Jimmy Valiant

Actor Aug 6 (age 83) Tullahoma, Tennessee, U.S. 1975–2022 (47 year career)

6.9 avg rating

Biography

James Harold Fanning is a former professional wrestler and author better known as "The Boogie Woogie Man" Jimmy Valiant. Fanning started wrestling in 1964 as "Big Jim Vallen". He went to the WWWF in the 1970s as "Handsome Jimmy Valiant" and formed a team with Johnny Valiant that would dominate the tag team scene for a while as WWWF Tag Team champions. In the later 1960s in the WWA, they were managed by Bobby Heenan. Valiant had entered the WWWF in 1971 as a babyface, originally known as "Gentlem…

Known For

Film

NWA Starrcade 1985

Jimmy Valiant

Film

AWA SuperClash III

"The Boogie-Woogie Man" Jimmy Valiant

Film

NWA Starrcade 1983

Charlie Brown

Film

NWA Starrcade 1986

Jimmy Valiant

Film

Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'

Himself

Film

Toxic Tutu

Himself

Film

NWA Starrcade 1984

Jimmy Valiant

Film

NWA The Great American Bash '87: War Games

Jimmy Valiant

Filmography

Acting (43)

Movies (33)

Big Time Wrestling - Return of The Dragon

2022

as Jimmy Valiant

WrestleMassacre

as Boogie

Toxic Tutu

as Himself

WrestleCade 2016 - The Final 3 Count

2016

as Jimmy Valiant

10.0

I Never Quit: The Magnum T.A. Story

2016

6.0

WWE: Falls Count Anywhere: The Greatest Street Fights and Other Out of Control Matches

2012

8.0

Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'

2011

as Himself

6.0

Ultimate Death Match 2

2010

as Jimmy Valiant

0.8

The Absolute Truth About Pro Wrestling

2005

as Himself

TWA Autumn Armageddon '90

1990

as Jimmy Valiant

The Third Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament

1988

as "The Boogie-Woogie Man" Jimmy Valiant

AWA SuperClash III

1988

as "The Boogie-Woogie Man" Jimmy Valiant

10.0

AWA The Road to Super Clash III

1988

as Jimmy Valiant

WCCW Cotton Bowl Extravaganza '88

1988

as "The Boogie-Woogie Man" Jimmy Valiant

WWC Aniversario '88: A Hot Night in Bayamón

1988

as "The Boogie-Woogie Man" Jimmy Valiant

The Second Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament

1987

as "The Boogie-Woogie Man" Jimmy Valiant

NWA The Great American Bash '87: War Games

1987

as Jimmy Valiant

7.0

NWA The Great American Bash '86: Livin' in the Promise Land

1986

as Jimmy Valiant

The First Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament

1986

as Jimmy Valiant

10.0

Tag Team Champions

1986

as Jimmy Valiant

NWA Starrcade 1986

1986

as Jimmy Valiant

7.7

NWA The Great American Bash '86 Tour: Charlotte

1986

as "The Boogie-Woogie Man" Jimmy Valiant

NWA The Great American Bash '86 Tour: Greensboro

1986

as "The Boogie-Woogie Man" Jimmy Valiant

NWA Starrcade 1985

1985

as Jimmy Valiant

7.2

NWA The Great American Bash 1985

1985

as Jimmy Valiant

PWUSA Star Wars

1985

as Jimmy Valiant

NWA Starrcade 1984

1984

as Jimmy Valiant

6.0

NWA Boogie Jam

1984

as Jimmy Valiant

NWA Lords of The Ring

1984

as Himself

NWA Night of Champions

1984

as Himself

NWA The Last Battle of Atlanta

1983

as Jimmy Valiant

NWA Starrcade 1983

1983

as Charlie Brown

6.8

The Super Bowl of Wrestling

1978

as Jimmy Valiant

Television (10)

Ohio Valley Wrestling TV

1998

as Master of Terror

NWA World Championship Wrestling

1985

as Jimmy "The Boogie Woogie Man" Valiant

Tuesday Night Titans

1984

as Jimmy Valiant

10.0

WCW Arena Shows

1983

as Jimmy Valiant

Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling

1981

as "Handsome" Jimmy Valiant

AWA Arena Shows

1981

as Jimmy Valiant

WWF Championship Wrestling

1980

as Charlie Brown

6.0

USWA Championship Wrestling

1977

as "Handsome" Jimmy Valiant

8.0

WWF All-Star Wrestling

1975

as Jimmy Valiant

WWF All-Star Wrestling

1975

as Jimmy Valiant