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I wrote another wrestling film script. And we finished the shooting [with Lloyd Phillips]. But Henry Winkler came out with his own wrestling film, which did poorly. So the studios passed on ours, and it never got released.
John Ratzenberger
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John Ratzenberger
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: April 6
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Bridgeport
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