Wrestling star and actor “Rowdy” Roddy Piper discusses his career as a wrestler and what draws him to this weekend’s Days of the Dead convention. Skip to content. Fox 59.

After his death in July 2015, "Rowdy" Roddy Piper's kids finished the autobiography he was working on. In telling the story of the man behind the character, they were able to process their grief.

As Entertainment Weekly reported at the time of Piper’s 2015 passing, Carpenter himself credited the wrestler-turned-actor with ad-libbing the zinger right on the spot — after, in other words ...

Actor Talks Working With Roddy Piper, Nexus Alumi Releases Album, Former WWE Star In Indian Movie By Raj Giri Jan. 12, 2016 11:40 am EST - As noted, Roddy Piper's last movie , The Masked Saint ...

An actor with more than 50 screen credits, including the lead in John Carpenter’s No.1 cult classic, They Live, Piper knew how to keep fans hungry, just as he’d kept them wishing for a ...

Roddy Piper was a very accomplished bagpipe player. Born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada on April 17, 1954, the future “Rowdy” Roddy Piper earned his nickname early in life.

One of Piper's co-stars in "Immortal Combat" was Sonny Chiba, a martial artist and actor, who Jericho had a brief fight scene with in the movie.

Though “Rowdy” Roddy Piper’s memorials are closed to the public, Ariel Toombs — Piper’s daughter — is asking for fans of her late father to share in a moment of silence during his ...

Roderick George Toombs, better known as Rowdy Roddy Piper, was a Canadian professional wrestler, amateur wrestler, comedian and actor. In professional ...

Piper's son, Colt Toombs, posted to Twitter: ''My father (at)R-Roddy-Piper was a great man and my best friend I will miss him forever and will always try to be the man he raised me to be.'' ...

The strange stage was set for this grudge match between Mr. T, an actor who had played a boxer, and Roddy Piper, a wrestler who would soon begin acting (starring in John Carpenter’s 1988 classic ...