Boxers In The Movies

[Tatabanya]

Did anybody mention the fighters appearing in the Rocky and Creed saga?

Tommy Morrison, Antonio Tarver, Tony Bellew...

Also, if I recall correctly, many people said that Lennox Lewis was knocked out by Hasim Rahman because of the time spent filming Ocean's 11 rather than training... Wladimir Klitschko was in that movie as well.

[Willie Pep 229]

Found this, no information other than it was a 1922 film starring Johnson.

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0356422/

Looks like we have another holy grail to look for - IMDB has nothing on it - and Google comes up empty.

[Tatabanya]

Then again, Carlos Palomino became an actor after retiring from boxing.

[Marchegiano]

Sam Baker

16 19 4

Pro Boxing Career

40 bouts

ratings on/off

1931-12-03

Jimmy Byrne

61 17 11

Armory, Marshfield

L

KO

5/10

event bout wiki scores

referee: Roy Cederstrom | Ray Vallier | Roy Watson

1930-05-22

Mack House

28 14 2

Pasadena Arena, Pasadena

L

KO

1/10

event bout wiki scores

1930-05-01

Art Lasky

debut

L

KO

1/?

event bout wiki

Date Uncertain, reportedly May 1930

1930-04-22

246

Primo Carnera

273

31 2 0

Ice Coliseum, Portland

L

KO

1/10

event bout wiki scores

Baker was knocked down five times before he was counted out.

1930-04-10

Ray Jarecki

debut

Pasadena Arena, Pasadena

W

TKO

3/4

event bout wiki scores

1930-01-15

Dynamite Jackson

16 2 1

Ocean Park Arena, Santa Monica

L

TKO

1/10

event bout wiki scores

It was reported that Baker "took a dive" in this bout.

1930-01-11

Steve Hayden

5 3 3

Main Street Athletic Club, Los Angeles

D

PTS

6/6

event bout wiki scores

1929-12-18

Tom Johnson

debut

Ontario A.C., Ontario

W

TKO

4/6

event bout wiki scores

1929-12-11

Steve Hayden

4 3 2

Ocean Park Arena, Santa Monica

D

PTS

6/6

event bout wiki scores

1929-11-27

Steve Hayden

4 3 1

Ocean Park Arena, Santa Monica

D

PTS

?/?

event bout wiki

1929-11-22

225

Dewey Massey

190

11 28 2

Imperial Valley A.C., El Centro

D

PTS

10/10

event bout wiki scores

1929-11-09

Dewey Massey

11 26 2

Pismo Beach

W

PTS

6/6

event bout wiki scores

1929-11-01

Chet Shandel

17 2 1

Dreamland Auditorium, San Francisco

L

KO

1/6

event bout wiki scores

1929-10-11

240

Bad News Johnson

185

19 12 9

Bakersfield Arena, Bakersfield

L

KO

1/10

event bout wiki scores

Baker was knocked down seven times.

1929-09-26

Dewey Massey

10 25 2

Orange Belt A.C., San Bernardino

W

TKO

1/6

event bout wiki scores

1929-09-02

Marty Nolan

debut

Pismo Beach

W

KO

3/?

event bout wiki

1929-08-20

230

Joe Merhar

181

9 5 3

Clark Park, Butte

L

TKO

7/12

event bout wiki scores

1929-07-31

Bad News Johnson

17 11 9

Ontario A.C., Ontario

L

KO

4/8

event bout wiki scores

1929-07-20

226

Rudy Rudzinski

186

debut

Pismo Beach

W

TKO

3/?

event bout wiki

1928-09-13

Long Tom Hawkins

22 16 5

Pasadena Arena, Pasadena

L

KO

1/10

event bout wiki scores

1928-08-23

Neil Clisby

34 15 13

Pasadena Arena, Pasadena

L

KO

1/10

event bout wiki scores

1928-06-07

Long Tom Hawkins

21 15 5

Pasadena Arena, Pasadena

L

KO

5/10

event bout wiki scores

1927-08-26

234

Long Tom Hawkins

220

14 13 4

Coliseum, San Diego

L

KO

2/6

event bout wiki scores

1926-07-30

Long Tom Hawkins

11 8 1

Coliseum, San Diego

L

PTS

6/6

event bout wiki scores

Hawkins was outweighed by twenty pounds.

