Garry Robbins | |
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Born |
St. Catharines, Ontario |
September 9, 1957
Died | December 11, 2013 St. Catharines, Ontario |
(aged 56)
Nationality | Canadian |
Years active | 1982 - 2008 |
Height | 7' 5" (2.26 m) |
Weight | 380 lb (172.5 kg) |
Website | www |
Garry Allan Robbins (September 9, 1957 - December 11, 2013) was a Canadian actor and professional wrestler best known by the ring names Paul Bunyan and the Canadian Giant.
He has wrestled all over 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. While in Japan he often worked tag team bouts teaming with Demolition Ax as Demolition Hux. He is also a stuntman, stunt coordinator, voiceover artist and bodyguard.
Robbins was discovered working as a bouncer in a local bar and went on to act in his first feature film, Humongous. 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.
Robbins was born in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada in 1957.
Robbins died of a heart attack at the age of 57 on December 11, 2013.