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Originally Posted by jofre
Bear, this is some information I picked up on Kirkwood. He stands 6 ft 1 inc and weighs 201 pounds. He was born in Australia, and originally won fame as a golfer. He was signed in 1945 by Warner Brothers and later portrayed Joe Palooka in a series of movies produced by Allied Artists. Kirkwood is said to do all his scenes without a stand-in and was twice kayoed during some of the action scenes by former professional (Jack Roper and Hal Fieberling).
Palooka website: http://www.toonopedia.com/palooka.htm |
Jofre
Hal Fieberling also appeared in numerous films using this name and also the name Hal Baylor. I'll soon provide about a dozen tomato cans based on these. Prior to Kirkwood signing as Palooka in 1946 there was a 1934 film with Jimmy Durante as Knobby Walsh, Stu Erwin as Joe Palooka, and William Armstrong as Joe's dad Pete.
Bear