John Roche

Dari Wikipedia, ensiklopedia gratis John Roche (6 Februari 1893 – 10 November 1952) adalah seorang aktor panggung dan layar Amerika. Roche lahir di desa kecil Penn Yan, New York, pada tanggal 6 Februari 1893. Ia lulus dari Universitas Rochester, setelah itu ia memulai karir aktingnya dengan tur dengan perusahaan saham pada tahun 1910-an dan awal 1920-an. Pada tahun 1922, ia memasuki industri film dengan peran utama dalam The Good Provider. Selama tahun 1920-an, ia berakting dalam film dan panggung, termasuk beberapa peran dalam produksi Broadway. Dia berakting dengan mantap dalam film hingga tahun 1936, baik dalam peran utama maupun peran pendukung. Pada pertengahan tahun 1930-an ia mengambil jeda dari film, fokus pada panggung, termasuk mengarahkan drama tersebut, Mackerel Skies, yang diputar sebentar di Playhouse Theatre di New York pada tahun 1936. Roche kembali ke dunia film pada tahun 1941, dengan peran kecil dalam kendaraan Norma Shearer, We Were Dancing (1942), berdasarkan drama Noël Coward dengan nama yang sama. Selama karirnya ia terlibat dalam lebih dari setengah lusin produksi Broadway dan tampil di lebih dari 50 film. Penampilan layar terakhirnya adalah di The Brute Man tahun 1946. Roche meninggal pada 10 November 1952 di Los Angeles, California.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John 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 1946's The Brute Man. Roche died on November 10, 1952, in Los Angeles, California.