John Roche
Acting • Born 1893-02-06 – Died 1952-11-10
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.
Filmography
40 credits
The Donovan Affair
Movie • 1929
Jack Donovan
The Awful Truth
Movie • 1929
Jimmy Kempster
Winner Take All
Movie • 1932
Roger Elliott
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Movie • 1927
Augustine St. Claire
Monte Carlo
Movie • 1930
Paul, the 'Real' Hairdresser
This Thing Called Love
Movie • 1929
De witt
Kid Galahad
Movie • 1937
Fight Spectator (uncredited)
Flowing Gold
Movie • 1924
Buddy Briskow
Just My Luck
Movie • 1935
R.H. Nelson
Lucretia Lombard
Movie • 1923
Fred Winship
The Dream Melody
Movie • 1929
Richard Gordon
Beauty for Sale
Movie • 1933
Robert Abbott
Prosperity
Movie • 1932
Holland's Cohort Knapp
Kiss Me Again
Movie • 1925
Maurice
The Tenth Woman
Movie • 1924
Barry Compton
The Return of Peter Grimm
Movie • 1926
Frederick Grimm
Lady with a Past
Movie • 1932
Carl
Don Juan
Movie • 1926
Leandro
Midnight Lovers
Movie • 1926
Owen Ffolliott
The Clinging Vine
Movie • 1926
House Guest
Bobbed Hair
Movie • 1925
Saltonstall Adams
Diamond Handcuffs
Movie • 1928
Jerry Fontaine
The Spider Woman
Movie • 1943
Casino Croupier (uncredited)
The Unholy Night
Movie • 1929
Lieutenant Savor
Recompense
Movie • 1925
Dr. Sampson
A Broadway Butterfly
Movie • 1925
Crane Wilder
K - The Unknown
Movie • 1924
Dr. Max Wilson
Bag and Baggage
Movie • 1923
Hal Tracy
Cornered
Movie • 1924
My Wife and I
Movie • 1925
Spencer Hobart
The Falcon Takes Over
Movie • 1942
Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)
The Man Upstairs
Movie • 1926
Captain Fraser-Freer
The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood
Movie • 1932
Gregory Gordon
The Good Provider
Movie • 1922
Max Teitlebaum
Sin Takes a Holiday
Movie • 1930
Sheridan
A Lost Lady
Movie • 1924
Frank Ellinger
Her Marriage Vow
Movie • 1924
Ted Lowe
Her Big Night
Movie • 1926
Allan Dix
The Love Hour
Movie • 1925
Ward Ralston
The Truthful Sex
Movie • 1926