Movie charactor actors who were once boxers

[Caractacus]

But not champions. can anyone name a few ?

I was watching the movie LITTLE CAESAR (with Edward G. Robinson )the other night,
and there was one actor (with a broken nosethat )I had seen in a number of other films from the 1930's.
His name was Stanley Fields and was said to have been once a professional boxer.
anyone have any additional info ?

[Mimmy]

ok, havent got time do do a proper search at the mo (bath bed time) but his real name was 'Walter Agnew'

[Caractacus]

I read somewhere that he was a lightweight boxer and retired after he was knocked out by Benny Leonard
However IMDB lists his height at 6 ft 1"
which would have been really tall for a lightweight.
(you can see what Stanley Fields looked like at about 33 seconds into this clip.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeGMaVvzUVo

[littlepug]

tony danza

[davie]

Tony Bellew claimed he was once a boxer.

He isn't now though

[Rexob]

Tony Burton R.I.P Rocky films.

[Dancin' Dan]

Tony Galento and Abe Simon in On The Water Front.

Bob Hope, believe it or not. Roy Scheider.

Of late.... Fernando Vargas and Victor Ortiz.

Know I am forgetting more..... Guy who fought Jack Jonson for title.... Can't remember his name.

[Kurgen22]

Jack O'Halloran was 34-21-2 as a Heavyweight with 17 KOs from 1966 to 1974. He beat Cleveland Williams and Manuel Ramos and lost to Joe Bugner, Ron Lyle, George Foreman and Ken Norton. He was bonafide Pro. He only took up acting after he retired,,, he was in the Superman Movie series as well as King Kong, March or Die, Hero and the Terror, Dragnet and the Flintstones to name a few.

[Scypion]

Dean Martin.

[Totybear]

Oscar winner Victor McLaglen. Fought Jack Johnson and starred with John Wayne in "The Quiet Man" a great great movie. First time an Oscar winner was nominated for best supporting actor.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0572142/bio? ... _ov_bio_sm

Randall Tex Cobb from memory last man to fight 15 rounds heavyweight title fight against Holmes and quote goldmine.

[Crease]

Wilhelm Von Hamburg had a professional career at Light Heavyweight.

He was the villain in Ghostbusters 2.

[Crease]

Dean Martin.

I keep hearing this, but i've never heard evidence of a single professional bout.

[Caractacus]

according to an interview,Dean Martin (born Dino Paul Crocetti)
had about 35 professional bouts as a welterweight under the name "Kid Crochet"
back in his home town of Stuebenville Ohio back in the mid-1930's.
He had fought for two years
lost about 5 times,had his nose broken 14 times also his hands and fingers were broken numerous times too.
His top purse was just 35 dollars so he left to work as a coupier.

[evrenb]

Mike Tyson

[gerryd77]

Randall tex Cobb

[Scypion]

Tim Moore, who played Kingfish on the old Amos 'n' Andy TV series.

[stevedoc]

I think ray Winston was a decent amateur

[stevedoc]

Gary stretch

[Scypion]

Ed "Too Tall" Jones was in "Semi-Tough."

[orbtastic]

Charles Dierkop had to have boxed at some point.

[johnty1888]

Vito Antuofermo


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vito_Antuofermo

[witherspoon]

Marvin Hagler.

[Caractacus]

Charles Dierkop had to have boxed at some point.

I had always thought so too based on his nose on the television show POLICEWOMAN.
I also remember seeing him in an episode of BONANZA from 1970,
where he was ploughing a field without his shirt,
and had what looked like the upper body physique of a trained professional middleweight fighter from the 1950's.
However I never could find of any mention anywhere of him ever putting on a pair of gloves.
Perhaps he had fought under another name ?

[man]

if not for the parkinson, muhammad ali
would have made a wonderful actor.

[punchoutsb]

Robert Conrad had four or five fights as a MW before his "Wild Wild West" fame.

Tom Kennedy did a ton of stuff, including working with the Marx Brothers, Laurel and Hardy, and the Three Stooges. He fought some pretty good guys like Al Palzer and Bombardier Billy Wells.

Pat Comiskey was in a bunch of films too.