Name
Maxie Rosenbloom
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1907-11-01
Deathday
1976-03-06 (69 years old)
Place of Birth
Leonard's Bridge, Connecticut, USA
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, 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.
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- 1942 The Boogie Man Will Get You as Maxie
- 1938 Gangs of New York as Tombstone
- 1944 Follow the Boys as Slapsy Maxie (uncredited)
- 1939 Each Dawn I Die as Fargo Red
- 1956 Hollywood or Bust as Bookie Benny
- 1959 The Beat Generation as Wrestling Beatnik
- 1937 Nothing Sacred as Max Levinsky
- 1934 Punch Drunks as Plug-Ugly #2 in Restaurant (uncredited)
- 1933 Mr. Broadway as 'Slapsy' Maxie
- 1942 To the Shores of Tripoli as Okay Jones
- 1938 Mr. Moto's Gamble as Horace 'Knock-Out' Wellington
- 1941 Louisiana Purchase as The Shadow aka Wilson
- 1942 Smart Alecks as Butch Brocalli
- 1943 Here Comes Kelly as Trixie Bell
- 1939 Private Detective as Brody
- 1939 Women in the Wind as Stuffy McInnes
- 1943 Swing Fever as 'Rags'
- 1943 My Son, The Hero as Kid Slug Rosenthal
- 1936 Muss 'em Up as Snake
- 1938 Submarine Patrol as Marine Sentry Sgt. Joe Duffy
- 1940 Public Deb No. 1 as Eric
- 1948 Hazard as Truck Driver
- 1939 Naughty but Nice as Killer
- 1960 The Bellboy as Maxie
- 1939 Slapsie Maxie's as Slapsie Maxie
- 1933 King for a Night as Maxie
- 1944 Irish Eyes Are Smiling as Stanley Ketchel
- 1956 Eloise as Himself
- 1939 20,000 Men a Year as Walt Dorgan
- 1936 Kelly the Second as Butch Flynn
- 1938 The Kid Comes Back as Stan Wilson
- 1937 Two Wise Maids as Max Handler
- 1940 Grandpa Goes To Town as Al
- 1941 The Stork Pays Off as Brains Moran
- 1941 Harvard Here I Come as Maxie
- 1938 His Exciting Night as Doc McCoy
- 1945 Night Club Girl as Percival J. Percival
- 1944 Three of a Kind as Maxie
- 1944 Crazy Knights as Maxie
- 1945 Trouble Chasers as Maxie
- 1942 The Yanks Are Coming as Butch
- 1951 Mister Universe as Big Ears
- 1939 The Kid from Kokomo as Curley Bender
- 1937 Big City as Maxie Rosenbloom
- 1947 The Perils of Pauline as Maxie (uncredited)
- 1941 Ringside Maisie as Chotsie
- 1951 Skipalong Rosenbloom as Skipalong Rosenbloom
- 1938 The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse as Butch
- 1945 Men in Her Diary as Moxie Kildorff
- 1945 Penthouse Rhythm as Health Spa Proprietor
- 1941 The Lady and the Lug as Slapsie Maxie Rosenbloom
- 1955 Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops as Hinds
- 1958 I Married a Monster from Outer Space as Max Grady - Bartender
- 1956 Requiem for a Heavyweight as Steve
- 1940 Passport to Alcatraz as Hank Kircher
- 1951 The Champs Step Out as 'Slapsy' Max
- 1967 The Spy in the Green Hat as 'Crunch' Battaglia
- 1960 The Man in the Funny Suit as Self
- 1964 The Munsters ( 1 episode )
- 1956 Playhouse 90 ( 1 episode ) as Steve
- 1962 The Merv Griffin Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1958 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1958 The Donna Reed Show ( 1 episode )
- 1954 The Joe Palooka Story ( 25 episodes ) as Clyde
- 1950 What's My Line? ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1965 I Dream of Jeannie ( 1 episode ) as Man
- 1964 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. ( 1 episode ) as Crunch Battaglia
