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