1926-03-02

222

Tiny Jim Herman

220

46 10 9

Armory, Portland

L

PTS

10/10

event bout wiki scores

Herman scored five knockdowns.

1925-10-30

Vic Alexander

23 14 7

Compton Arena, Compton

L

PTS

8/8

event bout wiki scores

1925-08-10

Floyd Johnson

39 10 11

Armory, Portland

W

PTS

10/10

event bout wiki scores

Baker was described as a "Hollywood movie celebrity." Often incorrectly reported as an Aug. 11 bout.

1925-06-03

Ole Anderson

13 20 9

National Hall, San Francisco

L

KO

7/10

event bout wiki scores

1925-04-14

George Godfrey

20 9 1

Arena, Vernon

L

KO

4/10

event bout wiki scores

referee: Harry Lee Baker was down more than 20 times, including 8 times in the 4th

1925-03-30

Sailor Dungey

debut

Assembly Athletic Club, Los Angeles

W

KO

2/10

event bout wiki scores

1924-03-28

Vic Alexander

13 5 5

American Legion, Compton

L

DQ

2/4

event bout wiki scores

Baker attacked Alexander after wrestling him to the floor, and began beating his head against the floor, before biting his shoulder.

1924-01-18

Jack McGreer

1 0 1

American Legion, Compton

W

KO

1/4

event bout wiki scores

1924-01-01

Willie Meehan

95 36 42

Auditorium, Oakland

N

NC

4/4

event bout wiki scores

referee: Bob Shand The referee kicked them both out of the ring for not trying.

1923-12-12

Tommy Gardner

14 10 8

Auditorium, Oakland

W

TKO

2/4

event bout wiki scores

Gardner was down at least once. His opponent was listed as "Sammy Baker."

1923-12-05

George Gibbons

6 5 5

Auditorium, Oakland

W

PTS

4/4

event bout wiki scores

referee: Bob Shand

1923-11-09

Joe Bonds

36 32 15

Arena, Huntington Beach

W

TKO

3/4

event bout wiki scores

time: 0:15

1923-10-26

Henry Caresse

2 6 1

Arena, Huntington Beach

W

KO

4/4

event bout wiki scores

1923-10-19

John Austin

0 1 1

American Legion, Compton

W

KO

1/4

event bout wiki scores

1923-10-05

220

Joe Stratton

debut

Madison Square Arena, Compton

W

KO

1/4

event bout wiki scores

1923-09-20

220

Jack Smith

0 2 0

Ventura

W

KO

1/4

event bout wiki scores

Baker's Pro Debut

Filmography

Actor (16 credits)
1935Steamboat Round the Bend
Undetermined Role (uncredited)

1935Public Hero Number 1
Mose Jones

1935Les Misérables
Black Convict (uncredited)

1935/IThe Lost City
Hugo

1935Under Pressure
Iron Man (uncredited)

1934Washee Ironee (Short) (unconfirmed)

1934Drums o' Voodoo

1933King of the Jungle
Gwana

1932Jungle Mystery
Zungu

1931Women of All Nations
Chief Eunuch (uncredited)

1929The Isle of Lost Ships
Native Tribeman

1929The Far Call
Tubal

1927The Missing Link
The Missing Link

1926The Road to Mandalay
Minor Role (uncredited)

1926The Sea Beast
Queequeeq

1924The Thief of Bagdad
Sworder (uncredited)

[QueensburyRules]

- - Derry born John Duddy retired, age 31 saying he was pursuing an acting career.

Compiled a fine 29-2 record in NYC where he was a fan fav. Never KOed and win, lose, draw, always came to fight with as much acumen as Don Turner could instill. @6-0, 175 lb street weight and better looking than Robert Redford, I'd assume he'd already been doing bit parts in Broadway, so I'd expect more than a few movie appearances.

