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Actor

Robert Marella

Acting

Career Snapshot

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Acting credits

4

Early stage

Smaller on-screen catalog so far.

TMDB popularity

0.1

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Movies: 2Series: 2

TMDB ID: 1108049

IMDb ID: nm0546422

Known for: Acting

Born: June 4, 1937

Died: October 6, 1999

Age: 62

Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1985 - 2018

Years active: 34

Average TMDB rating: 7.07

Wikidata: Q705172

Also known as

 Gorilla Monsoon

Biography

Robert James "Gino" Marella, better known by his ring name of Gorilla Monsoon, was an American professional wrestler, play-by-play commentator, and booker. He is famous for his run as a super-heavyweight main eventer, and later as the voice of the World Wrestling Federation, as commentator and backstage manager during the 1980s and 1990s. He became on-screen WWF President in the latter decade. In professional wrestling, the staging area just behind the entrance curtain at an event, a position which Marella established and where he could often be found during WWF shows late in his career, is named the Gorilla Position in his honor. He was a record six-time winner of the "Worst Television Announcer" award in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter's annual poll.