Jack Pye

Jack Pye

Jack Pye, also known as Dirty Jack Pye and the Doncaster Panther, was an English professional wrestler and actor from Doncaster, England.

Wrestling career

In 1933, Pye came close to beating Atholl Oakley for the British Heavyweight Championship. Other members of the Pye family who became wrestlers include brothers Harry Pye (who became a middle weight boxer), Tommy Pye (who became the light-heavy-weight wrestling champion of Great Britain), and Frank "Bully Pye" (the lightweight champion of Great Britain). [ [http://www.stainforthonline.co.uk/2001/jackpye.htm Stainforthonline - (Dirty?) Jack Pye - The Doncaster Panther ] ] Jack Pye's son, Dominic Pye was another family member to take up wrestling. Dominic had a tag partner called Casey Pye whose real name was Harry Bennett. They both appeared in the 1967 film 'Cuckoo Patrol' starring Freddie and the Dreamers. [ [http://genforum.genealogy.com/pye/messages/564.html Re: The PYE Brothers - Wrestling Family ] ] [ [http://www.6k2.com/myforum/britishwrestlin-about253.html britishwrestlingarchive :: View topic - Rough house Harry Bennett aka Crafty Casey Pye/Gypsy Bennito ] ] Dominic Pye went on to train several professional wrestlers, such as "Mad" Jock Cameron, who became well-known on the British circuit in the 1960s. [ [http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2007/01/12/3321782.html CANOE - SLAM! Sports - Wrestling - A pull-around with Mad Jock Cameron ] ]

Film career

Pye also appeared in several films:
*"Wives Never Know" 1936. Starring: Charlie Ruggles and Mary Boland
*"Leave It to Me" (1937). Starring: Sandy Powell.
*"It's a Grand Life" in 1953 (as a wrestler). Starring: Frank Randle and Diana Dors

Notes

References

*The Times, Saturday, 28 January 1933; pg. 4; Issue 46354

External links

* [http://www.stainforthonline.co.uk/2001/jackpye.htm (Dirty?) Jack Pye. Biography, including film of him fighting at Burnden Park in 1947]
* [http://www.timesandstar.co.uk/famousfolk/update_douglasclark.asp Jack Pye's bout with Douglas Clark (timesandstar.co.uk)]
*imdb name|id= 0701438|name= Jack Pye


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