Especially since his two mgrs defrauded him out of his savings sorta like a minor league DKing defrauding Tyson.

[GhostofDempsey]

Jack Palance had a short lived career as a light heavyweight until becoming an actor. Tony Danza had about a dozen pro fights before becoming an actor.

Maxie Rosenbloom has an extensive resume in movie and television.

Jake LaMotta and Rocky Graziano had several minor roles and cameos.

Vito Antuofermo was in Godfather III.

Curtis Cokes and Sixto Rodriguez has small parts in Fat City, one of my favorite boxing movies.

Archie Moore was in several movies.

Jersey Joe Walcott was in The Harder they Fall.

Sonny Liston had a supporting role in a trucker movie called Moonfire.

Most boxing movies from the 40’s - 70’s featured pro fighters in cameos or supporting roles.

[Willie Pep 229]

Saoul Mamby has two episodes of Law and Order on his resume.

The strange thing is, in one of the two episodes the lead perp is played by a kid who could be Oscar de la Hoya's twin brother.

I was watching the damn show with a boxing friend and we both said, "damn is that del la Hoya?" So at end we watched the credits closely and tripped over Mamby's name instead, who we had not recognized.

[Dynamite76]

George Foreman was in the Sidney Poitier-Bill Cosby film Let's Do It Again where he was one of Bill's coworkers clowning him for crashing the forklift for checking out Jayne Kennedy, and where Bill had to talk his way out of an asskicking. Sadly, sign of things to come for Cosby.

[Marchegiano]

Archie Moore was in several movies.

Really wish Archie had done the Twilight Zone episode, I think it was called big tall wish.

[Marchegiano]

Roland LaStarza


Professional boxing record

57 Wins (27 knockouts), 9 losses (2 knockouts), 0 Draws[2]

Filmography


1973The Don Is Dead
Mert Shansky (uncredited)

1973The Outfit
Hit Man

1973Incident on a Dark Street (TV Movie)
Sonny

1971Cade's County (TV Series)
Lon
- Company Town (1971) ... Lon

1970Which Way to the Front?
Von Krebs (uncredited)

1967The Wild Wild West (TV Series)
Jake / Joe Kirby
- The Night of Montezuma's Hordes (1967) ... Jake (as Roland LaStarza)
- The Night of the Bogus Bandits (1967) ... Joe Kirby

1967Point Blank
Reese's Guard (as Roland LaStarza)

1967The Big Mouth
Jack - Motorcycle Officer (uncredited)

1966A Fine Madness
Angie - Sparrer (uncredited)

1966Perry Mason (TV Series)
Bouncer
- The Case of the Dead Ringer (1966) ... Bouncer

1966Batman (TV Series)
Cappy
- Batman Stands Pat (1966) ... Cappy
- The Thirteenth Hat (1966) ... Cappy

1966Mister Roberts (TV Series)
Referee
- The Reluctant Draggin' (1966) ... Referee

1965Kraft Suspense Theatre (TV Series)
Bugs
- The Green Felt Jungle (1965) ... Bugs

1962-1963The Gallant Men (TV Series)
Pvt. Ernie Lucavich
- Tommy (1963) ... Pvt. Ernie Lucavich
- The Crucible (1963) ... Pvt. Ernie Lucavich
- A Taste of Peace (1963) ... Pvt. Ernie Lucavich
- Ol' Buddy (1963) ... Pvt. Ernie Lucavich
- One Puka Puka (1963) ... Pvt. Ernie Lucavich
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1962Convicts 4
Duke

196277 Sunset Strip (TV Series)
Lippy Torrance
- The Long Shot Caper (1962) ... Lippy Torrance (as Roland LaStarza)

1961Hennesey (TV Series)
Shore Patrolman
- The Cohen Mutiny (1961) ... Shore Patrolman

1949Prize Fighter (Short)
Prize Fighter