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Maxie Rosenbloom

Maxie Rosenbloom

Known For Acting
Birthday Nov 01, 1907
Died Mar 06, 1976 (68)
Birthplace Leonard's Bridge, Connecticut, USA
Popularity 0.3 (history)
Updated Aug 05, 2024
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

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, h ... e 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

Filmography

The Spy in the Green Hat

The Spy in the Green Hat

1967

as 'Crunch' Battaglia

The Bellboy

The Bellboy

1960

as Maxie

The Beat Generation

The Beat Generation

1959

as Wrestling Beatnik

I Married a Monster from Outer Space

I Married a Monster from Outer Space

1958

as Max Grady - Bartender

Hollywood or Bust

Hollywood or Bust

1956

as Bookie Benny

Skipalong Rosenbloom

Skipalong Rosenbloom

1951

as Skipalong Rosenbloom

The Champs Step Out

The Champs Step Out

1951

as 'Slapsy' Max

Mister Universe

Mister Universe

1951

as Big Ears

Hazard

Hazard

1948

as Truck Driver

The Perils of Pauline

The Perils of Pauline

1947

as Maxie (uncredited)

Trouble Chasers

Trouble Chasers

1945

as Maxie

Night Club Girl

Night Club Girl

1945

as Percival J. Percival

Penthouse Rhythm

Penthouse Rhythm

1945

as Health Spa Proprietor

Men in Her Diary

Men in Her Diary

1945

as Moxie Kildorff

Crazy Knights

Crazy Knights

1944

as Maxie

Three of a Kind

Three of a Kind

1944

as Maxie

Irish Eyes Are Smiling

Irish Eyes Are Smiling

1944

as Stanley Ketchel

Follow the Boys

Follow the Boys

1944

as Slapsy Maxie (uncredited)

Here Comes Kelly

Here Comes Kelly

1943

as Trixie Bell

My Son, The Hero

My Son, The Hero

1943

as Kid Slug Rosenthal

Swing Fever

Swing Fever

1943

as 'Rags'

The Yanks Are Coming

The Yanks Are Coming

1942

as Butch

Smart Alecks

Smart Alecks

1942

as Butch Brocalli

To the Shores of Tripoli

To the Shores of Tripoli

1942

as Okay Jones

Harvard Here I Come

Harvard Here I Come

1941

as Maxie

The Lady and the Lug

The Lady and the Lug

1941

as Slapsie Maxie Rosenbloom

The Stork Pays Off

The Stork Pays Off

1941

as Brains Moran

Louisiana Purchase

Louisiana Purchase

1941

as The Shadow aka Wilson

Ringside Maisie

Ringside Maisie

1941

as Chotsie

Passport to Alcatraz

Passport to Alcatraz

1940

as Hank Kircher

Public Deb No. 1

Public Deb No. 1

1940

as Eric

Slapsie Maxie's

Slapsie Maxie's

1939

as Slapsie Maxie

Private Detective

Private Detective

1939

as Brody

Women in the Wind

Women in the Wind

1939

as Stuffy McInnes

Each Dawn I Die

Each Dawn I Die

1939

as Fargo Red

The Kid from Kokomo

The Kid from Kokomo

1939

as Curley Bender

Naughty But Nice

Naughty But Nice

1939

as Killer

20,000 Men a Year

20,000 Men a Year

1939

as Walt Dorgan

His Exciting Night

His Exciting Night

1938

as Doc McCoy

The Kid Comes Back

The Kid Comes Back

1938

as Stan Wilson

Gangs of New York

Gangs of New York

1938

as Tombstone

Mr. Moto's Gamble

Mr. Moto's Gamble

1938

as Horace 'Knock-Out' Wellington

Submarine Patrol

Submarine Patrol

1938

as Marine Sentry Sgt. Joe Duffy

Nothing Sacred

Nothing Sacred

1937

as Max Levinsky

Two Wise Maids

Two Wise Maids

1937

as Max Handler

Big City

Big City

1937

as Maxie Rosenbloom

Muss 'em Up

Muss 'em Up

1936

as Snake

Kelly the Second

Kelly the Second

1936

as Butch Flynn

Punch Drunks

Punch Drunks

1934

as Plug-Ugly #2 in Restaurant (uncredited)

King for a Night

King for a Night

1933

as Maxie

Mr. Broadway

Mr. Broadway

1933

as 'Slapsy' Maxie

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

The Joe Palooka Story

as Clyde

Episodes: 25

First Aired: Jan 01, 1954

Playhouse 90

as Steve

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 04, 1956

I Dream of Jeannie

as Man

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 18, 1965

The Munsters

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 24, 1964

The Merv Griffin Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 01, 1962

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 06, 1958

The Donna Reed Show

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 24, 1958

What's My Line?

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 02, 1950

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