Of Jewish origins, Wolf Ruvinskis Manevics was born in 1921 in Riga (Latvia), but fearing persecution during World War II his family relocated to Argentina, where they lived in extreme poverty. In spite of his deprived childhood, Wolf excelled in sports and became interested in wrestling. When he was 19 years old he started his professional career and toured South America, the United States and Mexico, where he decided to stay. Although he stayed on the ring until the 1960s - in matches with top Mexican wrestlers, as El Santo, Black Shadow, El Médico Asesino and Lobo Negro - Wolf was also a tango singer and a magician, and in 1949 he was called to act on the stage and in films. One of his biggest successes was Bestia magnífica, La (1953), the first in a series of movies centered on Neutron, a character he created. His popularity was firmly established with his role as the handsome rural boy who becomes the victim of a mad scientist in the cult film The Body Snatcher (1957), he was a regular performer in all kinds of movies until the 1990's and was nominated for an Ariel as Best Supporting Actor for Juego limpio (1996/II). He was also a businessman, and married three times: to Beatriz Perez, to dancer Armida Herrera, and to actress Lilia Micheluntil his death in 1999.
Of Jewish origins, Wolf Ruvinskis Manevics was born in 1921 in Riga (Latvia), but fearing persecution during World War II his family relocated to Argentina, where they lived in extreme poverty. In spite of his deprived childhood, Wolf excelled in sports and became interested in wrestling. When he was 19 years old he started his professional career and toured South America, the United States and Mexico, where he decided to stay. Although he stayed on the ring until the 1960s - in matches with top Mexican wrestlers, as El Santo, Black Shadow, El Médico Asesino and Lobo Negro - Wolf was also a tango singer and a magician, and in 1949 he was called to act on the stage and in films. One of his biggest successes was Bestia magnífica, La (1953), the first in a series of movies centered on Neutron, a character he created. His popularity was firmly established with his role as the handsome rural boy who becomes the victim of a mad scientist in the cult film The Body Snatcher (1957), he was a regular performer in all kinds of movies until the 1990's and was nominated for an Ariel as Best Supporting Actor for Juego limpio (1996/II). He was also a businessman, and married three times: to Beatriz Perez, to dancer Armida Herrera, and to actress Lilia Micheluntil his death in 1999.
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Filmography (Movies)
La Lucha Invade el Cine Mexicano
Character:Neutron
Release Date:28/03/2024
Living in Wrestling: History of Wrestling in Mexico
Character:Himself
Release Date:31/12/1998
La mujer de los dos
Character:Enrique
Release Date:10/10/1996
Juego limpio
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1995
Días de combate
Character:Leclerc
Release Date:01/03/1994
Wall of Darkness
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1994
Extraños caminos
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1993
Mi compadre Capulina
Character:
Release Date:21/12/1989
Bonampak
Character:
Release Date:28/11/1989
Rosa de dos aromas
Character:
Release Date:24/11/1989
By Fire And Sword
Character:
Release Date:07/06/1988
The Kidnapping of Lola
Character:
Release Date:25/12/1986
The Realm of Fortune
Character:Doctor
Release Date:28/11/1986
Chido Guan, el tacos de oro
Character:Héctor Zepeda
Release Date:15/05/1986
Mientras México duerme
Character:
Release Date:01/04/1986
Los Verduleros
Character:
Release Date:07/02/1986
Los matones del norte
Character:
Release Date:28/11/1985
A garrote limpio
Character:Saúl Brook / Vicente Viveros
Release Date:09/10/1985
Knock Out
Character:Saúl Beltrán
Release Date:22/11/1984
Mexico vs. Estados Unidos
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1984
La fuga de Carrasco
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1983
El patrullero 777
Character:Mayor Urbano Malagón
Release Date:27/04/1978
La puerta falsa
Character:
Release Date:05/05/1977
El mexicano
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1977
El hombre del puente
Character:
Release Date:08/09/1976
Mexico, Mexico, ra, ra, ra!
