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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 1, 1907
Died
March 6, 1976
Place of Birth
Leonard's Bridge, Connecticut, USA
Also Known As
- Max Rosenbloom
- 'Slapsie' Maxie Rosenbloom
- 'Slapsy' Maxie Rosenbloom
- Slapsie Maxie Rosenbloom
- Slapsy Maxie Rosenbloom
- Maxie Rosenblum
- Max 'Slapsie Maxie' Rosenbloom
- Max Everitt Rosenbloom
Maxie Rosenbloom
0.4 Popularity
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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
6.5
'Crunch' Battaglia
The Spy in the Green Hat
1967
7.8
Man
I Dream of Jeannie
1965
7.9
The Munsters
1964
5.8
Self
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
6.2
Maxie
The Bellboy
1960
5.2
Wrestling Beatnik
The Beat Generation
1959
5.8
Self
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
6.1
Max Grady - Bartender
I Married a Monster from Outer Space
1958
6.2
The Donna Reed Show
1958
6.1
Bookie Benny
Hollywood or Bust
1956
Credits
The Spy in the Green Hat
as 'Crunch' Battaglia
1967
6.5
I Dream of Jeannie
as Man
1965
7.8
The Munsters
1964
7.9
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
5.8
The Bellboy
as Maxie
1960
6.2
The Beat Generation
as Wrestling Beatnik
1959
5.2
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
as Self
1958
5.8
I Married a Monster from Outer Space
as Max Grady - Bartender
1958
6.1
The Donna Reed Show
1958
6.2
Hollywood or Bust
as Bookie Benny
1956
6.1
Eloise
as Himself
1956
0.0
Requiem for a Heavyweight
as Steve
1956
7.0
Playhouse 90
as Steve
1956
7.6
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
as Hinds
1955
6.1
🎬
The Joe Palooka Story
as Clyde
1954
0.0
🎬
The Champs Step Out
as 'Slapsy' Max
1951
0.0
Skipalong Rosenbloom
as Skipalong Rosenbloom
1951
0.0
Mister Universe
as Big Ears
1951
5.0
What's My Line?
as Self
1950
6.9
Hazard
as Truck Driver
1948
8.0
The Perils of Pauline
as Maxie (uncredited)
1947
6.2
Men in Her Diary
as Moxie Kildorff
1945
0.0
Penthouse Rhythm
as Health Spa Proprietor
1945
0.0
Trouble Chasers
as Maxie
1945
0.0
🎬
Night Club Girl
as Percival J. Percival
1945
0.0
Crazy Knights
as Maxie
1944
4.6
Irish Eyes Are Smiling
as Stanley Ketchel
1944
5.0
Three of a Kind
as Maxie
1944
0.0
Follow the Boys
as Slapsy Maxie (uncredited)
1944
5.3
Swing Fever
as 'Rags'
1943
5.0
🎬
Here Comes Kelly
as Trixie Bell
1943
1.0
My Son, The Hero
as Kid Slug Rosenthal
1943
0.0
To the Shores of Tripoli
as Okay Jones
1942
5.3
The Yanks Are Coming
as Butch
1942
4.5
The Boogie Man Will Get You
as Maxie
1942
6.3
Smart Alecks
as Butch Brocalli
1942
5.4
Louisiana Purchase
as The Shadow aka Wilson
1941
6.6
Harvard Here I Come
as Maxie
1941
5.0
The Stork Pays Off
as Brains Moran
1941
0.0
Ringside Maisie
as Chotsie
1941
7.0
🎬
The Lady and the Lug
as Slapsie Maxie Rosenbloom
1941
0.0
Public Deb No. 1
as Eric
1940
4.2
Passport to Alcatraz
as Hank Kircher
1940
6.0
Grandpa Goes To Town
as Al
1940
0.0
Private Detective
as Brody
1939
6.0
20,000 Men a Year
as Walt Dorgan
1939
5.5
Slapsie Maxie's
as Slapsie Maxie
1939
5.0
Each Dawn I Die
as Fargo Red
1939
6.8
Naughty But Nice
as Killer
1939
6.2
The Kid from Kokomo
as Curley Bender
1939
6.0
Women in the Wind
as Stuffy McInnes
1939
6.8
Submarine Patrol
as Marine Sentry Sgt. Joe Duffy
1938
6.6
🎬
His Exciting Night
as Doc McCoy
1938
3.0
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
as Butch
1938
7.2
Gangs of New York
as Tombstone
1938
4.9
Mr. Moto's Gamble
as Horace 'Knock-Out' Wellington
1938
6.2
The Kid Comes Back
as Stan Wilson
1938
5.3
Nothing Sacred
as Max Levinsky
1937
6.2
Big City
as Maxie Rosenbloom
1937
7.4
Two Wise Maids
as Max Handler
1937
0.0
Kelly the Second
as Butch Flynn
1936
6.0
Muss 'em Up
as Snake
1936
5.5
Punch Drunks
as Plug-Ugly #2 in Restaurant (uncredited)
1934
6.8
King for a Night
as Maxie
1933
6.2
Mr. Broadway
as 'Slapsy' Maxie
1933
0.0