John Roche
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Roche (February 6, 1893 – November 10, 1952) was an American actor of the stage and screen. Roche was born in the small village of Penn Yan, New York, on February 6, 1893. He graduated from the University of Rochester, after which he began his acting career touring with stock companies during the 1910s and early 1920s. In 1922, he broke into the film industry with a featured role in The Good Provider. During the 1920s, he acted in both films and on stage, including several roles in Broadway productions. He acted steadily in films until 1936, in both featured and supporting roles. In the mid-1930s he took a break from films, focusing on the stage, including directing the play, Mackerel Skies, which had a short run at the Playhouse Theatre in New York in 1936. Roche returned to films in 1941, with a small role in the Norma Shearer vehicle, We Were Dancing (1942), based on the Noël Coward play of the same name. Over the course of his career he was involved in over half a dozen Broadway productions and appeared in over 50 films. His final screen appearance was in 1946's The Brute Man. Roche died on November 10, 1952, in Los Angeles, California.
Kid Galahad
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The Falcon Takes Over
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The Spider Woman
as Casino Croupier (uncredited)Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of so-called "pajama suicides". He knows the female...
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Don Juan
as LeandroIf there was one thing that Don Juan de Marana learned from his father Don Jose, it was that...
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Monte Carlo
as Paul, the 'Real' HairdresserA countess fleeing her husband mistakes a count for her hairdresser at a Monte Carlo casino.
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Lady with a Past
as CarlA wealthy girl hires a male escort to make one of her male friends jealous. She spreads rumours...
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This Thing Called Love
as De wittA romance runs into difficulties because the girl has seen a great deal of the turbulence in her...
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Prosperity
as Holland's Cohort KnappLongtime friends become feuding mothers-in-law when their children marry.
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Flowing Gold
as Buddy BriskowThe film deals with the Texas Oil Industry. A silent film, it was famously remade in 1940 with...
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
as Augustine St. ClaireIn 1856, slave Eliza plans to marry George with the consent of the Shelbys, her masters, but...
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The Unholy Night
as Lieutenant SavorWhen a rash of murders depletes their number, a billionaire's employees are brought together at...
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Midnight Lovers
as Owen FfolliottDuring World War I, a young woman marries a famous flying ace. After the honeymoon, he is called...
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The Clinging Vine
as House GuestWhen a hardened businesswoman who goes by the initials A.B. overhears someone calling her an...
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Beauty for Sale
as Robert AbbottA beautiful woman lands a job at an exclusive salon that deals with the wives of wealthy...
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Diamond Handcuffs
as Jerry FontaineGerman actress Lena Malena starred in this lavishly budgeted and potentially intriguing...
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Winner Take All
as Roger ElliottOverworked boxer Jim goes to a health ranch in New Mexico to recover where he falls in love with...
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A Broadway Butterfly
as Crane WilderIrene, a young girl from a small town, arrives in New York City determined to make it on the...
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The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood
as Gregory GordonThe Cohens and the Kellys invade a Hollywood studio after Kitty becomes the darling of the studio.
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Recompense
as Dr. SampsonA black-and-white melodrama where France, South Africa and England featured prominently in the...
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My Wife and I
as Spencer HobartIn a wealthy society family, the mother is forced to sit by and watch while her husband and son...
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The Man Upstairs
as Captain Fraser-FreerThe Man Upstairs is a lost 1926 silent film comedy directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Monte...
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The Donovan Affair
as Jack DonovanInspector Killian tries to solve a murder case with his assistant Carney.
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Bobbed Hair
as Saltonstall AdamsMystery of bootleggers, hijackers, a girl with bobbed hair, and a talented bull terrier.
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Just My Luck
as R.H. NelsonHomer Crow, fired from his laboratory job at the Dunn-Wright Rubber Company, is sure that his...
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Lucretia Lombard
as Fred WinshipLucretia Morgan has been married to an old man for the past seven years. The marriage is...
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Kiss Me Again
as MauriceGaston Fleury's wife, Loulou, takes a perfunctory interest in music but a deeper one in a...
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The Return of Peter Grimm
as Frederick Grimm"Old Peter Grimm makes his ward Katie promise to marry his nephew Frederik [ sic ] and then...
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Cornered
as uncreditedA pair of professional thieves discover that their accomplice, Mary Brennan, is a dead-ringer...
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The Tenth Woman
as Barry ComptonA ranch owner saves a pretty young woman from committing suicide, and later marries her. They...
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The Awful Truth
as Jimmy KempsterStory of a wealthy couple whose individual infidelities lead inexorably to the divorce court.
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K - The Unknown
as Dr. Max WilsonSidney Page is a beautiful young nurse, the object of the romantic attentions of several young...
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