While the third-generation member of that family -- The Rock -- is the most well-known, it all started with his grandfather, the legendary High Chief Peter ... in the 1967 James Bond film You ...

High Chief Peter Maivia died of cancer ... playing a henchman opposite Sean Connery's James Bond in 1967's You Only Live Twice. He also had another memorable role of sorts, as Dwayne Johnson ...

Johnson's grandfather, "The High Chief" Peter Maivia, was a top wrestling star all over the world in the 1970s, and his grandmother, Lia Maivia, was one of the first female professional wrestling ...

May 2, 1972—Dwayne Johnson is born. Coming from a lineage of successful WWE Superstars, namely "High Chief" Peter Maivia and "Soulman" Rocky Johnson, his pedigree caused his entry to the ...