Maxie Rosenbloom

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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.

Known For
Acting
Born
November 1, 1907
Place of Birth
Leonard's Bridge, Connecticut, USA
Died
March 6, 1976 age 68
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1942

The Boogie Man Will Get You

1938

Gangs of New York

1944

Follow the Boys

1939

Each Dawn I Die

1956

Hollywood or Bust

1959

The Beat Generation

1937

Nothing Sacred

1934

Punch Drunks

1933

Mr. Broadway

1942

To the Shores of Tripoli

1938

Mr. Moto's Gamble

1941

Louisiana Purchase

1942

Smart Alecks

1943

Here Comes Kelly

1939

Private Detective

1939

Women in the Wind

1943

Swing Fever

1943

My Son, The Hero

1936

Muss 'em Up

1938

Submarine Patrol

1940

Public Deb No. 1

1948

Hazard

1939

Naughty But Nice

1960

The Bellboy

1939

Slapsie Maxie's

1933

King for a Night

1944

Irish Eyes Are Smiling

1956

Eloise

1939

20,000 Men a Year

1936

Kelly the Second

1938

The Kid Comes Back

1937

Two Wise Maids

1940

Grandpa Goes To Town

1941

The Stork Pays Off

1941

Harvard Here I Come

1938

His Exciting Night

1945

Night Club Girl

1944

Three of a Kind

1944

Crazy Knights

1945

Trouble Chasers

1942

The Yanks Are Coming

1951

Mister Universe

1939

The Kid from Kokomo

1937

Big City

1947

The Perils of Pauline

1941

Ringside Maisie

1951

Skipalong Rosenbloom

1938

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse

1945

Men in Her Diary

1945

Penthouse Rhythm

1941

The Lady and the Lug

1955

Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops

1958

I Married a Monster from Outer Space

1956

Requiem for a Heavyweight

1940

Passport to Alcatraz

1951

The Champs Step Out

1967

The Spy in the Green Hat

1960

The Man in the Funny Suit

2023

The Munsters

2023

Playhouse 90

2023

The Merv Griffin Show

2023

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

2023

The Donna Reed Show

2023

The Joe Palooka Story

2023

What's My Line?

2023

I Dream of Jeannie

2023

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

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