1893-02-06 ( 132 years old ) in Penn Yan, New York, USA
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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.
Movies
The Spider Woman
1943-12-24
The Falcon Takes Over
1942-05-29
Kid Galahad
1937-05-29
Just My Luck
1935-12-30
Beauty for Sale
1933-09-01
Prosperity
1932-11-18
Winner Take All
1932-07-16
The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood
1932-03-27
Lady with a Past
1932-02-19
Sin Takes a Holiday
1930-11-10
Monte Carlo
1930-08-27
This Thing Called Love
1929-12-13
The Unholy Night
1929-09-13
The Awful Truth
1929-08-10
The Donovan Affair
1929-04-11
The Dream Melody
1929-01-25
Diamond Handcuffs
1928-05-05
Uncle Tom's Cabin
1927-11-04
The Return of Peter Grimm
1926-12-07
Midnight Lovers
1926-10-25
The Clinging Vine
1926-09-06
Don Juan
1926-08-06
The Man Upstairs
1926-01-22
Bobbed Hair
1925-10-25
Kiss Me Again
1925-08-01
My Wife and I
1925-05-16
Recompense
1925-04-26
A Broadway Butterfly
1925-03-29
A Lost Lady
1924-12-18
K - The Unknown
1924-11-17
The Tenth Woman
1924-08-24
Cornered
1924-08-01
Her Marriage Vow
1924-07-20
Flowing Gold
1924-03-01
Lucretia Lombard
1923-12-08
Bag and Baggage
1923-11-01
The Good Provider
1922-04-02
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