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Paul Orndorff
Actor, Producer
Died July 12, 2021 (71 years)
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
| 2024 | Mr. McMahon (TV Series) · as “mr. Wonderful” Paul Orndorff (archive Footage) |
| 2014 | WWE Hall of Fame · as 'mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff |
| 2013 | The History of WWE: 50 Years of Sports Entertainment · as 'mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff |
| 2011 | The Big Show: A Giant's World · as 'mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff |
| 2010 | WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time · as 'mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff |
| 2009 | WWE: History of the World Heavyweight Championship · as 'mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff |
| 2009 | Hey Hey it's Saturday: The Reunion · as 'mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff |
| 2009 | WWE: Greatest Stars of the '90s · as 'mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff |
| 2006 | Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology · as 'mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff |
| 2006 | |
| 2006 | WWE Saturday Night's Main Event (TV Series) |
| 2005 | The Self Destruction of the Ultimate Warrior · as 'mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff |
| 2005 | Hogan Knows Best (TV Series) |
| 2005 | WWE Hall of Fame 2005 · as 'mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff |
| 2004 | Hard Knocks: The Chris Benoit Story · as 'mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff |
| 2003 | WWE Bloodbath: Wrestling's Most Incredible Steel Cage Matches · as 'mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff |
| 2002 | Hollywood Hulk Hogan: Hulk Still Rules · as 'mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff |
| 1995 | WCW World War 3 · as "mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff |
| 1995 | WCW Monday Nitro (TV Series) · as 'mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff |
| 1995 | WCW Bash at the Beach · as "mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff |
| 1994 | Halloween Havoc · as "mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff |
| 1994 | WCW Fall Brawl · as "mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff |
| 1994 | WCW Bash at the Beach · as "mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff |
| 1994 | WCW SuperBrawl IV · as "mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff |
| 1993 | WCW Battlebowl · as "mr. Wonderful" |
| 1993 | Halloween Havoc · as "mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff |
| 1993 | WCW Beach Blast · as "mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff |
| 1993 | WCW Slamboree 1993 · as "mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff |
| 1993 | WWE Raw (TV Series) · as 'mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff |
| 1990 | WCW/NWA the Great American Bash · as "mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff |
| 1989 | WWF: Wrestlemania's Greatest Matches · as 'mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff |
| 1986 | WWF Superstars (TV Series) · as 'mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff |
| 1986 | WWF: The Big Event · as "mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff |
| 1986 | WrestleMania 2 · as "mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff |
| 1985 | WWF: The Wrestling Classic · as "mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff |
| 1985 | André the Giant · as 'mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff (archive Footage) |
| 1985 | WrestleMania I · as "mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff |
| 1985 | WWE Pay Per View (TV Series) · as "mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff |
| 1985 | The War to Settle the Score · as 'mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff |
| 1984 | Tuesday Night Titans (TV Series) · as 'mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff |
| 1975 | WCW WorldWide (TV Series) · as 'mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff |
| 1972 | WWF All-Star Wrestling (TV Series) · as 'mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff |
| 1972 | WWF Championship Wrestling (TV Series) · as 'mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff |