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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.
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Filmography (Movies)
The Spy in the Green Hat
Character:'Crunch' Battaglia
Release Date:03/02/1967
The Bellboy
Character:Maxie
Release Date:20/07/1960
The Man in the Funny Suit
Character:Self
Release Date:15/04/1960
The Beat Generation
Character:Wrestling Beatnik
Release Date:03/07/1959
I Married a Monster from Outer Space
Character:Max Grady - Bartender
Release Date:01/10/1958
Hollywood or Bust
Character:Bookie Benny
Release Date:06/12/1956
Eloise
Character:Himself
Release Date:22/11/1956
Requiem for a Heavyweight
Character:Steve
Release Date:11/10/1956
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
Character:Hinds
Release Date:02/02/1955
The Champs Step Out
Character:'Slapsy' Max
Release Date:15/11/1951
Skipalong Rosenbloom
Character:Skipalong Rosenbloom
Release Date:30/04/1951
Mister Universe
Character:Big Ears
Release Date:10/01/1951
Hazard
Character:Truck Driver
Release Date:28/05/1948
The Perils of Pauline
Character:Maxie (uncredited)
Release Date:04/07/1947
Men in Her Diary
Character:Moxie Kildorff
Release Date:14/09/1945
Penthouse Rhythm
Character:Health Spa Proprietor
Release Date:22/06/1945
Trouble Chasers
Character:Maxie
Release Date:02/05/1945
Night Club Girl
Character:Percival J. Percival
Release Date:05/01/1945
Crazy Knights
Character:Maxie
Release Date:08/12/1944
Irish Eyes Are Smiling
Character:Stanley Ketchel
Release Date:19/10/1944
Three of a Kind
Character:Maxie
Release Date:22/07/1944
Follow the Boys
Character:Slapsy Maxie (uncredited)
Release Date:05/05/1944
Swing Fever
Character:'Rags'
Release Date:01/11/1943
Here Comes Kelly
Character:Trixie Bell
Release Date:19/09/1943
My Son, The Hero
Character:Kid Slug Rosenthal
Release Date:05/04/1943
To the Shores of Tripoli
Character:Okay Jones
Release Date:09/11/1942
The Yanks Are Coming
Character:Butch
Release Date:09/11/1942
The Boogie Man Will Get You
Character:Maxie
Release Date:22/10/1942
Smart Alecks
Character:Butch Brocalli
Release Date:07/08/1942
Louisiana Purchase
Character:The Shadow aka Wilson
Release Date:31/12/1941
Harvard Here I Come
Character:Maxie
Release Date:18/12/1941
The Stork Pays Off
Character:Brains Moran
Release Date:05/10/1941
Ringside Maisie
Character:Chotsie
Release Date:01/08/1941
The Lady and the Lug
Character:Slapsie Maxie Rosenbloom
Release Date:22/03/1941
Public Deb No. 1
Character:Eric
Release Date:13/09/1940
Passport to Alcatraz
Character:Hank Kircher
Release Date:06/06/1940
Grandpa Goes To Town
Character:Al
Release Date:13/04/1940
Private Detective
Character:Brody
Release Date:09/12/1939
20,000 Men a Year
Character:Walt Dorgan
Release Date:26/10/1939
Slapsie Maxie's
Character:Slapsie Maxie
Release Date:16/09/1939
Each Dawn I Die
Character:Fargo Red
Release Date:19/08/1939
Naughty But Nice
Character:Killer
Release Date:23/06/1939
The Kid from Kokomo
Character:Curley Bender
Release Date:23/05/1939
Women in the Wind
Character:Stuffy McInnes
Release Date:15/04/1939
Submarine Patrol
Character:Marine Sentry Sgt. Joe Duffy
Release Date:25/11/1938
His Exciting Night
Character:Doc McCoy
Release Date:11/11/1938
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
Character:Butch
Release Date:20/07/1938
Gangs of New York
Character:Tombstone
Release Date:23/05/1938
Mr. Moto's Gamble
Character:Horace 'Knock-Out' Wellington
Release Date:07/04/1938
The Kid Comes Back
Character:Stan Wilson
Release Date:12/02/1938
Nothing Sacred
Character:Max Levinsky
Release Date:25/11/1937
Big City
Character:Maxie Rosenbloom
Release Date:03/09/1937
Two Wise Maids
Character:Max Handler
Release Date:15/02/1937
Kelly the Second
Character:Butch Flynn
Release Date:21/08/1936
Muss 'em Up
Character:Snake
Release Date:13/02/1936
Punch Drunks
Character:Plug-Ugly #2 in Restaurant (uncredited)
Release Date:13/07/1934
King for a Night
Character:Maxie
Release Date:09/12/1933
Mr. Broadway
Character:'Slapsy' Maxie
Release Date:12/09/1933
Television Appearances
I Dream of Jeannie
Character:Man
The Munsters
Character:
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Character:Crunch Battaglia
The Merv Griffin Show
Character:Self
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Character:Self
The Donna Reed Show
Character:
Playhouse 90
Character:Steve
The Joe Palooka Story
Character:Clyde
What's My Line?
Character:Self
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