1907-11-01 ( 117 years old ) in Leonard's Bridge, Connecticut, USA
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Max Everitt Rosenbloom (November 1, 1907 – March 6, 1976) was an American boxer, actor, and television personality. Born in Leonard Bridge, Connecticut, Rosenbloom was nicknamed "Slapsie Maxie" by a journalist due to his open-gloved style of boxing. In 1930, he won the New York light heavyweight title. In 1932, he won the World Light Heavyweight Championship. He held and defended the title until November 1934, when he lost it to Bob Olin. As a professional boxer, Rosenbloom relied on hitting and moving to score points. He was very difficult to hit cleanly with a power punch and his fights often went the full number of required rounds. In his boxing career, he received thousands of punches to the head, which eventually led to the deterioration of his motor functions.
In 1937, he accepted a role in a Hollywood film. He became a character actor, portraying comical "big guys" in movies that included Each Dawn I Die, and Maxie retired from boxing permanently in 1939. Slapsy Maxie's, the first comedy club, opened in San Francisco and Los Angeles. He continued acting on radio, television, and in a number of films, usually playing comedy roles as a big, clumsy, punch-drunk—but lovable—character. He appeared in a number of episodes (playing himself) of The Fred Allen Show—including a skit with Marlene Dietrich. Rosenbloom played an important part in television's first 90-minute drama, Requiem for a Heavyweight, written by Rod Serling, and starring Jack Palance as a boxer at the end of his career. Rosenbloom played an ex-boxer, whose life revolved around retelling old boxing stories night after night to other ex-boxers in a down-and-out bar. It is the fate that looms for Mountain McClintock, Palance's character, if he cannot adjust to a new life outside the ring.
Slapsy Maxie's, his nightclub, is prominently featured in a 2013 crime film, Gangster Squad, which is set in 1949. The club, which actually operated in 1939 at 7165 Beverly Blvd and from 1943 to 1947, was located at 5665 Wilshire Blvd. in Los Angeles.
Movies
The Spy in the Green Hat
1967-02-03
The Bellboy
1960-07-20
The Beat Generation
1959-07-03
I Married a Monster from Outer Space
1958-10-01
Hollywood or Bust
1956-12-06
Eloise
1956-11-22
Requiem for a Heavyweight
1956-10-11
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
1955-02-02
The Champs Step Out
1951-11-15
Skipalong Rosenbloom
1951-04-30
Mister Universe
1951-01-10
Hazard
1948-05-28
The Perils of Pauline
1947-07-04
Men in Her Diary
1945-09-14
Penthouse Rhythm
1945-06-22
Trouble Chasers
1945-05-02
Night Club Girl
1945-01-05
Crazy Knights
1944-12-08
Irish Eyes Are Smiling
1944-10-19
Three of a Kind
1944-07-22
Follow the Boys
1944-05-05
Swing Fever
1943-11-01
Here Comes Kelly
1943-09-19
My Son, The Hero
1943-04-05
To the Shores of Tripoli
1942-11-09
The Yanks Are Coming
1942-11-09
The Boogie Man Will Get You
1942-10-22
Smart Alecks
1942-08-07
Louisiana Purchase
1941-12-31
Harvard Here I Come
1941-12-18
The Stork Pays Off
1941-10-05
Ringside Maisie
1941-08-01
The Lady and the Lug
1941-03-22
Public Deb No. 1
1940-09-13
Passport to Alcatraz
1940-06-06
Grandpa Goes To Town
1940-04-13
Private Detective
1939-12-09
20,000 Men a Year
1939-10-26
Slapsie Maxie's
1939-09-16
Each Dawn I Die
1939-08-19
Naughty But Nice
1939-06-23
The Kid from Kokomo
1939-05-23
Women in the Wind
1939-04-15
Submarine Patrol
1938-11-25
His Exciting Night
1938-11-11
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938-07-20
Gangs of New York
1938-05-23
Mr. Moto's Gamble
1938-04-07
The Kid Comes Back
1938-02-12
Nothing Sacred
1937-11-25
Big City
1937-09-03
Two Wise Maids
1937-02-15
Kelly the Second
1936-08-21
Muss 'em Up
1936-02-13
Punch Drunks
1934-07-13
King for a Night
1933-12-09
Mr. Broadway
1933-09-12
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