Known For
Acting
Born
Feb 06, 1893
Died
Nov 10, 1952
Place of Birth
Penn Yan, New York, USA
Credits
41 titles
John Roche
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
The Spider Woman
Casino Croupier (uncredited)
The Falcon Takes Over
Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)
Kid Galahad
Fight Spectator (uncredited)
Just My Luck
R.H. Nelson
Beauty for Sale
Robert Abbott
Prosperity
Holland's Cohort Knapp
Winner Take All
Roger Elliott
The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood
Gregory Gordon
Lady with a Past
Carl
Sin Takes a Holiday
Sheridan
Monte Carlo
Paul, the 'Real' Hairdresser
This Thing Called Love
De witt
The Unholy Night
Lieutenant Savor
The Awful Truth
Jimmy Kempster
The Donovan Affair
Jack Donovan
The Dream Melody
Richard Gordon
Diamond Handcuffs
Jerry Fontaine
Their Hour
Bob
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Augustine St. Claire
The Return of Peter Grimm
Frederick Grimm
The Truthful Sex
Midnight Lovers
Owen Ffolliott
Her Big Night
Allan Dix
The Clinging Vine
House Guest
Don Juan
Leandro
The Man Upstairs
Captain Fraser-Freer
Bobbed Hair
Saltonstall Adams
The Love Hour
Ward Ralston
Kiss Me Again
Maurice
My Wife and I
Spencer Hobart
Recompense
Dr. Sampson
A Broadway Butterfly
Crane Wilder
A Lost Lady
Frank Ellinger
K - The Unknown
Dr. Max Wilson
The Tenth Woman
Barry Compton
Cornered
Her Marriage Vow
Ted Lowe
Flowing Gold
Buddy Briskow
Lucretia Lombard
Fred Winship
Bag and Baggage
Hal Tracy
The Good Provider
Max Teitlebaum