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John Roche is a Actor American born on 6 february 1893

John Roche

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Nationality USA
Birth 6 february 1893
Death 10 november 1952 (at 59 years)

John Roche was an American actor of the stage and screen. Born in the small village of Penn Yan, New York on February 6, 1893. He graduated from the University of Rochester, after which Roche would begin his acting career by touring with stock companies during the 1910s and early 1920s. In 1922 he would break into the film industry with a featured role in The Good Provider. During the 1920s, he would act in both films and the legitimate stage, including several roles in Broadway productions. He would act steadily in films through 1936, in featured and supporting roles. In the mid-1930s he would take a break from films, focusing on the legitimate stage, including a directorial stint of the play, Mackerel Skies, which had a short run at the Playhouse Theatre in 1936. Roche would return 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 would be involved in over half a dozen Broadway productions and appear in over 50 films. His final screen appearance would be in 1946's The Brute Man. Roche died on November 10, 1952 in Los Angeles, California.

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Zasu Pitts
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Filmography of John Roche (26 films)

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The Spider Woman, 1h3
Directed by Victor Fleming, Roy William Neill
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Sherlock Holmes films, Buddy films
Actors Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Gale Sondergaard, Dennis Hoey, Mary Gordon, Harry Cording
Roles Casino Croupier (uncredited)
Rating69% 3.4976653.4976653.4976653.4976653.497665
Consulting detective Sherlock Holmes fakes his own death in Scotland in order to investigate a number of bizarre apparent suicides that he is convinced are part of an elaborate plot by "a female Moriarty". Returning to his assistant Watson in secret, Holmes notes that all the victims were wealthy gamblers, so disguised as "Rajni Singh", a distinguished Indian officer, he stalks London's gaming clubs.
The Falcon Takes Over, 1h5
Directed by Irving Reis
Origin USA
Genres Crime
Actors George Sanders, Lynn Bari, James Gleason, Allen Jenkins, Ward Bond, Edward Gargan
Roles Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)
Rating63% 3.1946153.1946153.1946153.1946153.194615
Brutish prison escapee Moose Malloy (Ward Bond) forces Goldie Locke (Allen Jenkins) to drive him to a posh nightclub, where Moose hopes to be reunited with his old girlfriend
Kid Galahad, 1h42
Directed by Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Le boxe anglaise
Actors Edward G. Robinson, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Wayne Morris, Jane Bryan, Harry Carey
Roles (uncredited)
Rating71% 3.5960753.5960753.5960753.5960753.596075
In Florida, boxing promoter Nick Donati (Edward G. Robinson) gets doublecrossed by his boxer, who throws a fight for a $25,000 bribe from gangster Turkey Morgan (Humphrey Bogart). Nick and his girlfriend "Fluff" (Bette Davis) decide to throw a wild, days-long party with the money they have left, before looking for a new boxing prospect. Nick orders naive young farmer turned hotel bellhop Ward Guisenberry (Wayne Morris) to mix some drinks, but he does not know how, as he does not drink. Fluff kindly helps him out. When Morgan, underling Buzz Barret (Ben Welden), and Chuck McGraw (William Haade), his fighter and new heavyweight champion, arrive uninvited, Ward does not like it when the somewhat drunk McGraw pushes Fluff, so he punches him, knocking him to the ground. Nick is impressed, and persuades him to try boxing.
Beauty for Sale, 1h27
Directed by Richard Boleslawski
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Madge Evans, Alice Brady, Otto Kruger, Una Merkel, May Robson, Phillips Holmes
Roles Robert Abbott
Rating66% 3.340983.340983.340983.340983.34098
Small town girl Letty Lawson (Madge Evans) moves to New York City and lives in a boarding house run by Mrs. Merrick (May Robson). Eventually she asks her friend and Mrs. Merrick's daughter, Carol (Una Merkel), to get her a job at her workplace, an exclusive beauty salon owned by Madame Sonia Barton (Hedda Hopper). Though both Carol and her brother Bill (Edward J. Nugent), who is in love with her, warn her that it is not a fit place for a young woman of good character, Letty insists she knows what she is getting into.
Prosperity
Prosperity (1932)
, 1h27
Directed by Sam Wood
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Marie Dressler, Polly Moran, Anita Page, Norman Foster, Jacquie Lyn, Jerry Tucker
Roles Holland's Cohort Knapp
Rating62% 3.1446553.1446553.1446553.1446553.144655
Maggie Warren (Dressler) inherited a family bank during the Depression and Lizzie Praskins (Moran) is one of her biggest depositors. Maggie’s son John is engaged to Lizzies's daughter Helen. All kinds of farces happen when the would-be mothers-in-law battle for setting the wedding's protocol including their different preferences of choosing the pastor to perform the ceremony.
Winner Take All, 1h6
Directed by Roy Del Ruth
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films
Actors James Cagney, Marian Nixon, Guy Kibbee, Dickie Moore, Virginia Bruce, Alan Mowbray
Roles Roger Elliott
