Christos Theofilou or Christopher Theophelus (Greek: Χρήστος Θεοφίλου; January 2, 1897 – August 19, 1975), better known as "The Golden Greek" Jim Londos, was a Greek American professional wrestler.Londos was one of the most popular stars on the professional wrestling circuit in the 1930s and 1940s.Jim Londos was born Christos Theofilou in 1897 in the village of Koutsopodi near Argos, Greece, as the youngest of thirteen children of Theophilos and Maria. Before arriving in the United States, around 1912, in his native Greece, young Londos was a shepherd. His father, Theophilos was an amateur wrestler of considerable reputation, and is credited with having instructed his young son in some of the fundamentals. At age thirteen he ran away from home and eventually emigrated to the United States. Working whenever he could, Theofilou took several odd jobs including cabin boy, construction jobs, and posing nude for figure drawing classes. Theofilou landed a job as a catcher in a carnival acrobatic act. It was during this period that he was exposed to professional wrestling and began training. Wikipedia