Known for

Acting

Born

Nov 3, 1943

Died

Mar 2, 2009 (aged 65)

Place of birth

Musselburgh, Scotland, UK

Robert Bruce

Robert Bruce (born John Charles Young, 3 November 1943 - 2 March 2009) was a Scottish-born professional wrestler and talent agent, stuntman and actor in Auckland, New Zealand. He began wrestling in London in 1967, and toured the United Kingdom, South Africa, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and Fiji, eventually settling in New Zealand in the 1970s after wrestling John da Silva there for the Commonwealth championship in 1972. Bruce retired from wrestling due to injuries to his back and elbows, and decided to form a talent agency in 1978 when he realised that there was no such company in New Zealand. In addition to representing several of New Zealand's top actors, Bruce worked as a stuntman and fight co-ordinator on several New Zealand films, television shows and theatrical plays, working on 73 TV series, 39 films and 21 live shows, and as an actor played the role of a former international rugby player in the 1991 film Old Scores.

Titles

American Playhouse

Series • 1982

Theatre 625

Series • 1964

The Piano

Movie • 1993

Woman of Straw

Movie • 1964

Under the Mountain

Series • 1981

Death Warmed Up

Movie • 1984

My Grandpa Is a Vampire

Movie • 1992

Rive droite, rive gauche

Movie • 1984

Under the Gun

Movie • 1995

Lawless: Beyond Justice

Movie • 2001