
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.
Filmografi
Bobbed Hair1925 · Saltonstall Adams
Diamond Handcuffs1928 · Jerry Fontaine
Recompense1925 · Dr. Sampson
Lady with a Past1932 · Carl
A Lost Lady1924 · Frank Ellinger
My Wife and I1925 · Spencer Hobart
Beauty for Sale1933 · Robert Abbott
The Spider Woman1943 · Casino Croupier (uncredited)
Kid Galahad1937 · Fight Spectator (uncredited)
The Falcon Takes Over1942 · Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)
The Truthful Sex1926 ·
The Clinging Vine1926 · House Guest
The Man Upstairs1926 · Captain Fraser-Freer
Uncle Tom's Cabin1927 · Augustine St. Claire
A Broadway Butterfly1925 · Crane Wilder
Winner Take All1932 · Roger Elliott
Sin Takes a Holiday1930 · Sheridan
Don Juan1926 · Leandro
The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood1932 · Gregory Gordon
The Love Hour1925 · Ward Ralston
Monte Carlo1930 · Paul, the 'Real' Hairdresser
This Thing Called Love1929 · De witt
The Return of Peter Grimm1926 · Frederick Grimm
Charles Stevens
June Marlowe
Marie Prevost
Bruce Cabot
Al Hill
Merna Kennedy
David Manners
Astrid Allwyn
Kate Toncray
Cornelius Keefe
George Irving
Etta Lee