Joe Kirkwood Jr.
Best remembered as strapping comic strip boxer Joe Palooka on screen in the late 1940s and early 1950s, fair-haired, amiable-looking, exceedingly athletic Joe Kirkwood, Jr. may have been the son of renowned professional golfer and trick artist Joe Kirkwood, but he was actually born Reginald Thomas Kirkwood on May 30, 1920 in Melbourne, Australia, ...
Career stats
16Films
48Posters
15Years active
1946Peak year
Eras & genres
Eras
Genres
Selected work
17 posters
Night and Day · 1946
The Marriage-Go-Round · 1961
Joe Palooka in the Knockout · 1947
Joe Palooka in The Counterpunch · 1949
Joe Palooka, Champ · 1946
Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad · 1948
Joe Palooka in Winner Take All · 1948
Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey · 1950
Gentleman Joe Palooka · 1946
Joe Palooka in Triple Cross · 1951
Joe Palooka in the Big Fight · 1949
Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance · 1950
Frequent collaborators
30 repeat partners
Eddie Gribbon
Actor · 11 films together
Hal E. Chester
Produced by · 11 films together
John Indrisano(1905-1968)
Actor · 10 films together
Jack Roper
Actor · 9 films together
Leon Errol
Actor · 8 films together
Reginald Le Borg
Directed by · 7 films together
Elyse Knox
Actor · 6 films together
Gabriel Dell
Actor · 6 films together