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Ernie Ladd

Actor · Born 1938-11-28 · Rayville, Louisiana, USA

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Biography

Ernest Ladd, nicknamed "The Big Cat", was an American professional football player and professional wrestler. A standout athlete in high school, Ladd attended Grambling State University on a basketball scholarship before being drafted in 1961 by the San Diego Chargers of the American Football League (AFL). Ladd found success in the AFL as one of the largest players in professional football history at 6′9″ and 290 pounds. He helped the Chargers to four AFL championship games in five years, winning the championship with the team in 1963. He also had stints with the Kansas City Chiefs and Houston Oilers. Ladd took up professional wrestling during the AFL offseason, and after a knee injury ended his football career turned to it full-time in 1969. As a professional wrestler, Ladd became one of the top heels in the business. For the majority of his career, he played a villainous character who would arrogantly taunt both opponents and crowds. Ladd feuded with many popular wrestlers of the time, including Wahoo McDaniel, André the Giant, Bobo Brazil, Dusty Rhodes, and Mr. Wrestling, before retiring from the ring in 1986. Ladd was inducted into the San Diego Chargers Hall of Fame in 1981, t…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. That '70s Show (1998) — Manager
  2. Raw (1993) — Ernie Ladd
  3. WWF Wrestling Challenge (1986) — Ernie Ladd
  4. Legends of Mid-South Wrestling (2013) — Himself
  5. Tuesday Night Titans (1984) — Ernie Ladd
  6. Wrestling's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest! (1985) — Ernie Ladd
  7. WWE: True Giants (2014)
  8. WWE Hall Of Fame 1995 (1995) — Self
  9. WWF Championship Wrestling (1980) — Ernie "The Cat" Ladd
  10. Villains of the Squared Circle (1986) — "The Big Cat" Ernie Ladd
  11. Mid-South Wrestling Giants, Midgets, Heroes & Villains vol. 1 (2007) — "The Big Cat" Earnie Ladd
  12. Giants, Midgets, Heroes and Villains II (2008) — "The Big Cat" Ernie Ladd
  13. WWE Houston Wrestling: The Paul Boesch Retirement Show (1987) — Ernie Ladd (Ringside)
  14. NWA Boogie Jam (1984) — "The Big Cat" Ernie Ladd
  15. WCCW Christmas Star Wars '81 (1981) — "Big Cat" Ernie Ladd
  16. WWE Hall Of Fame 1994 (1994) — Self
  17. WWF All-Star Wrestling (1975) — Ernie Ladd
  18. WWE Old School (1973) — Ernie Ladd
  19. Mid-South Wrestling (1981) — Ernie Ladd (Commentator)
  20. Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling (1981) — Ernie Ladd
  21. WCCW Star Wars (1981) — Ernie Ladd
  22. WCW Arena Shows (1983) — Ernie Ladd