Roddy Piper Biography (1954-)

Original name, Roderick George Toombs; born April 17, 1954, in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada (not Glasgow, Scotland, as sometimes cited); father a police officer; married Kitty, 1979; children: six (some sources cite four).

Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor
Birth Details: April 17, 1954; Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Famous Works

CREDITS
Television Appearances
Series
(As Rowdy Roddy Piper) World Wide Wrestling, syndicated, 1980-84
(As Rowdy Roddy Piper) Himself and host of "Piper's Pit" segments, WWFSuperstars of Wrestling, TBS and syndicated, beginning 1984
(As Rowdy Roddy Piper) Performer in live action segments, Hulk Hogan'sRock 'n' Wrestling (live action and animated; also known as Rock 'n'Wrestling Saturday Spectacular), CBS, c. 1985-87
Cohost, Saturday Night's Main Event (also known as Saturday Night Main Event), NBC, c. 1990-92, Fox, c. 1992
WWF Monday Night RAW, USA Network, 1994-96
WCW Thunder, TBS, 1998-99
WCW Monday Nitro (also known as nWo Nitro, WCW Monday Nitro Live!, and World Championship Wrestling Monday Nitro), TNT, 1998-2000
Himself and host of "In the Pit with Piper" segments, TNA Impact! Wrestling (also known as TNA Xplosion), Spike TV, 2004-2005
Celebrity Wrestling, Independent Television 2, beginning 2005
WWE A.M. RAW, USA Network, beginning 2005
Movies
Preacher, The Highwayman (also known as Terror on the Blacktop), NBC, 1987
Maurice "The Brute" Steiger, The Love Boat: A Valentine Voyage (also known as The Love Boat: A Summer Cruise), CBS, 1990
Ice, No Contest, HBO, 1994
Randy, Hard Time, TNT, 1998
Detective Deeks, Jack of Hearts, Aquarius (Greece), 2000
Pastor Robert, Three Wise Guys, USA Network, 2005
Specials
StarrCade, 1983
(As Rowdy Roddy Piper) WrestleMania (also known as WWF WrestleMania), 1985
(As Rowdy Roddy Piper) WrestleMania 2, pay-per-view, 1985
WWF Wrestling Classic, pay-per-view, 1985
WrestleMania III, pay-per-view, 1987
(As Rowdy Roddy Piper) Summerslam, pay-per-view, 1988
Survivor Series, pay-per-view, 1989
WrestleMania V (also known as WWF WrestleMania), pay-per-view, 1989
Royal Rumble, pay-per-view, 1990
WrestleMania VI, pay-per-view, 1990
Summerslam (also known as Summerslam '91), pay-per-view, 1991
Survivor Series (also known as WWF Survivor Series), pay-per-view, 1991
WrestleMania VII, pay-per-view, 1991
(As Rowdy Roddy Piper) Royal Rumble, pay-per-view, 1992
Summerslam, pay-per-view, 1992
(As Rowdy Roddy Piper) WrestleMania VIII, pay-per-view, 1992
(As Rowdy Roddy Piper) King of the Ring (also known as WWF Kingof the Ring), pay-per-view, 1994
WrestleMania X (also known as WWF WrestleMania X), pay-per-view, 1994
WrestleMania XI, pay-per-view, 1995
Starrcade (also known as WCW Starrcade), pay-per-view, 1996
WrestleMania XII (also known as WWF WrestleMania XII), pay-per-view, 1996
Himself, WCW Great American Bash, pay-per-view, 1997
Halloween Havoc, 1997
(In archive footage) Himself, Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows,Arts and Entertainment, 1998
WCW Fall Brawl, pay-per-view, 1998
(As Rowdy Roddy Piper) WrestleMania XIX, pay-per-view, 2003
WWE Backlash, 2003
WWE Judgment Day, pay-per-view, 2003
TNA Wrestling: Victory Road, pay-per-view, 2004
TNA Wrestling: Final Resolution, 2005

