James Fanning
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1942-08-06 (83 years old)
Place of Birth
Hammond, Indiana, USA
Also known As
Jimmy Valiant
Charlie Brown
James Harold Fanning
The Boogie Woogie Man
Handsome Jimmy
The Boy from New York City
James Fanning
Biography
James Harold Fanning is a former professional wrestler and author better known as "The Boogie Woogie Man" Jimmy Valiant. Fanning started wrestling in 1964 as "Big Jim Vallen". He went to the WWWF in the 1970s as "Handsome Jimmy Valiant" and formed a team with Johnny Valiant that would dominate the tag team scene for a while as WWWF Tag Team champions. In the later 1960s in the WWA, they were managed by Bobby Heenan. Valiant had entered the WWWF in 1971 as a babyface, originally known as "Gentleman Jim Valiant," but quickly switched to heel.[4] He had title matches against champion Pedro Morales in secondary arenas, such as Philadelphia, and f...
Acting
2016
as Jimmy Valiant
2011
1984
as Jimmy Valiant
1983
as Charlie Brown
1985
as Jimmy Valiant
1985
as Jimmy Valiant
1986
as Jimmy Valiant
1986
as Jimmy Valiant
1987
as Jimmy Valiant
1985
as Jimmy Valiant
2022
as Jimmy Valiant
2005
as Himself
2017
as Himself
2018
as Boogie
1986
as Jimmy Valiant
1978
as Jimmy Valiant
1983
as Jimmy Valiant
2017
as Self
1988
as "The Boogie-Woogie Man" Jimmy Valiant
1988
as Jimmy Valiant
1988
as "The Boogie-Woogie Man" Jimmy Valiant
1988
as "The Boogie-Woogie Man" Jimmy Valiant
1988
as "The Boogie-Woogie Man" Jimmy Valiant
1984
as Jimmy Valiant
1990
as Jimmy Valiant
1984
as Himself
1986
1984
as Himself
1986
as "The Boogie-Woogie Man" Jimmy Valiant
1986
as "The Boogie-Woogie Man" Jimmy Valiant
1987
as "The Boogie-Woogie Man" Jimmy Valiant
2010
as Self
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