-24
- Place of birth
- Voghera, Lombardy, Italy
- Also known as
- Luigi Montagna · Lewis Montagna
Biography
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 the press and spectators.
Known For
Movies (58)
Limousine Love
1928
as The Chauffer
Hard Luck
1921
as Virginia's Husband
Victory
1919
as Pedro
Brass Buttons
1919
as Jake the Priest
Treasure Island
1920
as Morgan
Down to Earth
1917
as Wild Man
Hello, 'Frisco
1924
as Bull Montana
Painted People
1924
as Ed Decker
Flash Gordon
1936
as Monkey Man
His Majesty, the American
1919
as Undetermined Role
The Lost World
1925
as Ape Man
Wild and Woolly
1917
as Bartender (Uncredited)
Jealous Husbands
1923
as Portland Kid
The Son of the Sheik
1926
as Mountebank
The Fight Pest
1928
Glorifying the American Girl
1929
as Customer Requesting "Baby Face" (uncredited)
In for Thirty Days
1919
as 'Hot Stove' Kelly
He Comes Up Smiling
1918
as Baron Bean
Gay and Devilish
1922
as Tony
The Unpardonable Sin
1919
as The Brute
Big City
1937
as Bull Montana
Dick Turpin
1925
as Bully Boy
Johanna Enlists
1918
as Brakeman (uncredited)
The Bashful Buccaneer
1925
as Second Mate
In Again, Out Again
1917
as Quenton Auburn - The Burglar
When the Clouds Roll By
1919
as The Nightmare
The Foolish Age
1921
as Bubbs
Palooka from Paducah
1935
as Bullfrog Kraus
Spaceship to the Unknown
1966
as Monkey-Man (archive footage) (uncredited)
What Women Love
1920
as Jose
On the Front Page
1926
as Private Secretary
Vanishing Millions
1926
as The Gorilla
The Three Must-Get-Theres
1922
as Li'l Cardinal Richie-Loo
Easy to Make Money
1919
as Charles 'Kid' Miller
No Father to Guide Him
1925
as Wanted Kidnapper in Photo (uncredited)
Tiger Rose
1929
as Joe
Hollywood
1923
as Bull Montana
The Timber Queen
1922
How to Handle Women
1928
as The Turk
Cowardice Court
1919
as Flash Morton
Never Too Late
1935
as Monte, an escaped convict
The Skyrocket
1926
as Film Comedian
Snap Judgment
1917
as Bull Montana
Good Morning, Judge
1928
as First Crook
Fair Enough
1918
as 'Happy' Flanigan
Laughing at Danger
1924
as Killer Murphy
Held to Answer
1923
as 'Red' Lizard
The Sting of Stings
1927
as Bull Montana
The Fire Patrol
1924
as Fireman
Go and Get It
1920
as The Gorilla
The Adventures of Daredevil Jack
1920
Crazy to Marry
1921
as Dago Red (a crook)
Many Scrappy Returns
1927
as Zozo's Husband
The Uneasy Three
1925
Hearts Are Trumps
1920
as Jake
The Border Legion
1918
as Red Pierce
One Wild Week
1921
as Red Mike
Loud Soup
1929
as Convict
About 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 Victor… With 58 credits spanning from 1917 to 1966, Bull Montana has appeared in 58 films and 0 TV shows.
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- Limousine Love (1928) — as The Chauffer
- Hard Luck (1921) — as Virginia's Husband
- Victory (1919) — as Pedro
- Brass Buttons (1919) — as Jake the Priest
- Treasure Island (1920) — as Morgan
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