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Ken Patera is a Actor American born on 6 november 1942 at Portland (USA)
Kenneth Patera (born November 6, 1943) is a former professional wrestler, Olympic weightlifter, and strongman competitor from the United States.
He has been married (and divorced) three times and has two daughters.
In a 2008 shoot interview with RF Video, Patera describes himself as a longtime "hardcore alcoholic". The interview begins with him holding a beer and apparently already drunk. He soon explains that he'd quit drinking for ten weeks, immediately prior to his plane ride from Minnesota to Newark for the interview, and bemoans having to pay "$9.47" for a beer at the Newark Liberty International Airport. Throughout the interview, he also chews tobacco.
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Patera is the younger brother of Jack Patera, who coached the NFL's Seattle Seahawks from 1976 to 1982. He is also the brother of former San Francisco 49ers player Dennis Patera.He has been married (and divorced) three times and has two daughters.
In a 2008 shoot interview with RF Video, Patera describes himself as a longtime "hardcore alcoholic". The interview begins with him holding a beer and apparently already drunk. He soon explains that he'd quit drinking for ten weeks, immediately prior to his plane ride from Minnesota to Newark for the interview, and bemoans having to pay "$9.47" for a beer at the Newark Liberty International Airport. Throughout the interview, he also chews tobacco.
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The Wrestler (1974)
, 1h45Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Themes Sports films
Actors Edward Asnere, Elaine Giftos, Harold Sakata, H.B. Haggerty, Ken Patera
Roles Ken Patera
Rating52%
Professional wrestling promoter Frank Bass (Ed Asner) has to deal with the pressures of running a professional wrestling promotion, facing the pressures of constantly finding new wrestlers to pull in the crowds, keeping the wrestlers he has under contract under control and especially dealing with the fact that the top man, the champion of "the League" Mike Bullard (Verne Gagne is getting old and there is pressure to replace him with a younger wrestler. One such possible replacement is the latest challenger Billy Taylor (Billy Robinson). At one point Bass meets with a number of other wrestling promoters (played by real life wrestling promoters from the National Wrestling Alliance, including Vincent J. McMahon) to possibly create a "Super Bowl of Wrestling." Facing pressure Frank Bass decides to back Bullard as he faces the challenger Billy Taylor in the climax of the movie.