Wolf Ruvinskis
Acting • Born 1921-10-30 – Died 1999-11-09
Biography
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.
Filmography
111 credits
Diabolical Kidnapping
Movie • 1957
El Bronco
Mientras México duerme
Movie • 1986
El Secuestro De Lola - Lola La Trailera 2
Movie • 1986
Neutron and the Black Mask
Movie • 1962
Neutrón
Santo vs. the Martian Invasion
Movie • 1967
Argos
Neutron Battles the Karate Assassins
Movie • 1965
Neutron / Carlos Marquez
Bonampak
Movie • 1989
La sexta carrera
Movie • 1953
Neutron the Atomic Superman vs. the Death Robots
Movie • 1962
Neutron / Carlos Márquez
The Mexican
Movie • 1977
Juego limpio
Movie • 1995
La Lucha Invade el Cine Mexicano
Movie • 2024
Neutron
La Vida No Vale Nada
Movie • 1955
El caimán
The Body Snatcher
Movie • 1957
Guillermo Santana
El luchador fenómeno
Movie • 1952
El Diablo Negro
Knock Out
Movie • 1984
Saúl Beltrán
Neutron vs. Dr. Caronte
Movie • 1963
Carlos Márquez
The Magnificent Beast
Movie • 1953
Carlos
Mexico vs. Estados Unidos
Movie • 1984
Gerente
Wall of Darkness
Movie • 1994
Secreto profesional
Movie • 1955
Antonio
The Hawks
Movie • 1956
Romulo
A Media Luz Los Tres
Movie • 1958
Música, mujeres y amor
Movie • 1952
Javier (as Wolf Rubinskys)
Acapulco 12-22
Movie • 1975
El crepúsculo de un dios
Movie • 1969
Inspector Charlie Gonzalez
El diablo desaparece
Movie • 1957
Chido Guan, el tacos de oro
Movie • 1986
Héctor Zepeda
El mexicano
Movie • 1966
Living in Wrestling: History of Wrestling in Mexico
Movie • 1998
Himself
The Sleeping Beauty
Movie • 1952
Tracatá/Dr. Heinrich Wolf
Dinamita Kid
Movie • 1962
El justiciero vengador
Movie • 1962
El gato sin botas
Movie • 1957
Humberto Carrasco (picador)
¡Paso a la juventud..!
Movie • 1958
El túnel 6
Movie • 1955
El sultán descalzo
Movie • 1956
Hilario Trujeque
Una mujer sin destino
Movie • 1950
Mi compadre Capulina
Movie • 1989
La última lucha
Movie • 1959
Lobo
Los tres alegres compadres
Movie • 1952
Una piedra en el zapato
Movie • 1956
Villardel
Asesinos, S.A.
Movie • 1957
Vivo o muerto
Movie • 1960
The Shame of the Sabine Women
Movie • 1962
Rómulo
El jinete enmascarado
Movie • 1961
El superflaco
Movie • 1959
Descenso del País de la Noche
Movie • 1974
Jinetes de la llanura
Movie • 1966
Andrés Menchaca
The Troublemaker
Movie • 1951
Roberto
Esclava del deseo
Movie • 1968
La estrella vacía
Movie • 1960
Tomás Téllez
Forbidden Cargo
Movie • 1966
Island of Lost Souls
Movie • 1974
Colonel Venancio Salvatierra
Días de combate
Movie • 1994
Leclerc
Santo the Silver Mask vs. The Ring Villains
Movie • 1968
Rodolfo Labra
¡No me defiendas, compadre!
Movie • 1949
El señor fotógrafo
Movie • 1953
Lepka
Sangre en el ring
Movie • 1962
El señor doctor
Movie • 1965
Papá de Beto
Wild Love
Movie • 1950
Hombre golpeado (as Wolf Rubinsky)
Tailored gentleman
Movie • 1954
Chucho el Sacristán
El cardenal
Movie • 1951
Los tres mosqueteros y medio
Movie • 1957
Neutron vs. the Maniac
Movie • 1965
Neutron / Carlos Marquez
El proceso de Cristo
Movie • 1966
Barrabas
By Fire And Sword
Movie • 1988
El patrullero 777
Movie • 1978
Mayor Urbano Malagón
The Man Without a Face
Movie • 1950
El Monstruo
Mujeres de medianoche
Movie • 1969
Lobo
El hombre del puente
Movie • 1976
The Black Sheep
Movie • 1949
El Campeón Asesino
Pistoleros de la frontera
Movie • 1967
Pepe El Toro
Movie • 1953
Bobby Galeana
Las locuras de Tin Tan
Movie • 1952
(uncredited)
Mi campeón
Movie • 1952
Pablo Rivas
Me traes de un ala
Movie • 1953
Mayordomo
El vagabundo
Movie • 1953
The Medallion of Crime
Movie • 1955
Ramón Torres
La mujer de los dos
Movie • 1996
Enrique
Streetwalker
Movie • 1951
Carlos (uncredited)
Los tigres del ring
Movie • 1960
A garrote limpio
Movie • 1985
Saúl Brook / Vicente Viveros
¿Por qué ya no me quieres?
Movie • 1954
Renato Mancera
La puerta falsa
Movie • 1977
Los Verduleros
Movie • 1986
Mexico, Mexico, ra, ra, ra!
Movie • 1976
Las canciones unidas
Movie • 1960
Bajo un mismo rostro
Movie • 1962
Inspector Maldonado
Rosa de dos aromas
Movie • 1989
Demonios sobre ruedas
Movie • 1967
El gavilan vengador
Movie • 1955
Una gringuita en México
Movie • 1951
Furias desatadas
Movie • 1957
Los Matones Del Norte
Movie • 1985
Night Falls
Movie • 1952
Bodoques
The Realm of Fortune
Movie • 1986
Doctor
Reportaje
Movie • 1953
Policeman
La gitana blanca
Movie • 1954
Yaco
Extraños caminos
Movie • 1993
Hipócrita..!
Movie • 1949
El rayas
Mujeres sin mañana
Movie • 1951
Juan
La fuga de Carrasco
Movie • 1983
Born to Love
Movie • 1959
The Devil in the Blood
Movie • 1964
Rata de puerto
Movie • 1963
Pablo, "El Rata"
Bambucos y Corazones
Movie • 1945
Las tres alegres comadres
Movie • 1952
Tranquilino
When the Fog Lifts
Movie • 1952
Paciente
Hell Road
Movie • 1951
Tony (sin créditos)
Mañana es primavera
TV • 1982
Raúl