- Contrary to his conventional image as a brawny but not very smart tough guy, Mazurki actually graduated at the top of his class from Manhattan College (Class of 1930), with a Bachelor of Arts degree.
- Well known to generations of wrestling fans as "Iron" Mike Mazurki, he delighted them with several world-class battles during his long career. Outside the squared circle he was dedicated to serving those in his wrestling brotherhood, and in the 1960s he founded the "Cauliflower Alley Club", a non-profit organization that awarded scholarships and financial assistance to retired or injured wrestlers and their families.
- Best remembered as the lumbering, intense yet soft-hearted Moose Malloy in the classic 1945 film-noir adaptation of Raymond Chandler's novel 'Farewell, My Lovely', called Murder, My Sweet (1944) in the US (while retaining the novel's title overseas).
- Ukrainian-American wrestler turned actor in tough guy roles.
- Always a character and supporting actor, he did have one starring role late in his career, as "Trapper" in Challenge to Be Free (1975).
- Karen Burroughs Hannsberry has a short biography of him in her book "Bad Boys: The Actors of Film Noir".
- In 1936 he played minor-league football with the Wessington Passaic (NJ) Red Devils, a team in the American Football Association.
- His family moved from Austria to America when he was a child.
- Father of actress Michelle Mazurki.
- Awarded the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame's New York State Award, which was presented to an individual who made significant contributions to the sport of Professional Wrestling in the PWHF's home state of New York.
- He helped many professional wrestlers and boxers, such as Henry Kulky, get a shot at the acting profession.
- He was a champion wrestler in pre World War Two days but in 1934 decided to try his luck in Hollywood where he got work as an extra including a walk on part in Mae West's 1934 film 'Belle of the Nineties'.
- His first speaking role was in 'Shanghai Gesture' in 1941.
- Born on exactly the same date as impresario Cab Calloway.
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