Garry Robbins

Garry Robbins
Born(1957-09-09)September 9, 1957
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
DiedDecember 11, 2013(2013-12-11) (aged 56)
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Years active1982–2008
Height2.26 m (7 ft 5 in)
Websitewww.garryrobbins.com
Ring name(s)Canadian Destroyer
Canadian Giant
Demolition Hux
Doug Chevalier
Paul Bunyan
Billed height226 cm (7 ft 5 in)
Billed weight172 kg (379 lb)

Garry Robbins (September 9, 1957 – December 11, 2013) was a Canadian actor and professional wrestler.

Early life

Robbins was born in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada in 1957.[1]

Acting career

Robbins was discovered working as a bouncer in a local bar and went on to act in his first feature film, Humongous.[2] In Wrong Turn, he played one of three disfigured brothers in the West Virginia mountains. With makeup and prosthetics by Stan Winston, he portrayed the character "Saw Tooth".

Professional wrestling career

Robbins wrestled all over the world, including for many promotions across Canada, for Global Wrestling Federation in the United States, for New Japan in Japan, for World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico and for Indo-Asian Wrestling in India in the early 1990s. While in Japan he often worked tag team bouts teaming with Demolition Ax as "Demolition Hux".[3] He was also a stuntman, stunt coordinator, voiceover artist and bodyguard. He retired from wrestling in 1993.

Death

Robbins died due to a massive heart attack at the age of 56 on December 11, 2013.[4][5][6]

Filmography

Movies

Year Film Role Notes
2008 The Love Guru Biker
2006 Tears of a Clown Henchman
2003 Wrong Turn Saw-Tooth
2002 Narc Biker
2000 Jill Rips David Daniels (as Gary Robbins)
1999 Babel Wasco
Call of the Wild: Part 1 Big Toe Blake
1998 My Date with the President's Daughter Biker #1 TV movie
1997 The Champ Mike the Mauler
1996 The Stupids Extremely Tall Guy
Balance of Power Giant Man
1995 The Witness Carl
Gladiator Cop Mongol
Blood Money Doorman
1994 In the Mouth of Madness Truck Driver
1993 TC 2000 The Giant (as Gary Robbins)
Back in Action Giant
1989 Crazy as a Soup Sandwich Volkerps
1988 Short Circuit 2 Francis
1982 Humongous Ida's Son

Television

Year Series Role Episodes
2006 Jeff Ltd. Henchman
1999 Due South Due South 'Big Toe' Blake The Call of the Wild List of Due South episodes#ep66
1997 Wind at My Back Mike 'The Mauler'
1996 Goosebumps Mud Monster You Can't Scare Me!
1995 Due South Due South Carl Witness List of Due South episodes#ep66
Forever Knight Doorman
1989 The Twilight Zone Volkerps Crazy as a Soup Sandwich

1987 The Super Dave Osborne Show Wrestler Poundacise

References

  1. ^ "Garry Allan Robbins Obituary - St. Catharines, ON". Obits.dignitymemorial.com. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
  2. ^ "Giant Garry Robbins, actor and wrestler, dies". canoe.com. Archived from the original on November 1, 2016.
  3. ^ "Canadian Giant « Wrestlers Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
  4. ^ "Former mayoral hopeful, actor Robbins dies". StCatharinesStandard.ca. December 11, 2013.
  5. ^ "CANOE -- SLAM! Sports - Wrestling - Giant Garry Robbins, actor and wrestler, dies". Archived from the original on December 17, 2013. Retrieved December 17, 2013.
  6. ^ "Garry Robbins - Obituaries - St. Catharines, ON - Your Life Moments". www.yourlifemoments.ca.