ring. Late in 1988, Steele retired after being diagnosed with Crohn's disease. Steele then became a road agent for the WWF until he was released in October 1990 due to budget cuts. Soon after, however, Steele was re-hired by the WWF and continued to work as an agent until the late 1990s. Though he left the WWF without any WWF championships behind him, Steele grew to become one of the most recognized and popular figures in WWF history and was inducted into the WWF Hall Of Fame class of 1995. He returned to wrestling in 1997 working in the independent circuit. Later that year on December 29, he teamed with Taka Michinoku on Monday Night Raw losing to Taka' rival Brian Christopher and Jerry Lawler by disqualification . In 1998, during the WWF's "Attitude Era", Steele returned as part of The Oddities until leaving in 1999. He lost to Greg Valentine at Heroes of Wrestling on October 10, 1999. Then on January 10, 2000, he appeared on an episode of WCW Monday Nitro as one of three legends Jeff Jarrett had to face that night. He continued wrestling in the indies until his final match defeating Sgt. Medallion at ACW Maximum Detention in Green Bay, Wisconsin on September 30, 2000. Eight years later, Steele made an appearance at TNA Wrestling's 2008 Slammiversary pay-per-view event as a groomsman in the wedding for "Black Machismo" Jay Lethal and SoCal Val, along with Koko B. Ware, Kamala, and Jake "The Snake" Roberts. Steele made a surprise appearance on Monday Night Raw on November 15, 2010, during a match between Kofi Kingston and David Otunga. Acting career In 1994, Steele made his professional acting debut as Swedish wrestler-turned-actor Tor Johnson in Tim Burton's Ed Wood. Coincidentally, Steele was often mistaken for Johnson earlier in his career. According to Steele, a New York novelty shop once sold a Tor Johnson mask as a George Steele mask to increase sales, due to Steele's popularity at the time. In 2008 Steele co-starred with Greg Valentine in a short film entitled Somethin Fishy, in which the two former wrestlers purchase a fishing camp. The film served as the pilot for a comedy series that was not developed further. Steele also appeared in a Minolta commercial with actor Tony Randall. Personal life and death Myers had dyslexia and in 1988 was diagnosed with Crohn's disease,WWF Champs – Wrestler Profiles