John Roche

Known for ActingBorn 1893-02-06Died 1952-11-10Penn Yan, New York, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Awful Truth

Diamond Handcuffs

Bobbed Hair

A Lost Lady

Her Marriage Vow

The Good Provider

Just My Luck

This Thing Called Love

The Love Hour

Flowing Gold

Cornered

The Return of Peter Grimm

The Man Upstairs

Her Big Night

Recompense

A Broadway Butterfly

My Wife and I

Bag and Baggage

The Donovan Affair

Midnight Lovers

Beauty for Sale

The Spider Woman

Kid Galahad

The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood

The Dream Melody

Their Hour

Kiss Me Again

K - The Unknown

Lucretia Lombard

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Don Juan

Monte Carlo

The Falcon Takes Over

The Clinging Vine

Lady with a Past

Prosperity

The Unholy Night

Sin Takes a Holiday

Winner Take All

The Tenth Woman

The Truthful Sex