Maxie Rosenbloom
Known for Acting · 67 credits
- Born
- 1907-11-01
- Died
- 1976-03-06
- Place of birth
- Leonard's Bridge, Connecticut, USA
- Also known as
- Max Rosenbloom · 'Slapsie' Maxie Rosenbloom · 'Slapsy' Maxie Rosenbloom · Slapsie Maxie Rosenbloom · Slapsy Maxie Rosenbloom · Maxie Rosenblum
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.
Known For
TV Shows (9)
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
What's My Line?
1950
as Self
I Dream of Jeannie
1965
as Man
The Donna Reed Show
1958
The Munsters
1964
Playhouse 90
1956
as Steve
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
as Crunch Battaglia
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
as Self
The Joe Palooka Story
1954
as Clyde
Movies (58)
Nothing Sacred
1937
as Max Levinsky
Punch Drunks
1934
as Plug-Ugly #2 in Restaurant (uncredited)
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938
as Butch
The Spy in the Green Hat
1967
as 'Crunch' Battaglia
Follow the Boys
1944
as Slapsy Maxie (uncredited)
Eloise
1956
as Himself
The Bellboy
1960
as Maxie
I Married a Monster from Outer Space
1958
as Max Grady - Bartender
Big City
1937
as Maxie Rosenbloom
Submarine Patrol
1938
as Marine Sentry Sgt. Joe Duffy
Mr. Moto's Gamble
1938
as Horace 'Knock-Out' Wellington
Men in Her Diary
1945
as Moxie Kildorff
Naughty But Nice
1939
as Killer
Gangs of New York
1938
as Tombstone
Swing Fever
1943
as 'Rags'
The Perils of Pauline
1947
as Maxie (uncredited)
Hollywood or Bust
1956
as Bookie Benny
King for a Night
1933
as Maxie
The Boogie Man Will Get You
1942
as Maxie
To the Shores of Tripoli
1942
as Okay Jones
Louisiana Purchase
1941
as The Shadow aka Wilson
The Beat Generation
1959
as Wrestling Beatnik
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
1955
as Hinds
Each Dawn I Die
1939
as Fargo Red
Public Deb No. 1
1940
as Eric
Hazard
1948
as Truck Driver
Harvard Here I Come
1941
as Maxie
Penthouse Rhythm
1945
as Health Spa Proprietor
Requiem for a Heavyweight
1956
as Steve
The Champs Step Out
1951
as 'Slapsy' Max
Mister Universe
1951
as Big Ears
20,000 Men a Year
1939
as Walt Dorgan
His Exciting Night
1938
as Doc McCoy
Muss 'em Up
1936
as Snake
Women in the Wind
1939
as Stuffy McInnes
Private Detective
1939
as Brody
Irish Eyes Are Smiling
1944
as Stanley Ketchel
Here Comes Kelly
1943
as Trixie Bell
Three of a Kind
1944
as Maxie
The Kid Comes Back
1938
as Stan Wilson
Grandpa Goes To Town
1940
as Al
Trouble Chasers
1945
as Maxie
Crazy Knights
1944
as Maxie
Smart Alecks
1942
as Butch Brocalli
Ringside Maisie
1941
as Chotsie
The Kid from Kokomo
1939
as Curley Bender
The Stork Pays Off
1941
as Brains Moran
Kelly the Second
1936
as Butch Flynn
Slapsie Maxie's
1939
as Slapsie Maxie
My Son, The Hero
1943
as Kid Slug Rosenthal
The Yanks Are Coming
1942
as Butch
Passport to Alcatraz
1940
as Hank Kircher
Skipalong Rosenbloom
1951
as Skipalong Rosenbloom
Two Wise Maids
1937
as Max Handler
The Lady and the Lug
1941
as Slapsie Maxie Rosenbloom
Night Club Girl
1945
as Percival J. Percival
Mr. Broadway
1933
as 'Slapsy' Maxie
The Man in the Funny Suit
1960
as Self
About 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… With 67 credits spanning from 1933 to 1967, Maxie Rosenbloom has appeared in 58 films and 9 TV shows.
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Most Popular Maxie Rosenbloom Movies
- Nothing Sacred (1937) — as Max Levinsky
- Punch Drunks (1934) — as Plug-Ugly #2 in Restaurant (uncredited)
- The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) — as Butch
- The Spy in the Green Hat (1967) — as 'Crunch' Battaglia
- Follow the Boys (1944) — as Slapsy Maxie (uncredited)
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