Tony Lanza
| Tony Lanza | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Ferdinairdo Antonio Lanza |
| Born | July 7, 1920 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | January 20, 2005 (aged 84) |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Tony Lanza Lario Lanza Felipe Manozian Black Devil The Strangler Masked Strangler Masked Spider The Gorilla King Kong, The Gorilla Man Young Sandor |
| Billed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Billed weight | 250 lb (110 kg) |
| Trained by | Emile Maupas |
| Debut | 1950 |
| Retired | 1973 |
Ferdinairdo Antonio Lanza (July 7, 1920 – January 20, 2005) was a Canadian professional wrestler, photographer and actor who was best known to fans in Quebec and Canada as Tony Lanza. Sports journalist Greg Oliver called Lanza "probably Canada's greatest [pro] wrestling photographer".