Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1937-04-16

Deathday

2017-02-16 (79 years old)

Place of Birth

Detroit, Michigan, USA

Also Known As

George "The Animal" Steele
The Animal
The Student
George Steele

Jim Myers

Biography

William James Myers, better known by his ring name George "The Animal" Steele, is a former American professional wrestler, author and actor. Steele's career lasted from 1967 until 1988, though he made occasional wrestling appearances into the 1990s and 2000s. He also portrayed Swedish wrestler/actor Tor Johnson in Ed Wood, directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp.

Known For

7.5%

Ed Wood

Sep 28, 1994

6.8%

Raw

Jan 11, 1993

5.1%

Mr. Nanny

Apr 2, 1993

7.5%

WWE WrestleMania III

Mar 29, 1987

8.0%

Saturday Night's Main Event

May 11, 1985

6.4%

WrestleMania II

Apr 7, 1986

7.4%

WWE WrestleMania IV

Mar 27, 1988

8.3%

The True Story of WrestleMania

Mar 13, 2011

5.4%

350 Days

Apr 2, 2019

3.7%

South of Heaven

Sep 21, 2008

7.0%

The Price of Fame

Nov 7, 2017

6.1%

Card Subject To Change

Feb 13, 2010

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Acting

2019

350 Days as Self

2017

The Price of Fame as Self

2012

Timeline: The History of WWE – 1986 – As Told By George Steele as George "The Animal" Steele

2011

The True Story of WrestleMania

2010		Card Subject To Change
2010		Boston Girls as Harold

2009

WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event as George "The Animal" Steele

2008

South of Heaven as The Man

2007

Blowfish as Henry

2004

Ed Wood: Let's Shoot This @#!% as Self

2003

Small Town Conspiracy as Tortuga Jack

1999

Heroes of Wrestling as George "The Animal" Steele

1994

Ed Wood as Tor Johnson

1993		Mr. Nanny as George 'The Animal' Steele
1993		Raw as George Steele

1988		The Best of the WWF: volume 15 as George "The Animal" Steele
1988		WWE WrestleMania IV as George "The Animal" Steele

1987		The Best of the WWF: volume 12 as George "The Animal" Steele
1987		The Best of the WWF: volume 11 as George "The Animal" Steele
1987		WWF Hulkamania 2 as George "The Animal" Steele
1987		WWE WrestleMania III as George "The Animal" Steele (Ringside)
1987		WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: January '87 as George "The Animal" Steele

1986		WWE's Inside the Steel Cage as George "The Animal" Steele
1986		WWF Wrestling Challenge as George Steele
1986		The Macho Man Randy Savage & Elizabeth as George "The Animal" Steele
1986		WWE Villains of The Squared Circle as George "The Animal" Steele
1986		Wrestling's Living Legend Bruno Sammartino
1986		WWE Detroit Wrestling '86 as George "The Animal" Steele
1986		WrestleMania II as George "The Animal" Steele

1985		WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: October '85 as George "The Animal" Steele
1985		Saturday Night's Main Event
1985		Wrestling's Bloopers, Bleeps and Bodyslams! as George "The Animal" Steele
1985		Best of the WWF Volume 3 as George "The Animal" Steele
1985		WWF's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest as George 'The Animal' Steele
1985		Best of the WWF Volume 1 as George 'The Animal' Steele

1984

WWE St. Louis Wrestling: September '84 as George "The Animal" Steele

1973

WWE at Madison Square Garden: June 30, 1973 as George "The Animal" Steele