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John Roche (actor)

John Roche (February 6, 1893 – November 10, 1952) was an American actor of the stage and screen.

John Roche
John Roche in 1924
Born(1893-02-06)February 6, 1893
Penn Yan, New York, United States
DiedNovember 10, 1952(1952-11-10) (aged 59)
Los Angeles, California, United States
OccupationActor
Years active1910–1946

Biography

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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.[1] In 1922, he broke into the film industry with a featured role in The Good Provider.[2] During the 1920s, he acted in both films and on stage, including several roles in Broadway productions, such as R.U.R. (1922).[3][4][5] 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.[1][6] 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.[7] Over the course of his career he was involved in over six Broadway productions and appeared in over 50 films.[3][4] His final screen appearance was in 1946's The Brute Man.[8]

Roche died on November 10, 1952, in Los Angeles, California.[1]

Filmography

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(According to AFI database)[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "John Roche, biography". AllMovie.com. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  2. ^ "The Good Provider". American Film Institute. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  3. ^ a b c "John Roche". American Film Institute. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  4. ^ a b "John Roche". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  5. ^ Čapek, Karel (1923). "The cast of the Theatre Guild Production" . R. U. R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) . Translated by Selver, Paul. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company. p. v – via Wikisource.
  6. ^ "Mackerel Skies". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  7. ^ "We Were Dancing". American Film Institute. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  8. ^ "The Brute Man". American Film Institute. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
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