Johnny Indrisano (November 1, 1905 — July 6, 1968) was an American

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boxer whose career spanned the period from 1923 to 1934. He later became a film

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and bit-part film and TV actor.

Career

Indrisano was born in

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. He defeated two world welterweight champions;

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(in two out of three bouts) and

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. However, Indrisano never received a match for the world welterweight title. Indrisano retired with a record of thirty seven wins (two wins by knockout) and nine defeats. After his retirement from boxing, Indrisano had a career as a

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, and bit-part actor in films such as ''

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'' and ''

Guys and Dolls ''Guys and Dolls'' is a musical with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows. It is based on "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" (1933) and "Blood Pressure", which are two short stories by Damon Runyon, and also bo ...

''. He appeared in

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films ('' Live Wires'', ''

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'', and '' Trouble Makers''), a number of

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movies, and three

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films ('' Jailhouse Rock'', ''

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'', and ''

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''). He also worked from as early as 1937 through 1942 as a bodyguard for Mae West. On television, he appeared in a 1964 episode of the

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''. He died in

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, aged 62.

Personal life

Indirisano married Mary Vardaro in the early 1930s, with whom he had a daughter, Kathleen. They were divorced in the 1940s. He committed suicide by hanging in his home in the

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section of

on July 6, 1968, his daughter's birthday, after a long bout of depression.

Partial filmography

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'' (1936) *''

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'' (1943) *'' Live Wires'' (1946) *''

'' (1946) *''

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'' (1946) - Man in Fantasy (uncredited) *'' Trouble Makers'' (1948) *''

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'' (1949) *'' The Set-Up'' (1949) (fight sequence choreography) *''

The Yellow Cab Man ''The Yellow Cab Man'' is a 1950 comedy film directed by Jack Donohue and starring Red Skelton, Gloria DeHaven and Edward Arnold. The inventor of unbreakable glass ("Elastiglass") tries to sell it to a taxicab company, hoping that they will mak ...

'' (1950) *''

Callaway Went Thataway ''Callaway Went Thataway'' is a 1951 American comedy western film starring Fred MacMurray, Dorothy McGuire, and Howard Keel. It was written, directed, and produced by Melvin Frank and Norman Panama. Also known as ''The Star Said No'', it is a s ...

'' (1951) *''

'' (1955) (uncredited) *'' Jailhouse Rock'' (1957) (uncredited) *''

'' (1958) (uncredited) *''

'' (1959) - Waiter (uncredited) *''

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'' (1960) (uncredited) *''

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'' (1962) (uncredited) *''

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'' (1962) (uncredited) *''

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'' (1962) *''

'' (1963) (uncredited) *''

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'' (1963) - Waiter (uncredited) *''

'' (1964) - TV series, episode "Stop the Factory, I Wanna Get Off" - Ralph

References

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