Maxie Rosenbloom
Acting • Born 1907-11-01 – Died 1976-03-06
Biography
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.
Filmography
67 credits
The Boogie Man Will Get You
Movie • 1942
Maxie
Gangs of New York
Movie • 1938
Tombstone
Follow the Boys
Movie • 1944
Slapsy Maxie (uncredited)
Each Dawn I Die
Movie • 1939
Fargo Red
Hollywood or Bust
Movie • 1956
Bookie Benny
The Beat Generation
Movie • 1959
Wrestling Beatnik
Nothing Sacred
Movie • 1937
Max Levinsky
Punch Drunks
Movie • 1934
Plug-Ugly #2 in Restaurant (uncredited)
Mr. Broadway
Movie • 1933
'Slapsy' Maxie
To the Shores of Tripoli
Movie • 1942
Okay Jones
Mr. Moto's Gamble
Movie • 1938
Horace 'Knock-Out' Wellington
Louisiana Purchase
Movie • 1941
The Shadow aka Wilson
Smart Alecks
Movie • 1942
Butch Brocalli
Here Comes Kelly
Movie • 1943
Trixie Bell
Private Detective
Movie • 1939
Brody
Women in the Wind
Movie • 1939
Stuffy McInnes
Swing Fever
Movie • 1943
'Rags'
My Son, The Hero
Movie • 1943
Kid Slug Rosenthal
Muss 'em Up
Movie • 1936
Snake
Submarine Patrol
Movie • 1938
Marine Sentry Sgt. Joe Duffy
Public Deb No. 1
Movie • 1940
Eric
Hazard
Movie • 1948
Truck Driver
Naughty But Nice
Movie • 1939
Killer
The Bellboy
Movie • 1960
Maxie
Slapsie Maxie's
Movie • 1939
Slapsie Maxie
King for a Night
Movie • 1933
Maxie
Irish Eyes Are Smiling
Movie • 1944
Stanley Ketchel
Eloise
Movie • 1956
Himself
20,000 Men a Year
Movie • 1939
Walt Dorgan
Kelly the Second
Movie • 1936
Butch Flynn
The Kid Comes Back
Movie • 1938
Stan Wilson
Two Wise Maids
Movie • 1937
Max Handler
Grandpa Goes To Town
Movie • 1940
Al
The Stork Pays Off
Movie • 1941
Brains Moran
Harvard Here I Come
Movie • 1941
Maxie
His Exciting Night
Movie • 1938
Doc McCoy
Night Club Girl
Movie • 1945
Percival J. Percival
Crazy Knights
Movie • 1944
Maxie
Three of a Kind
Movie • 1944
Maxie
Trouble Chasers
Movie • 1945
Maxie
The Yanks Are Coming
Movie • 1942
Butch
Mister Universe
Movie • 1951
Big Ears
The Kid from Kokomo
Movie • 1939
Curley Bender
Big City
Movie • 1937
Maxie Rosenbloom
The Perils of Pauline
Movie • 1947
Maxie (uncredited)
Ringside Maisie
Movie • 1941
Chotsie
Skipalong Rosenbloom
Movie • 1951
Skipalong Rosenbloom
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
Movie • 1938
Butch
Men in Her Diary
Movie • 1945
Moxie Kildorff
Penthouse Rhythm
Movie • 1945
Health Spa Proprietor
The Lady and the Lug
Movie • 1941
Slapsie Maxie Rosenbloom
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
Movie • 1955
Hinds
I Married a Monster from Outer Space
Movie • 1958
Max Grady - Bartender
Requiem for a Heavyweight
Movie • 1956
Steve
Passport to Alcatraz
Movie • 1940
Hank Kircher
The Champs Step Out
Movie • 1951
'Slapsy' Max
The Spy in the Green Hat
Movie • 1967
'Crunch' Battaglia
The Man in the Funny Suit
Movie • 1960
Self
The Munsters
TV • 1964
Playhouse 90
TV • 1956
Steve
The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962
Self
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
TV • 1958
Self
The Donna Reed Show
TV • 1958
The Joe Palooka Story
TV • 1954
Clyde
What's My Line?
TV • 1950
Self
I Dream of Jeannie
TV • 1965
Man
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
TV • 1964
Crunch Battaglia