1893-02-06 Penn Yan, New York, USA
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 | Casino Croupier (uncredited) | 1943-12-24 |
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The Falcon Takes Over | Nightclub Patron (Uncredited) | 1942-05-29 |
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Kid Galahad | (uncredited) | 1937-05-29 |
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Just My Luck | R.H. Nelson | 1935-12-30 |
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Beauty for Sale | Robert Abbott | 1933-09-01 |
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Lady with a Past | Carl | 1932-02-19 |
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Winner Take All | Roger Elliott | 1932-07-16 |
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The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood | Gregory Gordon | 1932-03-27 |
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Prosperity | Holland's Cohort Knapp | 1932-11-18 |
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Monte Carlo | Paul, the 'Real' Hairdresser | 1930-08-27 |
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The Awful Truth | Jimmy Kempster | 1929-08-10 |
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This Thing Called Love | De witt | 1929-12-13 |
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The Dream Melody | Richard Gordon | 1929-01-25 |
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The Donovan Affair | Jack Donovan | 1929-04-11 |
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The Unholy Night | Lieutenant Savor | 1929-09-13 |
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Diamond Handcuffs | Jerry Fontaine | 1928-05-05 |
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Uncle Tom's Cabin | Augustine St. Claire | 1927-11-04 |
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The Man Upstairs | Captain Fraser-Freer | 1926-01-22 |
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Midnight Lovers | Owen Ffolliott | 1926-10-25 |
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The Return of Peter Grimm | Frederick Grimm | 1926-12-07 |
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Don Juan | Leandro | 1926-08-06 |
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The Clinging Vine | House Guest | 1926-09-06 |
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My Wife and I | Spencer Hobart | 1925-05-16 |
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Kiss Me Again | Maurice | 1925-08-01 |
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Bobbed Hair | Saltonstall Adams | 1925-10-25 |
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A Broadway Butterfly | Crane Wilder | 1925-03-29 |
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Recompense | Dr. Sampson | 1925-04-26 |
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Flowing Gold | Buddy Briskow | 1924-03-01 |
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K - The Unknown | Dr. Max Wilson | 1924-11-17 |
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The Tenth Woman | Barry Compton | 1924-08-24 |
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Cornered | 1924-08-01 | |
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Bag and Baggage | Hal Tracy | 1923-11-01 |
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Lucretia Lombard | Fred Winship | 1923-12-08 |