Rating59% 2.9994952.9994952.9994952.9994952.999495
Rising boxer Jimmy Kane is sent from New York City to the Rosario Ranch and Hot Springs in New Mexico to regain his health after spending too much time with women and drink. There he meets young widow Peggy Harmon and her son Dickie. She eventually falls in love with him, and he likes her too. When Jimmy finds out that she will have to cut short her son's treatment because she will not receive an insurance payout, Jimmy takes on a tough fight in Tijuana to raise the $600 she needs. The marks on his face show Peggy where the money came from.
Lady with a Past, 1h20
Directed by Edward H. Griffith
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Constance Bennett, Ben Lyon, David Manners, Albert Conti, Don Alvarado, Nella Walker
Roles Carl
Rating61% 3.0960553.0960553.0960553.0960553.096055
Bien qu'elle soit une héritière et plutôt charmante, Venice Muir est très timide. Elle est flattée quand le flirt Donnie Wainwright la presse de s'enfuir à Paris avec lui, puis irrité quand il l'abandonne avant le départ de leur navire. Venise a une idée, engageant un type sans le sou, Guy Bryson, pour faire semblant d'être un gigolo et faire connaître l'effet de Venise sur les hommes. Bientôt, elle est le toast de Paris, des prétendants faisant la queue pour la courtiser, dont René, un homme de lignée noble. À son insu, René est très endetté. Lorsqu'elle rejette sa proposition, René se suicide, renforçant la réputation de Venise en tant que renarde déchirante. De retour à la maison, Venise est suivie de plus de commérages, dont certains sur Guy. Un Donnie ébloui recommence à la poursuivre, gagnant finalement Venise sans jamais connaître sa ruse.
Monte Carlo, 1h30
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Jack Buchanan, Jeanette MacDonald, Claud Allister, Zasu Pitts, Tyler Brooke, Lionel Belmore
Roles Paul, the 'Real' Hairdresser
Rating66% 3.345113.345113.345113.345113.34511
Countess Helene Mara is engaged to be married to Prince Otto Von Liebenheim but leaves him at the altar. She flees on a train to Monte Carlo and checks into a hotel. When she arrives at the casino a count named Rudolph Falliere takes a liking to her and poses as a hairdresser whom she hires and falls in love with but could not marry if he is a commoner. Her fiance later arrives and takes her to an opera and she sees Rudolph there in one of the expensive seats indicating he is too wealthy to be a hairdresser. When he reveals to her that he is a count, she realises she can marry him.
Sin Takes a Holiday, 1h15
Directed by Paul L. Stein
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Constance Bennett, Basil Rathbone, Kenneth MacKenna, Rita La Roy, Gino Corrado, Zasu Pitts
Roles Sheridan
Rating60% 3.04753.04753.04753.04753.0475
Sylvia Brenner is a plain secretary sharing an apartment with her friend, Anne. Her economic condition is meager, but she makes do with what she has. She works for a womanizing divorce attorney, Gaylord Stanton, who only dates married women, since he has no intention of ever getting married, and sees wives as safe, since they already have husbands. But Sylvia is secretly in love with Gaylord. When the woman he is fooling around with, Grace Lawrence, decides to leave her husband in order to marry Gaylord, he panics. In order to avoid having to deal with the matrimonial pursuits of any of his potential dalliances, he offers a business proposal to Sylvia whereby he will provide her with financial remuneration if she will marry him in name only. She agrees.
The Donovan Affair, 1h23
Directed by Frank Capra
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Jack Holt, Dorothy Revier, William Collier Jr., Agnes Ayres, John Roche, Fred Kelsey
Roles Jack Donovan
Rating70% 3.505673.505673.505673.505673.50567
After the lights go out at a fancy party, Jack Donovan (John Roche) turns up dead. Inspector Killian (Jack Holt) is called to the scene. As part of the investigation, he calls for a re-enactment of the events leading up to the murder. The lights go out, and another person turns up dead. Inspector Killian again calls for a re-enactment.
This Thing Called Love, 1h12
Directed by Paul L. Stein
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Edmund Lowe, Constance Bennett, Roscoe Karns, Carmelita Geraghty, Zasu Pitts, Jean Harlow
Roles De witt
Rating64% 3.236473.236473.236473.236473.23647
A man returns from a trip to Peru rich and looking for a wife. While still single he has a real estate agent show him a house or two. The agent invites him to dinner then him (the agent) and his wife start bickering, causing the poor fellow to rethink marriage over. He decides he wants to share his home with someone so he has his agent's sister-in-law move in. Later on they both fell in love.
Uncle Tom's Cabin, 2h24
Directed by Harry A. Pollard
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about slavery, Films about racism
Actors Margarita Fischer, Rondo Hatton, George Siegmann, James B. Low, Arthur Edmund Carewe, Eulalie Jensen
Roles Augustine St. Claire
Rating67% 3.3895753.3895753.3895753.3895753.389575
L'Oncle Tom et Eliza sont tous deux esclaves de la même maison dans le Kentucky.
Diamond Handcuffs, 1h10
Directed by John P. McCarthy
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Eleanor Boardman, Lawrence Gray, Sam Hardy, Gwen Lee, Conrad Nagel, John Roche
Roles Jerry Fontaine

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