Jack Herrick

Name: Jack Herrick
Alias: The Fighting Tiger
Hometown: Kewanee, Illinois, USA
Birthplace: Hungary
Died: 1952-06-18 (Age:61)
Height: 179cm
Reach: 191cm
Referee: Record
Pro Boxer: Record

Manager: Harry Gilmore [1]

Jack Herrick was born on February 4, 1891 in Hungary as John A. Herrick. As a boxer of record from 1910-20, he met contender Jack Dillon four times, and "Steamboat" Bill Scott four times in both New Orleans and Panama City, Panama. He once convincingly defeated "Steamboat" Bill Scott in Panama. In Colon, Panama, he met future Colored Light Heavyweight Champion Kid Norfolk, but he also fought extensively in and around Chihuahua, Mexico during his career. Several of his fights in Chihuahua were covered in El Paso's El Paso Herald, the city being 200 miles due north of Ciudad, Juarez. The El Paso Herald once wrote that he followed boxer Abe Hollandersky to Panama City, which was booming due to the construction of the Panama Canal. While there, he boxed several of the same boxers as Abe.

After retiring from a ten year career as a boxer, he moved to Los Angeles and became an actor, known and credited for his parts in the boxing-themed movies Broadway Billy (1926), One Punch O'Day (1926) and the Our Gang movie, Fast Company (1924). He had lived in California during much of his early boxing career. (imdb movie base bio)

He appeared as well in 20th Century Picture's 1933, The Bowery with several former New York boxers, ex-Middleweight Champion Al McCoy, Abe Hollandersky, "Fireman" Jim Flynn, heavyweight Frank Moran, Phil Bloom, and Joe Glick. Herrick, whose features were regular and face unscarred, appeared in several credited movie roles, though he may have appeared in uncredited movie roles as well. Herrick was reliable and formerly knew many of the ex-boxers he acted with, insuring his ability to obtain future acting calls.

He died on June 18, 1952 in Los Angeles, California, USA.