Birth name William Joe Varga Debut 1930s Trained by Joe Varga Movies Oklahoma Crude | Billed weight 200 lb (91 kg) Role Actor Name Billy Varga | |
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Born January 10, 1919Cleveland, Ohio, United States ( 1919-01-10 ) Ring name(s) Billy VargaCount Billy Varga Spouse Rosabelle Varga (m. ?–1992) Children Courtland Varga, Billy Varga, Royce Varga | ||
Parents Billy Rose, Joseph Vargas Billed height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
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William Joe Varga (January 10, 1919 – January 11, 2013), billed as Count Billy Varga, was an American professional wrestler and actor. He was born to Rose and Joe Varga; his father was a professional wrestler in Europe known as Count Joseph Varga and taught his son wrestling at the age of five. He attended Hollywood High School and graduated from the University of Southern California. Varga won the world's light-heavyweight title in 1941 and later joined the Navy until he arrived home in 1947. Varga's wrestling career began to fall apart in the 1970s as he was busy in television and movie work.
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Personal life
Varga married Rosabelle Varga who died in 1992. He resided in Northridge, California. He had three sons, Billy, Courtland and Royce, all of whom preceded him in death, and five grandchildren. He suffered from Alzheimer's disease by the beginning of 2005 and died in 2013.