John Roche

Born: 1893-02-06

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.


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The Spider Woman

as Casino Croupier (uncredited)
Released: 1943-12-24

Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of so-called "pajama suicides". He knows the female...

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Midnight Lovers

as Owen Ffolliott
Released: 1926-10-25

During World War I, a young woman marries a famous flying ace. After the honeymoon, he is called...

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Don Juan

as Leandro
Released: 1926-08-06

If there was one thing that Don Juan de Marana learned from his father Don Jose, it was that...

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Kid Galahad

as (uncredited)
Released: 1937-05-29

Fight promoter Nick Donati grooms a bellhop as a future champ, but has second thoughts when the...

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The Falcon Takes Over

as Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)
Released: 1942-05-29

While an escaped convict, Moose Malloy, goes in search of his ex-girlfriend Velma, police...

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Sin Takes a Holiday

as Sheridan
Released: 1930-11-10

Dowdy Sylvia accepts her boss' marriage proposal, even though he only asked her to avoid...

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The Unholy Night

as Lieutenant Savor
Released: 1929-09-13

When a rash of murders depletes their number, a billionaire's employees are brought together at...

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Uncle Tom's Cabin

as Augustine St. Claire
Released: 1927-11-04

In 1856, slave Eliza plans to marry George with the consent of the Shelbys, her masters, but...

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The Good Provider

as Max Teitlebaum
Released: 1922-04-02

A prosperous small-town peddler accedes to his family's wish to move from their secure existence...

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Beauty for Sale

as Robert Abbott
Released: 1933-09-01

A beautiful woman lands a job at an exclusive salon that deals with the wives of wealthy...

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The Donovan Affair

as Jack Donovan
Released: 1929-04-11

Inspector Killian tries to solve a murder case with his assistant Carney.

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Prosperity

as Holland's Cohort Knapp
Released: 1932-11-18

Longtime friends become feuding mothers-in-law when their children marry.

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Winner Take All

as Roger Elliott
Released: 1932-07-16

Overworked boxer Jim goes to a health ranch in New Mexico to recover where he falls in love with...

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The Clinging Vine

as House Guest
Released: 1926-09-06

When a hardened businesswoman who goes by the initials A.B. overhears someone calling her an...

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Bobbed Hair

as Saltonstall Adams
Released: 1925-10-25

Mystery of bootleggers, hijackers, a girl with bobbed hair, and a talented bull terrier.

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Just My Luck

as R.H. Nelson
Released: 1935-12-30

Homer Crow, fired from his laboratory job at the Dunn-Wright Rubber Company, is sure that his...

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Lady with a Past

as Carl
Released: 1932-02-19

A wealthy girl hires a male escort to make one of her male friends jealous. She spreads rumours...

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Monte Carlo

as Paul, the 'Real' Hairdresser
Released: 1930-08-27

A countess fleeing her husband mistakes a count for her hairdresser at a Monte Carlo casino.

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Diamond Handcuffs

as Jerry Fontaine
Released: 1928-05-05

German actress Lena Malena starred in this lavishly budgeted and potentially intriguing...

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Recompense

as Dr. Sampson
Released: 1925-04-26

A black-and-white melodrama where France, South Africa and England featured prominently in the...

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A Broadway Butterfly

as Crane Wilder
Released: 1925-03-29

Irene, a young girl from a small town, arrives in New York City determined to make it on the...

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Bag and Baggage

as Hal Tracy
Released: 1923-11-01

Country girl Hope Anthony follows Hal Tracy to the city, where she becomes involved in a jewel...

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Kiss Me Again

as Maurice
Released: 1925-08-01

Gaston Fleury's wife, Loulou, takes a perfunctory interest in music but a deeper one in a...

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The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood

as Gregory Gordon
Released: 1932-03-27

The Cohens and the Kellys invade a Hollywood studio after Kitty becomes the darling of the studio.

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The Tenth Woman

as Barry Compton
Released: 1924-08-24

A ranch owner saves a pretty young woman from committing suicide, and later marries her. They...

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The Return of Peter Grimm

as Frederick Grimm
Released: 1926-12-07

"Old Peter Grimm makes his ward Katie promise to marry his nephew Frederik [ sic ] and then...

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Cornered

as uncredited
Released: 1924-08-01

A pair of professional thieves discover that their accomplice, Mary Brennan, is a dead-ringer...

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The Man Upstairs

as Captain Fraser-Freer
Released: 1926-01-22

The Man Upstairs is a lost 1926 silent film comedy directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Monte...

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My Wife and I

as Spencer Hobart
Released: 1925-05-16

In a wealthy society family, the mother is forced to sit by and watch while her husband and son...

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The Awful Truth

as Jimmy Kempster
Released: 1929-08-10

Story of a wealthy couple whose individual infidelities lead inexorably to the divorce court.

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Lucretia Lombard

as Fred Winship
Released: 1923-12-08

Lucretia Morgan has been married to an old man for the past seven years. The marriage is...

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This Thing Called Love

as De witt
Released: 1929-12-13

A romance runs into difficulties because the girl has seen a great deal of the turbulence in her...

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Flowing Gold

as Buddy Briskow
Released: 1924-03-01

The film deals with the Texas Oil Industry. A silent film, it was famously remade in 1940 with...

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K - The Unknown

as Dr. Max Wilson
Released: 1924-11-17

Sidney Page is a beautiful young nurse, the object of the romantic attentions of several young...

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