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John Roche
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 Pen…
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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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1943
The Spider Woman
Movie Casino Croupier (uncredited)
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1942
The Falcon Takes Over
Movie Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)
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1937
Kid Galahad
Movie Fight Spectator (uncredited)
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1935
Just My Luck
Movie R.H. Nelson
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1933
Beauty for Sale
Movie Robert Abbott
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1932
Prosperity
Movie Holland's Cohort Knapp
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1932
Winner Take All
Movie Roger Elliott
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1932
The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood
Movie Gregory Gordon
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1932
Lady with a Past
Movie Carl
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1930
Sin Takes a Holiday
Movie Sheridan
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1930
Monte Carlo
Movie Paul, the 'Real' Hairdresser
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1929
This Thing Called Love
Movie De witt
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1929
The Unholy Night
Movie Lieutenant Savor
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1929
The Awful Truth
Movie Jimmy Kempster
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1929
The Donovan Affair
Movie Jack Donovan
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1929
The Dream Melody
Movie Richard Gordon
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1928
Diamond Handcuffs
Movie Jerry Fontaine
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1928
Their Hour
Movie Bob
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1927
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Movie Augustine St. Claire
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1926
The Return of Peter Grimm
Movie Frederick Grimm
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1926
The Truthful Sex
Movie
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1926
Midnight Lovers
Movie Owen Ffolliott
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1926
Her Big Night
Movie Allan Dix
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1926
The Clinging Vine
Movie House Guest
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1926
Don Juan
Movie Leandro
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1926
The Man Upstairs
Movie Captain Fraser-Freer
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1925
Bobbed Hair
Movie Saltonstall Adams
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1925
The Love Hour
Movie Ward Ralston
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1925
Kiss Me Again
Movie Maurice
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1925
My Wife and I
Movie Spencer Hobart
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1925
Recompense
Movie Dr. Sampson
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1925
A Broadway Butterfly
Movie Crane Wilder
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1924
A Lost Lady
Movie Frank Ellinger
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1924
K - The Unknown
Movie Dr. Max Wilson
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1924
The Tenth Woman
Movie Barry Compton
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1924
Cornered
Movie
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1924
Her Marriage Vow
Movie Ted Lowe
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1924
Flowing Gold
Movie Buddy Briskow
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1923
Lucretia Lombard
Movie Fred Winship
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1923
Bag and Baggage
Movie Hal Tracy
