Introduction
Johnny Indrisano (November 1, 1906 — July 6, 1968) was an American welterweight boxer whose career spanned the period from 1923 to 1934. He later became a film stunt performer and bit-part film and TV actor.
Career
Indrisano was born in Boston.He defeated two world welterweight champions; Lou Brouillard (in two out of three bouts) and Jackie Fields. 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 referee, stunt man, and bit-part actor in films such as Some Like It Hot and Guys and Dolls. He appeared in The Bowery Boys films (Live Wires, Mr. Hex, and Trouble Makers), a number of Joe Palooka movies, and three Elvis Presley films (Jailhouse Rock, King Creole, and It Happened at the World's Fair).
He died in Los Angeles, aged 61.
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 Mount Olympus section of Los Angeles on July 6, 1968, his daughter's birthday, after a long bout ofdepression.
Partial filmography
- Go West, Young Man (1936)
- What a Woman! (1943)
- Live Wires (1946)
- Mr. Hex (1946)
- It's a Wonderful Life (1946) - Man in Fantasy (uncredited)
- Trouble Makers (1948)
- The Lady Gambles (1949)
- The Set-Up (1949) (fight sequence choreography)
- The Yellow Cab Man (1950)
- Callaway Went Thataway (1951)
- Guys and Dolls (1955) (uncredited)
- Jailhouse Rock (1957) (uncredited)
- King Creole (1958) (uncredited)
- Some Like It Hot (1959) - Waiter (uncredited)
- Ocean's Eleven (1960) (uncredited)
- Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) (uncredited)
- The Manchurian Candidate (1962) (uncredited)
- Who's Got the Action? (1962)
- It Happened at the World's Fair (1963) (uncredited)
- Hud (1963) - Waiter (uncredited)