Can anybody tell me who guy in this film is?

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  1. Sting like a bean

    Sting like a bean Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    I mean the guy who scores the "knockout". This is obviously a clip from a movie or something but that guy is super ripped and definitely doesn't look like an actor. If he is a fighter, who is he? Looks like he'd be a light heavyweight to me.

    [url]https://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/video/news-footage/711-60[/url]
     
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    Sting like a bean, May 27, 2019
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  2. Cecil

    Cecil Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Harry Greb
     
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    Sting like a bean Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    You sure? Man, I'll have to look again...

    Edit: I don't know, that guy is balding in front and looks to be taller in proportion to his head size and shoulder width than Greb.
     
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  4. Bukkake

    Bukkake Boxing Addict Full Member

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    He has a real boxer's physique - so I would be surprised, if he's just some actor playing a fighter.
     
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  5. Sting like a bean

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    Yeah, that's what I was thinking, and the dude doesn't exactly look like Errol Flynn from the neck up.
     
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  6. young griffo

    young griffo Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Looks a bit like Victor McLaglen to me.
     
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    young griffo Boxing Addict Full Member

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    [url]https://images.app.goo.gl/wHUZdCZ9yKwTQYih6[/url]
     
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  8. Sting like a bean

    Sting like a bean Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    I'll be damned, I think that's the guy. He sure looks like the dirty rat dat killed my brudda. He'd have to be in his early to mid forties in that clip and if it's him he looks to have been a bit bulkier in his youth:

    [url]https://www.boxingmonthly.com/assets/Uploads/_resampled/SetWidth840-JACK-JOHNSON-V-VICTOR-MCLAGLEN.jpg[/url]
     
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    young griffo Boxing Addict Full Member

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    [url]http://boxrec.com/media/index.php/Victor_McLaglen[/url]

    This looks a bit more like the guy in the footage physique wise anyway.

    Same lean, ripped build and square shoulders.

    He was an interesting guy McLaglen. Not too many could say they boxed Jack Johnson and Jess Willard, starred with John Wayne and won an Academy Award,
     
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  10. Sting like a bean

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    Yep, I'm about 80% sure that's him. Good work.
     
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  11. Bukkake

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    If it's true, that it was filmed in January 1935 - that would make McLaglen 48 in the clip! He looks exceptionally fit for a man in his late forties... so I kind of doubt, that it's really him. I could be wrong, of course.
     
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  12. choklab

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    It’s most likely Jack Roper who fought Joe Louis. The age fits and he worked on about 70 movies.

    [url]http://static.boxrec.com/7/71/Roper.Jack2.jpg[/url]
     
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  13. thistle1

    thistle1 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    it is Victor McGlaglen.

    look at his Pug Mug.
     
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    his 1935 Movie Credits


    1935 [url]Professional Soldier[/url]
    Col. Michael Donovan
    1935 [url]The Informer[/url]
    Gypo Nolan
    1935 [url]The Great Hotel Murder[/url]
    Andrew W. 'Andy' McCabe
    1935 [url]Under Pressure[/url]
    Jumbo Smith
     
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  15. choklab

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    The film would have to be 1920s for Victor to look that good.
     
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