(As Rowdy Roddy Piper) Himself, WrestleMania 21, pay-per-view, 2005
(In archive footage) Himself, WWE Unforgiven, pay-per-view, 2005
Episodic
(Uncredited) Himself, Saturday Night Live (also known as NBC's"Saturday Night," Saturday Night, and SNL), NBC, 1985
Himself, Saturday Night's Main Event (also known as Saturday Night Main Event), NBC, multiple appearances, beginning 1985
Himself, "Rowdy Roddy's Rotten Pipes," The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! (animated and live action), syndicated, 1989
Bishop, "Broken Heart, Broken Mask," Zorro (also known as The New Zorro and Les nouvelles aventures de Zorro), The Family Channel, 1990
Adrian Temple, "Metamorphosis," Superboy (also known as The Adventures of Superboy), syndicated, 1992
Jimmy Snow, "Wild Card," Silk Stalkings, USA Network and CBS, 1992
Anthony Gallen, "Epitaph for Tommy," Highlander (also known as Highlander: The Series), syndicated, 1993
Commander Cash, "Robocop vs. Commander Cash," Robocop (also knownas RoboCop: The Series), syndicated, 1994
Cody "The Crusader" Conway, "Crusader," Walker, Texas Ranger, CBS,1998
(Uncredited) "Wrestling" (also known as "Professional Wrestling"), Weird Weekends (also known as Louis Theroux's "Weird Weekends"), BBC-2 and Independent Film Channel, c. 1998
Marlon, "Small Friends," The Outer Limits (also known as The New Outer Limits), Showtime, Sci-Fi Channel, and syndicated, 1999
Guest, Mad TV, Fox, 1999
Daniel Boone, "The Rescue," Mentors, The Family Channel (Canada),2000
Coach Harold, "Grudge Match," The Mullets, UPN, 2003
Himself, "The Man Show Boy Apologizes," The Man Show, Comedy Central, 2003
WWE Velocity (also known as Velocity), Spike TV and Internet broadcast, 2003, 2005
(As Rowdy Roddy Piper) WWF Smackdown! (also known as Smackdown!, Smackdown! Xtreme, World Wrestling Federation Smackdown!,and WWE Smackdown!), UPN, 2003, 2005, 2006
Himself, "WrestleMania," Hogan Knows Best, VH1, 2005
WWE Monday Night RAW, USA Network, multiple appearances in 2005
Pilots
Rick McDonald, Tag Team, ABC, 1991
Sergeant Lundy, Daytona Beach, ABC, 1996
Film Appearances
(Uncredited) Leatherneck Joe Brady, The One and Only, Paramount, 1978
Quick Rick Roberts, Body Slam, De Laurentiis Entertainment Group/Worldvision Enterprises, 1987
Sam Hell, Hell Comes to Frogtown, New World Pictures, 1987
Nada (some sources cite Nana), They Live (also known as John Carpenter's "They Live" and They Live!), MCA/Universal, 1988
Cowboy, Buy & Cell, Empire Pictures/New World Pictures, 1989
Frank Rossi, Back in Action, Shapiro-Glickenhaus Home Video, 1994
John Keller, Immortal Combat (also known as Resort to Killand Viaje para matar), A-pix Entertainment, 1994
Bartel, Terminal Rush, Triboro Entertainment Group, 1995
Elmo Freech, Tough and Deadly, MCA-Universal, 1995
Frank Gibson, Marked Man, LIVE Entertainment/Starlight, 1995
Lieutenant Jacob "Jake" Cornell, Jungleground, Norstar Releasing/Starlight, 1995
Himself, The Misery Brothers, 1995
Detective Cameron Grayson, Sci-Fighters, Triboro Entertainment Group, 1996
First Encounter, Leo Home Video, 1997
Mick Leddy, Dead Tides, LIVE Entertainment, 1997
Dash Simms, The Bad Pack, Showcase Entertainment, 1998
Nick Ford, Last to Surrender, New Films International, 1998
Legless Larry, Legless Larry & the Lipstick Lady, 1999
Miles, Shepherd (also known as Cybercity), Danforth Studios/VCL Communications, 1999
L. T. Tyrell, Honor, Birch Tree Entertainment, 2005
Yokum, Shut Up and Shoot, Birch Tree Entertainment, 2005
Bronco Bill, Domestic Import, 2006
Chief Fred Mears, Blind Eye, Skylight Films, 2006
Jackson Smith, Urban Legends: Goldfield Murders, 18th Avenue Productions, 2006
Trent Polly, Sin-Jin Smyth, Classic Pictures/Sunn Classic Pictures, 2006
Some sources cite an appearance in Dilemma, c. 1999.
RECORDINGS
Videos
Pro Wrestling Illustrated Presents Lords of the Ring: Superstars &Superbouts, Avid Video/Live Video, 1985
Wrestling's Country Boys, Coliseum Video, 1985
WWF Wrestling's Hottest Matches, Coliseum Video, 1992
The Best There Is: Bret "Hitman" Hart 2, 1994
WCW/nWo Superstar Series: Diamond Dallas Page--Feel the Bang!, Warner Bros., 1998
(In archive footage) Nada in They Live, Ultimate Fights from the Movies, Flixmix, 2002
(In archive footage) Himself, The Ultimate Ric Flair Collection, World Wrestling Entertainment, 2003
Ultimate Pro Wrestling: Rage at the River (also known as UPW: Rage at the River), 2003
(In archive footage) Himself, The Monday Night War: WWE RAW vs. WCW Nitro (also known as The Monday Night War: WWE RAW Is WAR vs. WCW MondayNitro), World Wrestling Entertainment Home Video, 2004
The Damn! Show (animated), Studio Works Entertainment, 2005
Overload (also known as UPW: Overload), 2005
WWE Hall of Fame, World Wrestling Entertainment Home Video, 2005
WWE Legends: Greatest Wrestling Stars of the '80s, World WrestlingEntertainment Home Video, 2005
Music Videos
Cyndi Lauper, "The Goonies 'R' Good Enough," 1985
Meat Loaf, Cyndi Lauper, and Rick Derringer, "Land of 1000 Dances," 1985
Screamin' DeVilles, "Drive Drive 105," 2002
WRITINGS
Nonfiction
In the Pit with Piper: Roddy Gets Rowdy (autobiography), Berkley Publishing, 2002

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

Lentz, Harris M., Biographical Dictionary of Professional Wrestling, McFarland & Company, 1997
Morton, Gerald, and George M. O'Brien, Wrestling to Rasslin': AncientSport to American Spectacle, Bowling Green State University Press, 1985
St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, St. James Press, 2000

Periodicals

Entertainment Weekly, August 11, 1995, p. 61

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