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