John Roche (actor)

John Roche
Born February 6, 1893
Penn Yan, New York, United States
Died November 10, 1952 (aged 59)
Los Angeles, California, United States
Occupation Actor
Years active 1910–1946

John Roche was an American actor of the stage and screen. Born in the small village of Penn Yan, New York on February 6, 1893. He graduated from the University of Rochester, after which Roche would begin his acting career by touring with stock companies during the 1910s and early 1920s.[1] In 1922 he would break into the film industry with a featured role in The Good Provider.[2] During the 1920s, he would act in both films and the legitimate stage, including several roles in Broadway productions.[3][4] He would act steadily in films through 1936, in featured and supporting roles. In the mid-1930s he would take a break from films, focusing on the legitimate stage, including a directorial stint of the play, Mackerel Skies, which had a short run at the Playhouse Theatre in 1936.[1][5] Roche would return to films in 1941, with a small role in the Norma Shearer vehicle, We Were Dancing (1942), based on the Noel Coward play of the same name.[6] Over the course of his career he would be involved in over half a dozen Broadway productions and appear in over 50 films.[3][4] His final screen appearance would be in 1946's The Brute Man.[7] Roche died on November 10, 1952 in Los Angeles, California.[1]

Filmography

(Per AFI database)[3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "John Roche, biography". AllMovie.com. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  2. ↑ "The Good Provider". American Film Institute. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "John Roche". American Film Institute. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "John Roche". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Mackerel Skies". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  6. ↑ "We Were Dancing". American Film Institute. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  7. ↑ "The Brute Man". American Film Institute. Retrieved January 2, 2015.