Jack Dempsey

Jack Dempsey

Born: June 24, 1895
Died: May 31, 1983
in Manassa, Colorado, USA
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William Harrison "Jack" Dempsey (June 24, 1895 – May 31, 1983), nicknamed "Kid Blackie" and "The Manassa Mauler", was an American professional boxer who competed from 1914 to 1927, and reigned as the world heavyweight champion from 1919 to 1926. A cultural icon of the 1920s, Dempsey's aggressive fighting style and exceptional punching power made him one of the most popular boxers in history. Many of his fights set financial and attendance records, including the first million-dollar gate. Dempsey is ranked as tenth on The Ring magazine's list of all-time heavyweights and seventh among its Top 100 Greatest Punchers, while in 1950 the Associated Press voted him as the greatest fighter of the past 50 years. He is a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame, and was inducted into The Ring's Boxing Hall of Fame in 1951.

Movies for Jack Dempsey...

Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
Title: Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1998
Type: Movie
The careers of D.W. Griffith, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and Charlie Chaplin are chronicled culminating in the formation of United Artists and 1919.
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Sports on the Silver Screen
Title: Sports on the Silver Screen
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: March 16, 1997
Type: Movie
HBO (in association with the American Film Institute) presents this 1997 anthology, narrated by Liev Schreiber, which looks at sports in cinema from the earliest silent films until the nineties. Watch not for dramatic scenes but for the glimpse of historical figures shown both cinematic and athletic- in this tribute to the merging of sports and Hollywood.
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Kings of The Ring - History of Heavyweight Boxing 1919-1990
Title: Kings of The Ring - History of Heavyweight Boxing 1919-1990
Character: Himself (Archival Footage)
Released: January 1, 1995
Type: Movie
The BBC produced “Kings of The Ring – History of Heavyweight Boxing 1919-1990” celebrates boxing’s marquee division. Comprehensive and nonjudgmental, it begins with Jess Willard’s victory over Jack Johnson in Cuba and runs through the Mike Tyson era.
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Babe Ruth: The Man, the Myth, the Legend
Title: Babe Ruth: The Man, the Myth, the Legend
Character: himself
Released: April 25, 1990
Type: Movie
Mel Allen hosts this look at Babe Ruth's life and career, focusing primarily on Ruth's years with the New York Yankees.
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Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Title: Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: February 25, 1983
Type: Movie
Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, wardrobe tests, documentary material, and archival footage make up this star-studded voyeuristic look at the Golden age of Hollywood during the 30s, 40, and 50.
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Tender Hearted Tiger: Max Baer
Title: Tender Hearted Tiger: Max Baer
Released: January 1, 1964
Type: Movie
A documentary film about the life and career of one-time Heavyweight boxing champion of the world Max Baer.
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Requiem for a Heavyweight
Title: Requiem for a Heavyweight
Character: Himself
Released: October 16, 1962
Type: Movie
Mountain Rivera is a veteran heavyweight and near-champion who suddenly finds himself washed up in the only trade he knows—prizefighting. Yet, threatened by gangsters for welshing on a gambling debt, Mountain’s opportunistic manager, Maish Rennick, schemes to get the ex-boxer into a phony wrestling match to make some quick money. Although he and his loyal trainer, Army, oppose the degrading proposition, the disillusioned Mountain begins to wonder if he has any options left.
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Title: The Merv Griffin Show
Character: Self
Released: October 1, 1962
Type: TV
The Merv Griffin Show is an American television talk show, starring Merv Griffin. The series ran from October 1, 1962 to March 29, 1963 on NBC, September 20, 1965 to August 15, 1969 in first-run syndication, from August 18, 1969 to February 11, 1972 at 11:30 PM ET weeknights on CBS and again in first-run syndication from February 14, 1972 to September 5, 1986.
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Damn Citizen
Title: Damn Citizen
Character: Reporter
Released: March 1, 1958
Type: Movie
Louisiana's governor asks war hero Francis C. Grevemberg (Keith Andes) to lead the state police against corruption.
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Off Limits
Title: Off Limits
Character: Jack Dempsey
Released: December 30, 1952
Type: Movie
