John Roche

Acting Feb 6, 1893 Nov 10, 1952 (aged 59) Penn Yan, New York, USA

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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.

41 Acting Credits

John Roche

Acting

The Spider Woman

Kid Galahad

The Falcon Takes Over

Sin Takes a Holiday

Monte Carlo

Don Juan

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Lady with a Past

The Unholy Night

Winner Take All

Beauty for Sale

Prosperity

The Tenth Woman

The Clinging Vine

The Truthful Sex

The Donovan Affair

Lucretia Lombard

Midnight Lovers

The Awful Truth

This Thing Called Love

Flowing Gold

Just My Luck

The Dream Melody

Kiss Me Again