Eugen Sandow
Birthday
1867/04/02
Day of death
1925/10/14 (58 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Königsberg, Kingdom of Prussia
Also know as
Friedrich Wilhelm Müller
Biography
Eugen Sandow (born Friedrich Wilhelm Müller) was a German bodybuilder and showman from Prussia. Born in Königsberg, Sandow became interested in bodybuilding at the age of ten during a visit to Italy. After a spell in the circus, Sandow studied under strongman Ludwig Durlacher in the late 1880s. On Durlacher's recommendation, he began entering strongman competitions, performing in matches against leading figures in the sport such as Charles Sampson, Frank Bienkowski, and Henry McCann. In 1901 he ...Read more
Acting
(1895) Wintergartenprogramm
as Wrestler
(1994) 100 Years at the Movies
as ---
(1998) Glorious Technicolor
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1895) Ringkämpfer
as ---
(1894) Souvenir Strip of the Edison Kinetoscope
as Himself
(1998) Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
as Self (archive footage)
(1896) Sandow
as Himself
(2025) A Collection of Silent Films, Given Sound
as Himself