Wally Hogan has things going his way. He is the manager-trainer of Bullet Bradley, a fighter who has just won the lightweight championship. However, life suddenly takes a not-so-happy turn when Bullet gets drafted.
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Title: The Name's the Same
Released: December 5, 1951
Type: TV
The Name's the Same is an American game show that was produced by Goodson-Todman for the ABC television network from December 5, 1951 to August 31, 1954, followed by a run from October 25, 1954 to October 7, 1955. It was alternately sponsored by Swanson and Johnson Wax for the majority of its run. It was also sponsored by the Bendix home appliance division of Avco early in its run, and Clorets and Chicken of the Sea tuna midway through its run. The show's final sponsor, Ralston Purina, also sponsored Ethel and Albert, the program that replaced The Name's the Same on the ABC schedule.
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The Golden Twenties
Title: The Golden Twenties
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: April 8, 1950
Type: Movie
Feature-length compilation of 1920s newsreel footage, with commentary about news, sports, lifestyles, and historical figures.
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Title: What's My Line?
Character: Self - Mystery Guest
Released: February 2, 1950
Type: TV
Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions.
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Title: The Ed Sullivan Show
Character: Self
Released: June 20, 1948
Type: TV
The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
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Title: The Ed Sullivan Show
Character: Self - Boxer
Released: June 20, 1948
Type: TV
The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
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Big City
Title: Big City
Character: Jack Dempsey
Released: September 3, 1937
Type: Movie
Anna and Joe are newly married, playful and deeply in love. Joe is scraping by as cab driver in New York City during a period of corruption, mob control and violence between cab companies.
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Sweet Surrender
Title: Sweet Surrender
Released: December 1, 1935
Type: Movie
Anti-war propaganda musical set on an ocean liner.
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Stars Over Broadway
Title: Stars Over Broadway
Character: Himself
Released: November 23, 1935
Type: Movie
An aggressive agent turns a hotel porter into an overnight sensation.
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The Prizefighter and the Lady
Title: The Prizefighter and the Lady
Character: Promoter
Released: November 10, 1933
Type: Movie
An ex-sailor turned boxer finds romance and gets a shot at the heavyweight title.
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Mr. Broadway
Title: Mr. Broadway
Character: Jack Dempsey
Released: September 12, 1933
Type: Movie
Ed Sullivan shows night spots all over New York in this movie, joking and listening to stories the patrons tell.
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A Dozen Socks
Title: A Dozen Socks
Character: Jack Dempsey
Released: March 12, 1927
Type: Movie
A poor sap tries to impress his girl by fighting the great boxing champion Jack Dempsey.
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Ways to Strength and Beauty
Title: Ways to Strength and Beauty
Released: March 16, 1925
Type: Movie
The perfect body as an object of cult worship. Based on the mass sports and body worship movement of the 1920s, the film propagates physical training and shows in stylized documentary scenes aspects of physical hygiene, gymnastics, sports and dancing as well as scenes in which supposed sportsmen of antiquity pose naked.
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Will He Conquer Dempsey?
Title: Will He Conquer Dempsey?
Character: Self
Released: April 23, 1923
Type: Movie
A profile of boxer Luis Firpo, who challenged Jack Dempsey for the Heavyweight Championship of the World.
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The Battle of the Century
Title: The Battle of the Century
Released: July 2, 1921
Type: Movie
The released version of the championship boxing match between Jack Dempsey vs Georges Carpentier from July 2, 1921.
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The Adventures of Daredevil Jack
Title: The Adventures of Daredevil Jack
Character: Jack Derry
Released: June 30, 1920
Type: Movie
Heavyweight boxing champion Jack Dempsey stars in this 15 chapter action serial, of which portions of reels 1, 2, and 4 survive. In the serial he plays the star fullback of his college's football team who gets drawn into an adventure when he stops to rescue a young woman from some thugs on a country road. It includes a gag featuring an exploding football. The rest of the cast includes Lon Chaney, Edgar Kennedy, Bull Montana, Josie Sedgwick and Herschel Mayall.