Character:
Release Date:04/02/1976
Acapulco 12-22
Character:
Release Date:24/04/1975
Descent of the Country of Night
Character:
Release Date:28/08/1974
Island of Lost Souls
Character:Colonel Venancio Salvatierra
Release Date:08/08/1974
Mujeres de medianoche
Character:Lobo
Release Date:13/11/1969
El crepúsculo de un dios
Character:Inspector Charlie Gonzalez
Release Date:30/10/1969
Esclava del deseo
Character:
Release Date:29/02/1968
Santo the Silver Mask vs. The Ring Villains
Character:Rodolfo Labra
Release Date:11/01/1968
Pistoleros de la frontera
Character:
Release Date:17/08/1967
Santo vs. the Martian Invasion
Character:Argos
Release Date:27/07/1967
Demonios sobre ruedas
Character:
Release Date:10/02/1967
Jinetes de la llanura
Character:Andrés Menchaca
Release Date:29/12/1966
El mexicano
Character:
Release Date:03/11/1966
Forbidden Cargo
Character:
Release Date:06/10/1966
El proceso de Cristo
Character:Barrabas
Release Date:10/03/1966
El señor doctor
Character:Papá de Beto
Release Date:07/10/1965
Neutron vs. the Maniac
Character:Neutron / Carlos Marquez
Release Date:13/08/1965
Neutron Battles the Karate Assassins
Character:Neutron / Carlos Marquez
Release Date:06/08/1965
The Devil in the Blood
Character:
Release Date:19/06/1964
Rata de puerto
Character:Pablo, "El Rata"
Release Date:27/08/1963
Neutron vs. Dr. Caronte
Character:Carlos Márquez
Release Date:15/02/1963
Sangre en el ring
Character:
Release Date:05/10/1962
Bajo un mismo rostro
Character:Inspector Maldonado
Release Date:19/09/1962
Neutron the Atomic Superman vs. the Death Robots
Character:Neutron / Carlos Márquez
Release Date:10/08/1962
The Shame of the Sabine Women
Character:Rómulo
Release Date:19/07/1962
Dinamita Kid
Character:
Release Date:13/07/1962
El justiciero vengador
Character:
Release Date:08/06/1962
Neutron and the Black Mask
Character:Neutrón
Release Date:06/04/1962
El jinete enmascarado
Character:
Release Date:03/11/1961
Las canciones unidas
Character:
Release Date:15/09/1960
Vivo o muerto
Character:
Release Date:25/08/1960
La estrella vacía
Character:Tomás Téllez
Release Date:05/05/1960
Los tigres del ring
Character:
Release Date:30/03/1960
La última lucha
Character:Lobo
Release Date:12/11/1959
Born to Love
Character:
Release Date:03/09/1959
El superflaco
Character:
Release Date:19/02/1959
¡Paso a la juventud..!
Character:
Release Date:11/12/1958
A Media Luz Los Tres
Character:
Release Date:26/03/1958
Los tres mosqueteros y medio
Character:
Release Date:29/10/1957
The Body Snatcher
Character:Guillermo Santana
Release Date:26/09/1957
Asesinos, S.A.
Character:
Release Date:16/09/1957
El gato sin botas
Character:Humberto Carrasco (picador)
Release Date:30/07/1957
Furias desatadas
Character:
Release Date:26/06/1957
El diablo desaparece
Character:
Release Date:09/02/1957
Diabolical Kidnapping
Character:El Bronco
Release Date:01/01/1957
Una piedra en el zapato
Character:Villardel
Release Date:27/09/1956
El sultán descalzo
Character:Hilario Trujeque
Release Date:31/03/1956
The Hawks
Character:Romulo
Release Date:10/02/1956
El gavilan vengador
Character:
Release Date:27/10/1955
El túnel 6
Character:
Release Date:15/09/1955
The Medallion of Crime
Character:Ramón Torres
Release Date:22/06/1955
La vida no vale nada
Character:El caimán
Release Date:04/05/1955
Tailored gentleman
Character:Chucho el Sacristán
Release Date:01/09/1954
La gitana blanca
Character:Yaco
Release Date:18/08/1954
¿Por qué ya no me quieres?
Character:Renato Mancera
Release Date:03/06/1954
Reportaje
Character:Policeman
Release Date:13/11/1953
El señor fotógrafo
Character:Lepka
Release Date:02/09/1953
Pepe El Toro
Character:Bobby Galeana
Release Date:21/08/1953
El vagabundo
Character:
Release Date:21/06/1953
The Magnificent Beast
Character:Carlos
Release Date:22/05/1953
Me traes de un ala
Character:Mayordomo
Release Date:05/02/1953
La sexta carrera
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1953
When the Fog Lifts
Character:Paciente
Release Date:23/11/1952
El luchador fenómeno
Character:El Diablo Negro
Release Date:17/10/1952
The Sleeping Beauty
Character:Tracatá/Dr. Heinrich Wolf
Release Date:29/08/1952
Música, mujeres y amor
Character:Javier (as Wolf Rubinskys)
Release Date:03/07/1952
Mi campeón
Character:Pablo Rivas
Release Date:20/06/1952
Night Falls
Character:Bodoques
Release Date:24/04/1952
Los tres alegres compadres
Character:
Release Date:11/04/1952
Las locuras de Tin Tan
Character:(uncredited)
Release Date:09/01/1952
Las tres alegres comadres
Character:Tranquilino
Release Date:01/01/1952
El cardenal
Character:
Release Date:31/12/1951
Mujeres sin mañana
Character:Juan
Release Date:05/09/1951
The Troublemaker
Character:Roberto
Release Date:15/08/1951
Hell Road
Character:Tony
Release Date:29/06/1951
Streetwalker
Character:Carlos (uncredited)
Release Date:22/06/1951
Una gringuita en México
Character:
Release Date:27/04/1951
Una mujer sin destino
Character:
Release Date:22/09/1950
The Man Without a Face
Character:El Monstruo
Release Date:07/07/1950
Wild Love
Character:Hombre golpeado (as Wolf Rubinsky)
Release Date:06/04/1950
The Black Sheep
Character:El Campeón Asesino
Release Date:24/12/1949
¡No me defiendas, compadre!
Character:
Release Date:29/10/1949
Hipócrita..!
Character:El rayas
Release Date:11/10/1949
Secreto profesional
Character:Antonio
Release Date:24/06/1945
Bambucos y Corazones
Character:
Release Date:09/05/1945
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