Roland La Starza

Roland La Starza was born on May 12, 1927 in USA. Roland La Starza's big-screen debut came with Prize Fighter directed by Larry O'Reilly in 1949, strarring Prize Fighter. Roland La Starza is known for Point Blank directed by John Boorman, Lee Marvin stars as Walker and Angie Dickinson as Chris. The upcoming new movie Roland La Starza plays is The Outfit which will be released on Feb 09, 1974.

La Starza had a long and successful career as a boxer before he became an actor. Boxing was king in those days and La Starza had a 59-9 won-loss record as a heavyweight when he retired, six of those losses coming in his last ten fights, when he was no longer at his peak. One of those six losses was a title bout against Rocky Marciano which was stopped on a TKO in the eleventh round. That fight was named by Ring Magazine as the "Fight of the Year" in 1953. The two fighters had met before and Marciano had managed a split decision.