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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 11, 1911
Died
February 12, 1965
Place of Birth
Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, USa
Also Known As
- Bomber Kulkovich
- Henry 'Bomber' Kulkovich
- Henry Kulkowich
- Henry 'Bomber' Kulky
Henry Kulky
0.3 Popularity
Biography
Henry Kulky (born Henry Kulakowich; August 11, 1911 – February 12, 1965) was an American actor and professional wrestler from Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, probably best remembered as Chief Petty Officer Curly Jones from season 1 of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. Kulky began boxing in his teenage years. After six bouts, he stopped boxing when he was offered a position training wrestlers at St. Matthew's Lyceum in his native Hastings-on-Hudson. Stanislaus Zbyszko convinced Kulky to compete professionally in 1939. Moving to Argentina, Kulky competed throughout South America under the ring name Bomber Kulkavich. The number of matches in which he competed is uncertain; one claim states that he won 172 of 175 matches. Kulky, however, claims that he won nearly all of 7,000 matches. While in South America, he is also said to have won the continent's judo crown. Like most wrestlers who turned to acting in the 1950s he owed his big break to Mike Mazurki. The two appeared in several parts in the 1940s and 1950s, with Mazurki's agent getting him a part in Call Northside 777. Because of his rather tough guy image, Kulky became typecast as military men, thugs, gangsters, bartenders, wrestlers and other "strong guys" who were at times quite friendly and lovable characters contrasting strongly with the tough guy image. From 1953 to 1958, he played Otto Schmidlap in the television series The Life of Riley. In the series, Kulky portrayed a co-worker of series character Chester Riley, a wing riveter at an aircraft plant. In 1952 he appeared in an episode (#11) of Adventures of Superman, as a wrestler working for a crooked promoter. In 1954 he appeared in an episode (#141) of The Lone Ranger. From 1959 to 1962, Kulky was cast in the recurring role as Chief Max Bronsky in forty-six episodes of Jackie Cooper's CBS military sitcom-drama television series Hennesey. The role was close to Kulky's heart because during World War II, he was a boatswain's mate in the United States Navy. Kulky's last role was as Chief Curley Jones in the television series Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. He died on February 12, 1965, in Oceanside, California, of a heart attack suffered while he was studying a script.
Known For
7.8
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964
7.8
Curley Jones
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964
7.8
Chief Curley Jones
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964
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5.5
Grindl
1963
5.7
Going My Way
1962
6.5
Pete and Gladys
1960
6.1
Logger
Guns of the Timberland
1960
6.0
Hennesey
1959
7.5
Bearcat Sampson
Bonanza
1959
6.3
Chief Petty Officer York
Up Periscope
1959
Credits
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964
7.8
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
as Curley Jones
1964
7.8
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
as Chief Curley Jones
1964
7.8
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Grindl
1963
5.5
Going My Way
1962
5.7
Pete and Gladys
1960
6.5
Guns of the Timberland
as Logger
1960
6.1
Hennesey
1959
6.0
Bonanza
as Bearcat Sampson
1959
7.5
Up Periscope
as Chief Petty Officer York
1959
6.3
The Texan
as Joe
1958
5.5
Bombers B-52
as Calvin (uncredited)
1957
5.6
The Thin Man
as Tom Culdane
1957
7.6
The Thin Man
as Sandy - Henchman
1957
7.6
The Thin Man
1957
7.6
Sierra Stranger
as Bartender Matt
1957
5.0
U.S. Marshall
as Pinto
1956
7.5
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Hey, Jeannie!
as Guy
1956
5.5
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
3.7
Army Daze
as Sergeant Bonebreaker
1956
0.0
I'll Cry Tomorrow
as Man in Bar (uncredited)
1955
6.3
Illegal
as Taylor
1955
6.4
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
as Prisoner (uncredited)
1955
6.2
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Navy Log
1955
4.5
It's Always Fair Weather
as Drunk in Bar (uncredited)
1955
7.0
Love Me or Leave Me
as Bouncer
1955
6.7
New York Confidential
as Gino
1955
5.8
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
as Brakeman (uncredited)
1955
6.1
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Father with Nine Kids (uncredited)
1954
7.8
The Human Jungle
as Matty
1954
5.3
A Star Is Born
as Cuddles (uncredited)
1954
7.1
Tobor the Great
as Paul (Spy Henchman)
1954
5.2
Fireman Save My Child
as Harry
1954
8.0
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
as Maurice
1954
6.3
Public Defender
as Murphy
1954
6.0
New Faces
as Mr. Dee (uncredited)
1954
5.7
Hell and High Water
as McCrossin (uncredited)
1954
6.1
Yukon Vengeance
as Schmidt
1954
1.0
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.
as Stroogo (uncredited)
1953
6.1
The Glory Brigade
as Sgt. 'Smitty' Smitkowsky
1953
5.7
Down Among the Sheltering Palms
as First Sergeant Jones
1953
5.0
Target Hong Kong
as Dutch Pfeifer
1953
5.3
The Life Of Riley
as Feeney's Big Goon (uncredited)
1953
6.0
The Life Of Riley
as Otto Schmidlap
1953
6.0
The Life Of Riley
as Otto Schmidlapp
1953
6.0
The Life Of Riley
as Otto
1953
6.0
The Life Of Riley
1953
6.0
The Abbott and Costello Show
as Mulligan
1952
7.1
No Holds Barred
as Mike the Mauler
1952
5.0
The World in His Arms
as Peter, Russian Servant
1952
6.5
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
as Fish Truck Driver
1952
5.9
Cavalcade of America
as Ernie
1952
3.5
Adventures of Superman
as Crusher (uncredited)
1952
6.7
Aim, Fire, Scoot
as Sgt. Bonebreaker
1952
0.0
Red Skies of Montana
as Dawson (uncredited)
1952
5.2
Fixed Bayonets!
as Vogl (uncredited)
1951
6.5
I Love Lucy
as Trainer (uncredited)
1951
7.9
Love Nest
as George Thompson
1951
5.7
The Red Skelton Show
as Self/Sgt. Flannagan
1951
7.4
The Red Skelton Show
as Jerry
1951
7.4
You Never Can Tell
as Gorilla / Prisoner (uncredited)
1951
6.4
The Guy Who Came Back
as Wizard, Wrestler
1951
3.0
Racket Squad
1951
6.0
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
4.5
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
as Referee (uncredited)
1951
4.5
A Snitch in Time
as Steve (uncredited)
1950
5.4
South Sea Sinner
as Bartender
1950
5.0
Jiggs and Maggie Out West
as 'Bomber' Kulkowich (as Henry Kulkowich)
1950
2.0
Alias the Champ
as Bomber Kulkovich - Wrestler
1949
6.0
The Red Danube
as Russian Officer at Camp 12 Deportation
1949
6.3
Mighty Joe Young
as Strong Man (uncredited)
1949
6.3
Tarzan's Magic Fountain
as Vredak
1949
5.5
A Foreign Affair
as Russian Sergeant (uncredited)
1948
7.1
Call Northside 777
as First Bartender (uncredited)
1948
6.6
To the Ends of the Earth
as Giant Chinese Man (uncredited)
1948
5.7
A Likely Story
as Tremendo
1947
4.2