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person_profile-Maxie Rosenbloom

Maxie Rosenbloom Died at age: 68

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Maxie Rosenbloom

Date of Birth:

Nov 01, 1907

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Mar 06, 1976

Biography of

Maxie Rosenbloom

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    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.

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Filmography of

Maxie Rosenbloom

Found 50 Movies in total

The Spy in the Green Hat

'Crunch' Battaglia ( Actor )

... 1967

... 1960

The Beat Generation

Wrestling Beatnik ( Actor )

... 1959

I Married a Monster from Outer Space

Max Grady - Bartender ( Actor )

... 1958

Hollywood or Bust

Bookie Benny ( Actor )

... 1956

Eloise

Himself ( Actor )

... 1956

... 1956

... 1955

Skipalong Rosenbloom

Skipalong Rosenbloom ( Actor )

... 1951

Mister Universe

Big Ears ( Actor )

... 1951

Hazard

Truck Driver ( Actor )

... 1948

The Perils of Pauline

Maxie (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1947

Men in Her Diary

Moxie Kildorff ( Actor )

... 1945

Penthouse Rhythm

Health Spa Proprietor ( Actor )

... 1945

Trouble Chasers

Maxie ( Actor )

... 1945

Crazy Knights

Maxie ( Actor )

... 1944

Irish Eyes Are Smiling

Stanley Ketchel ( Actor )

... 1944

Three of a Kind

Maxie ( Actor )

... 1944

Follow the Boys

Slapsy Maxie (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1944

Swing Fever

'Rags' ( Actor )

... 1943

My Son, The Hero

Kid Slug Rosenthal ( Actor )

... 1943

The Yanks Are Coming

Butch ( Actor )

... 1942

To the Shores of Tripoli

Okay Jones ( Actor )

... 1942

... 1942

Smart Alecks

Butch Brocalli ( Actor )

... 1942

Louisiana Purchase

The Shadow aka Wilson ( Actor )

... 1941

Harvard Here I Come

Maxie ( Actor )

... 1941

The Stork Pays Off

Brains Moran ( Actor )

... 1941

Ringside Maisie

Chotsie ( Actor )

... 1941

Public Deb No. 1

Eric ( Actor )

... 1940

Passport to Alcatraz

Hank Kircher ( Actor )

... 1940

... 1940

Private Detective

Brody ( Actor )

... 1939

20,000 Men a Year

Walt Dorgan ( Actor )

... 1939

Each Dawn I Die

Fargo Red ( Actor )

... 1939

Naughty But Nice

Killer ( Actor )

... 1939

The Kid from Kokomo

Curley Bender ( Actor )

... 1939

Women in the Wind

Stuffy McInnes ( Actor )

... 1939

Submarine Patrol

Marine Sentry Sgt. Joe Duffy ( Actor )

... 1938

... 1938

Gangs of New York

Tombstone ( Actor )

... 1938

Mr. Moto's Gamble

Horace 'Knock-Out' Wellington ( Actor )

... 1938

The Kid Comes Back

Stan Wilson ( Actor )

... 1938

Nothing Sacred

Max Levinsky ( Actor )

... 1937

Big City

Maxie Rosenbloom ( Actor )

... 1937

Two Wise Maids

Max Handler ( Actor )

... 1937

Kelly the Second

Butch Flynn ( Actor )

... 1936

Muss 'em Up

Snake ( Actor )

... 1936

King for a Night

Maxie ( Actor )

... 1933

Mr. Broadway

'Slapsy' Maxie ( Actor )

... 1933