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Eugene Roche
Age: 75 (passed away Jul. 28th, 2004)
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Birth Place: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Born: Sep. 22nd, 1928
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BIOGRAPHY: Adept at both comedy and drama, character player Eugene Roche (sometimes billed as Gene Roche) had an extensive four-decade career. Born in Depression-era Boston the son of a Navy man, the moon-faced, intent-looking Roche started on radio at age 15 displaying his knack for character voices, both men and women. He enlisted in the U.S. Army following high school, then studied at Emerson College. Searching for work in summer stock and variety shows, he appeared in productions of "Pal Joey" with Bob Fosse and "Point of No Return" with Henry Fonda. Newly married at this time, he found classical stage parts to play in early 50s San Francisco, then headed for New York and began appearing in dramatic TV shows and commercials.
He made his Broadway debut with "Blood, Sweat and Stanley Poole" starring Darren McGavin and went on to do "The White House" with Helen Hayes (I) and "Mother Courage" with Anne Bancroft (I). Comedy became his forte on TV with showy recurring roles on "Soap" (1977),"Night Court" (1984), and "Perfect Strangers" (1986), while choice support parts came his way on film, including The Late Show (1977) and Foul Play (1978) -- some roles cantankerous, some lovable, some menacing. The father of nine children, three of his male offspring have opted for entertainment careers: Eamonn Roche and Brogan Roche are actors, and Sean Roche (III) is an Emmy award-winning writer and producer.
TRIVIA:
- Played famed police detective 'Eddie Egan (I)' (qv) in an unsold pilot for a TV series based on him, which was produced in the mid-'70s after _The French Connection (1971)_ (qv) was a hit.
- Trained for the stage at the Actors Workshop in San Francisco.
- Father of 9 children, including 'Eamonn Roche' (qv), 'Brogan Roche' (qv) and 'Sean Roche (I)' (qv).
- Originally selected to play Arthur Carlson on WKRP in Cincinnati, but was replaced with Gordon Jump.
- Wrote a book of short stories chronicling people he has met during his life.
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