From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJohn Roche (February 6, 1893 – November 10, 1952) was an American actor of the stage and screen.Roche was born in the small village of Penn Yan, New York, on February 6, 1893. He graduated from the University of Rochester, after which he began his acting career touring with stock companies during the 1910s and early 1920s. In 1922, he broke into the film industry with a featured role in The Good Provider. During the 1920s, he acted in both films and on stage, including several roles in Broadway productions. He acted steadily in films until 1936, in both featured and supporting roles. In the mid-1930s he took a break from films, focusing on the stage, including directing the play, Mackerel Skies, which had a short run at the Playhouse Theatre in New York in 1936. Roche returned to films in 1941, with a small role in the Norma Shearer vehicle, We Were Dancing (1942), based on the Noël Coward play of the same name. Over the course of his career he was involved in over half a dozen Broadway productions and appeared in over 50 films. His final screen appearance was in 1946s The Brute Man.Roche died on November 10, 1952, in Los Angeles, California.

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The Donovan Affair

Jack Donovan

Movie 1929

The Awful Truth

Jimmy Kempster

Movie 1929

Winner Take All

Roger Elliott

Movie 1932

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Augustine St. Claire

Movie 1927

Monte Carlo

Paul, the 'Real' Hairdresser

Movie 1930

This Thing Called Love

De witt

Movie 1929

Kid Galahad

(uncredited)

Movie 1937

Flowing Gold

Buddy Briskow

Movie 1924

Just My Luck

R.H. Nelson

Movie 1935

The Dream Melody

Richard Gordon

Movie 1929

Beauty for Sale

Robert Abbott

Movie 1933

Prosperity

Holland's Cohort Knapp

Movie 1932

Kiss Me Again

Maurice

Movie 1925

The Tenth Woman

Barry Compton

Movie 1924

The Return of Peter Grimm

Frederick Grimm

Movie 1926

Lady with a Past

Carl

Movie 1932

Don Juan

Leandro

Movie 1926

Midnight Lovers

Owen Ffolliott

Movie 1926

The Clinging Vine

House Guest

Movie 1926

Bobbed Hair

Saltonstall Adams

Movie 1925

Diamond Handcuffs

Jerry Fontaine

Movie 1928

The Spider Woman

Casino Croupier (uncredited)

Movie 1943

The Unholy Night

Lieutenant Savor

Movie 1929

Recompense

Dr. Sampson

Movie 1925

A Broadway Butterfly

Crane Wilder

Movie 1925

K - The Unknown

Dr. Max Wilson

Movie 1924

Bag and Baggage

Hal Tracy

Movie 1923

Cornered

Movie 1924

The Falcon Takes Over

Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)

Movie 1942

The Man Upstairs

Captain Fraser-Freer

Movie 1926

The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood

Gregory Gordon

Movie 1932

The Good Provider

Max Teitlebaum

Movie 1922

Sin Takes a Holiday

Sheridan

Movie 1930