Director

Dory Funk Jr.

Acting

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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 1

TMDB ID: 1194951

IMDb ID: nm0298709

Known for: Acting

Born: February 3, 1941

Age: 85

Place of birth: Hammond, Indiana, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1973 - 2019

Years active: 47

Average TMDB rating: 7.25

Wikidata: Q631530

Also known as

Hoss Funk • The Masked Outlaw

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Writer (1)

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Biography

Dorrance Earnest "Dory" Funk, Jr. is a professional wrestler and wrestling trainer. He is the son of Dory Funk, Sr. and brother of Terry Funk. He is credited with the invention of The Texas Cloverleaf submission hold and runs the Funking Conservatory, a professional wrestling school. His students and friends participate in a wrestling show, local to Ocala, Florida, called !Bang!. Dory is a former world heavyweight champion, having held the NWA World Heavyweight Championship once. To date, he was the fifth longest reigning NWA World Heavyweight Champion of all time, holding it for over four years. In addition, he also held the major heavyweight titles (but not officially recognized as World Titles): WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship once, the CWA World Heavyweight Championship once. He is also a 2009 WWE Hall of Fame Inductee.