Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1887-05-15 (63 years old)
Deathday
1950-01-24
Place of Birth
Voghera, Lombardy, Italy
Also known As
Luigi Montagna
Lewis Montagna
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,...
1925
as Ape Man
1922
as Tony
1919
as The Brute
1920
as Morgan
1928
as First Crook
1921
as Dago Red (a crook)
1922
1918
as Red Pierce
1929
as Joe
1927
as Zozo's Husband
1928
1929
as Convict
1935
as Bullfrog Kraus
1926
as Film Comedian
1923
as Bull Montana
1922
as Li'l Cardinal Richie-Loo
1935
as Monte, an escaped convict
1923
as 'Red' Lizard
1928
as The Turk
1928
as The Chauffer
1918
as Baron Bean
1920
as The Gorilla
1926
as Mountebank
1924
as Fireman
1917
as Wild Man
1925
1919
as The Nightmare
1919
as Pedro
1926
as Private Secretary
1918
as Brakeman (uncredited)
1921
as Red Mike
1924
as Ed Decker
1919
as Undetermined Role
1924
as Bull Montana
1927
as Bull Montana
1937
as Bull Montana
1921
as Virginia's Husband
1919
as Jake the Priest
1925
as Bully Boy
1966
as Monkey-Man (archive footage) (uncredited)
1921
as Bubbs
1929
as Customer Requesting "Baby Face" (uncredited)
1917
as Bartender (Uncredited)
1925
as Wanted Kidnapper in Photo (uncredited)
1924
as Killer Murphy
1917
as Bull Montana
1919
as Flash Morton
1926
as The Gorilla
1918
as 'Happy' Flanigan
1990
as Original Music Composer
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