Kenny Waller was born on March 20,1942 and is an American former bodybuilder featured in the 1977 movie Pumping Iron, which starred Arnold Schwarzenegger.
11 Facts About Ken Waller
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Ken Waller was known for his curly red hair, freckles and his graceful, confident posing style.
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Ken Waller was born on March 20,1942, in San Francisco, California.
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Ken Waller attended Western Kentucky University at Bowling Green, where he was a member of the undefeated 1963 Tangerine Bowl football team.
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Ken Waller went on to play professional football in Canada, after serving in the United States Marine Corps and teaching high school in Louisville.
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Ken Waller went on to compete at the professional level the following year in the 1976 Mr Olympia contest, where he again defeated Mike Katz to win first place in the heavyweight division.
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Ken Waller continued to place in the 1977,1980 and 1981 Mr Olympias, taking second place in the tall category and fifth overall in 1977.
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Unlike Frank Zane or lighter competitors, Ken Waller was not known for an aesthetic physique, rather, like fellow competitors, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Lou Ferrigno, he relied on size to gain the attention from judges, which at the time, was only beginning to gain popularity.
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Ken Waller was briefly featured in the photo-essay book of the same name by George Butler and Charles Gaines, but gained much more notoriety from the film documentary of 1977.
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Ken Waller is shown as a devious and cunning character who tries to undermine Mike Katz's concentration by hiding his lucky T-shirt, and discussing his plan to do so with fellow bodybuilders Roger Callard and Robby Robinson in one of the film's most memorable and infamous scenes.
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Ken Waller appeared in the B movie Kill The Golden Goose in 1979, "Flex" and in "King of the Beach", an episode of The Incredible Hulk, in 1981.