Paul Orndorff
Acting • Born 1949-10-29
Biography
Paul Parlette Orndorff Jr., nicknamed "Mr. Wonderful", was an American professional wrestler and college football player, best known for his appearances with WWE and World Championship Wrestling (WCW). After seven years working around the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), Orndorff became a star in the 1980s WWE wrestling boom, and featured with manager Bobby Heenan and champion Hulk Hogan extensively, including in the main events of the first WrestleMania and Survivor Series. With an untreated neck injury, he left WWE for WCW in early 1988, where he won the WCW World Television Championship and the WCW World Tag Team Championship with Paul Roma (as a team called Pretty Wonderful). Arm atrophy from a nagging injury led him to retire in 2000 and he was treated for cancer in 2011. After retiring, he trained aspiring wrestlers. Orndorff was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2005 and the National Wrestling Alliance Hall of Fame in 2009.
Filmography
95 credits
WrestleMania
Movie • 1985
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WrestleMania II
Movie • 1986
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WWF Hulkamania 2
Movie • 1987
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
The Wrestling Classic
Movie • 1985
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WCW The Great American Bash 1990
Movie • 1990
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WWE War to Settle the Score
Movie • 1985
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WCW Fall Brawl 2000
Movie • 2000
Himself
WCW SuperBrawl III
Movie • 1993
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WCW Slamboree 1993
Movie • 1993
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WCW Starrcade 1993
Movie • 1993
Himself
WCW Fall Brawl 1993
Movie • 1993
"Mr Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WCW Fall Brawl 1994
Movie • 1994
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WCW Halloween Havoc 1994
Movie • 1994
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WCW Slamboree 1995
Movie • 1995
Himself
WCW Bash at the Beach 1995
Movie • 1995
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports
Movie • 1987
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports
Movie • 1985
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff (archive footage)
WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden
Movie • 2013
Himself
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
Movie • 2006
'Mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff
Wrestling's Bloopers, Bleeps, & Bodyslams
Movie • 1985
Self
Legends of Mid-South Wrestling
Movie • 2013
Himself
Best of the WWF Volume 3
Movie • 1985
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
The Best of the WWF: volume 4
Movie • 1985
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
The Best of the WWF: volume 5
Movie • 1986
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
The Best of the WWF: volume 12
Movie • 1987
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
Most Unusual Matches
Movie • 1985
Paul Orndorff
Mid-South Wrestling Giants, Midgets, Heroes & Villains vol. 1
Movie • 2007
Paul Orndorff
Andre the Giant
Movie • 1985
"Mr Wonderful" Paul Orndorff (Archive footage)
Best of the WWF Volume 2
Movie • 1985
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
Rowdy Roddy Piper's Greatest Hits
Movie • 1985
Paul Orndorff
WWE Houston Wrestling: October '86
Movie • 1986
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WWE Houston Wrestling: November '87
Movie • 1987
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WWE Houston Wrestling: December '87
Movie • 1987
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WWE Houston Wrestling: November '86
Movie • 1986
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: April '85
Movie • 1985
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: December '85
Movie
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: March '87
Movie • 1987
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WWE St. Louis Wrestling: September '84
Movie • 1984
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: June '87
Movie • 1987
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: July '84
Movie • 1984
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '87
Movie • 1987
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: December '84
Movie • 1984
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: January '87
Movie • 1987
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WWE: The History Of The WWE Championship
Movie • 2006
WWE Unreleased: 1986-1995
Movie • 2017
Andre the Giant
Movie • 2018
Self (archive footage)
WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event
Movie • 2009
Himself
WWE Hall of Fame 2005
Movie • 2005
Himself
WCW Clash of The Champions XXII
Movie • 1993
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
350 Days
Movie • 2019
Self
Wrestling's Living Legend Bruno Sammartino
Movie • 1986
TWA Spring Spectacular
Movie • 1990
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WWE The Brawl to End it All
Movie • 1984
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
TWA Summer Sizzler
Movie • 1990
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
NWA Clash of the Champions XI: Coastal Crush
Movie • 1990
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WWE The Big Event
Movie • 1986
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WWE Survivor Series 1987
Movie • 1987
Paul Orndorff
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXI
Movie • 1995
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
UWF Beach Brawl
Movie • 1991
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WCW World War 3 1995
Movie • 1995
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WCW Clash of The Champions XXIII
Movie • 1993
Paul Orndorff (Manager)
WCW Beach Blast 1993
Movie • 1993
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WCW Clash of the Champions XXIV
Movie • 1993
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WCW Halloween Havoc 1993
Movie • 1993
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WCW Clash of the Champions XXV
Movie • 1993
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WCW BattleBowl
Movie • 1993
"Mr. Wonderful"
WCW Clash of The Champions XXVI
Movie • 1994
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WCW SuperBrawl IV
Movie • 1994
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
SMW Volunteer Slam 1992
Movie • 1992
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WCW Bash at the Beach 1994
Movie • 1994
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WCW Clash of the Champions XXVIII
Movie • 1994
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
SMW Fire on The Mountain 1992
Movie • 1992
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WCW Clash of The Champions XXIX
Movie • 1994
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
The Best of the WWF: volume 14
Movie • 1987
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
Wrestling's Most Embarrassing Moments
Movie • 1987
Paul Orndorff
The Greatest Stars of the 80's
Movie • 2005
Self
WWE Grudge Match
Movie • 1986
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
Hogan Knows Best
TV • 2005
Fury Hour
TV
WWE Table For 3
TV • 2015
Paul Orndorff
WWF Wrestling Challenge
TV • 1986
Paul Orndorff
Mr. McMahon
TV • 2024
“Mr. Wonderful” Paul Orndorff (Archive Footage)
Saturday Night's Main Event
TV • 1985
WWE Old School
TV • 1973
Paul "Mr. Wonderful" Orndorff
WWE Old School
TV • 1973
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WWE Old School
TV • 1973
Paul Orndorff (Manager)
WWE Old School
TV • 1973
Paul Orndorff
Saturday Night's Main Event
TV • 1985
Paul Orndorff
Mid-South Wrestling
TV • 1981
Paul Orndorff
Tuesday Night Titans
TV • 1984
Paul Orndorff
Tuesday Night Titans
TV • 1984
Paul Orndorff (Archive footage)
WWE Hall of Fame
TV • 2005
Self - Inductee (as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff)
Clash of the Champions
TV • 1988
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
Clash of the Champions
TV • 1988
Paul Orndorff (Manager)
WWE Pay Per View
TV • 1985
Himself