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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.
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06 August 1926
If there was one thing that Don Juan de Marana learned from his father Don Jose, it was that women gave you three things - life, disillusionment and death.
27 March 1932
The Cohens and the Kellys invade a Hollywood studio after Kitty becomes the darling of the studio.
19 February 1932
A wealthy girl hires a male escort to make one of her male friends jealous. She spreads rumours about her character that makes her popular amongst all bachelors in the city including her friend.
18 November 1932
Longtime friends become feuding mothers-in-law when their children marry.
01 November 1923
Country girl Hope Anthony follows Hal Tracy to the city, where she becomes involved in a jewel theft after a criminal named Jathrow Billings mistakes her handbag for a satchel of jewels he stole from the wealthy Mrs.
25 October 1926
During World War I, a young woman marries a famous flying ace. After the honeymoon, he is called back into service and leaves for the battlefield.
25 October 1925
Mystery of bootleggers, hijackers, a girl with bobbed hair, and a talented bull terrier.
06 September 1926
When a hardened businesswoman who goes by the initials A.B. overhears someone calling her an “Amazon” because of her butch ways, she agrees to a more “feminine” makeover.
07 December 1926
"Old Peter Grimm makes his ward Katie promise to marry his nephew Frederik [ sic ] and then dies. Frederik proves to be a scapegrace and Peter's spirit returns to right matters and finally succeeds in doing so by communicating with Jimmie who is in a delirium.
01 August 1924
A pair of professional thieves discover that their accomplice, Mary Brennan, is a dead-ringer for wealthy heiress Margaret Waring.
24 August 1924
A ranch owner saves a pretty young woman from committing suicide, and later marries her. They are very happy together until a former girlfriend visits him.
02 April 1922
A prosperous small-town peddler accedes to his family's wish to move from their secure existence to the uncertainty of New York City.
17 November 1924
Sidney Page is a beautiful young nurse, the object of the romantic attentions of several young men in her small town.
13 September 1929
When a rash of murders depletes their number, a billionaire's employees are brought together at an Englishman's estate.
20 November 1926
Sally Mapes and her husband, Robert, have a glorious romance after they are married but it hits troubled water after the birth of a son.
10 December 1943
Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of so-called "pajama suicides". He knows the female villain behind them is as cunning as Moriarty and as venomous as a spider.
01 August 1925
Gaston Fleury's wife, Loulou, takes a perfunctory interest in music but a deeper one in a musician named Maurice.
29 May 1937
Fight promoter Nick Donati grooms a bellhop as a future champ, but has second thoughts when the 'kid' falls for his sister.
29 March 1925
Irene, a young girl from a small town, arrives in New York City determined to make it on the Broadway stage.
29 May 1942
While an escaped convict, Moose Malloy, goes in search of his ex-girlfriend Velma, police inspector Michael O'Hara attempts to track him assuming him to be a prime suspect for a number of mishaps.
27 August 1930
A countess fleeing her husband mistakes a count for her hairdresser at a Monte Carlo casino.
04 November 1927
In 1856, slave Eliza plans to marry George with the consent of the Shelbys, her masters, but George's owner prevents the wedding.
05 May 1928
In South Africa, a worker in a diamond mine is sentenced to death for stealing a huge diamond he found in the mine.
16 July 1932
Overworked boxer Jim goes to a health ranch in New Mexico to recover where he falls in love with Peggy and her sickly son.
11 April 1929
Inspector Killian tries to solve a murder case with his assistant Carney.
10 November 1930
Dowdy Sylvia accepts her boss' marriage proposal, even though he only asked her to avoid marriage to another woman.
08 December 1923
Lucretia Morgan has been married to an old man for the past seven years. The marriage is loveless but the whole time Lucretia has been a devoted wife.
30 December 1935
Homer Crow, fired from his laboratory job at the Dunn-Wright Rubber Company, is sure that his formula for an indestructible rubber, called Durex, will be a success.
26 April 1925
Clergyman Peter leaves the pulpit to enter World War I to be near Julie, the woman he loves. They are separated, but after the war she nurses him through a long illness.
16 May 1925
In a wealthy society family, the mother is forced to sit by and watch while her husband and son both compete for the affections of a pretty young temptress.
01 March 1924
Calvin Gray, a former soldier, is hired to manage the wealth of the Briskow family in a Texas oil town.
22 January 1926
The Man Upstairs is a lost 1926 silent film comedy directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Monte Blue. It was produced and distributed by Warner Brothers.
20 July 1924
A man sees his wife flirting with a former boyfriend. Enraged, he decides to end the marriage. After cooling down, though, he begins to have second thoughts about the separation, especially since there are children involved.
30 August 1925
Two shop girls, Lizzie and Betty, meet a millionaire and a plumber at a beach resort and fall in love with them.
10 August 1929
Story of a wealthy couple whose individual infidelities lead inexorably to the divorce court.
13 December 1929
A romance runs into difficulties because the girl has seen a great deal of the turbulence in her sister's household, and has no illusions about married bliss.
01 March 1928
A shipping clerk falls under the spell of a socialite, but eventually returns to the girl from his own social class who really loves him.
12 October 1926
Tom Barrett, a motion picture press agent, noting Frances Norcross' resemblance to film star Daphne Dix, offers her passes to the star's personal appearance.
01 September 1933
A beautiful woman lands a job at an exclusive salon that deals with the wives of wealthy businessmen.
25 January 1929
Richard Gordon is an aspiring composer who can't get arrested in his field of endeavor. Upon meeting nightclub singer Mary Talbot, Gordon is inspired to write his greatest melody.
18 December 1924
A spoiled young girl manages to snag a wealthy older man as her husband but soon becomes bored. She finally leaves him but doesn't really know what she wants.
