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Acting
Jack Roper
Born March 25, 1904 · Ponchatoula, Louisiana, USA
Died November 28, 1966 · aged 62
No biography available.
Known For
The Harder They Fall · 1956The Harder They Fall
★ 7.21956
MovieDrama
Jobless sportswriter Eddie Willis is hired by corrupt fight promoter Nick Benko to promote his current protégé, an unknown Argentinian boxer named Toro Moreno. Although Moreno is a hulking giant, his chances for success are hampered by a powder-puff punch and a glass jaw. Exploiting Willis' reputation for integrity and standing in the boxing community, Benko arranges a series of fixed fights that propel the unsophisticated Moreno to #1 contender for the championship. The reigning champ, the sadistic Buddy Brannen, harbors resentment at the publicity Toro has been receiving and vows to viciously punish him in the ring. Eddie must now decide whether or not to tell the naive Toro the truth.
Gentleman Jim · 1942Gentleman Jim
★ 7.21942
MovieDramaComedy
As bare-knuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert Jim Corbett uses new rules and dazzlingly innovative footwork to rise to the top of the boxing world.
Gentleman Joe Palooka · 1946Gentleman Joe Palooka
1946
MovieComedyCrime
In the second film of Monogram's Joe Palooka series, Joe is 'used', by two state senators scheming to obtain oil-rich lands, in a publicity campaign to get the land transferred to the state, supposedly for a park. When Joe learns that he has been used as a dupe he becomes disillusioned and leaves the prize=fighting profession. But, his manager, sparring partners, and fiancée manage to expose the land-grab scheme, clear Joe's name and discredit the crooked politicians.
No Time for Love · 1943No Time for Love
★ 7.01943
MovieComedyRomance
An upper-class female reporter is (despite herself) attracted to a hulking laborer digging a tunnel under the Hudson River.
The Bank Dick · 1940The Bank Dick
★ 6.51940
MovieComedy
Egbert Sousé becomes an unexpected hero when a bank robber falls over a bench he's occupying. Now considered brave, Egbert is given a job as a bank guard. Soon, he is approached by charlatan J. Frothingham Waterbury about buying shares in a mining company. Egbert persuades teller Og Oggilby to lend him bank money, to be returned when the scheme pays off. Unfortunately, bank inspector Snoopington then makes a surprise appearance.
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion · 1950Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
★ 6.21950
MovieComedyAdventure
Jonesy and Lou are in Algeria looking for a wrestler they are promoting. Sergeant Axmann tricks them into joining the Foreign Legion, after which they discover Axmann's collaboration with the nasty Sheik Hamud El Khalid.
Swing Fever · 1943Swing Fever
★ 6.01943
MovieComedyRomance
Comedy about a bandleader with hypnotic powers.
Panhandle · 1948Panhandle
★ 5.81948
MovieWestern
An ex-gunfighter woos two women while avenging his brother, victim of a crooked gambler.
Filmography
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Swing Fever · 1943Swing Fever
★ 6.01943
MovieComedyRomance
Comedy about a bandleader with hypnotic powers.
'Sledgehammer'
Panhandle · 1948Panhandle
★ 5.81948
MovieWestern
An ex-gunfighter woos two women while avenging his brother, victim of a crooked gambler.
Barfly (uncredited)
A Man Betrayed · 1941A Man Betrayed
★ 5.51941
MovieDramaCrime
A bucolic lawyer takes on big-city corruption, setting out to prove that an above-suspicion politician is actually a crook - all while falling in love with the politician's daughter.
Montgomery, Club Inferno Employee (uncredited)
The Garden Murder Case · 1936The Garden Murder Case
★ 5.71936
MovieMysteryCrime
Two people with ties to rich murdered socialite Lowe Hammle die from unusual suicides—but Vance suspects foul play.
Servant Eating Caviar (Uncredited)
Invitation to Happiness · 1939Invitation to Happiness
★ 7.01939
MovieDramaRomance
An egotistical boxer romances a rich backer's daughter.
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