Johnny Indrisano


Johnny Indrisano 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 and Jackie Fields. However, Indrisano never received a match for the world welterweight title.
Indrisano retired with a record of thirty seven wins 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, a number of Joe Palooka movies, and three Elvis Presley films. He also worked from as early as 1937 through 1942 as a bodyguard for Mae West.

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 of depression.

Partial filmography