In 1945, Kirkwood was invited by Monogram Pictures to test for the role of boxer Joe Palooka, a popular comic book character. He got the part and starred in Joe Palooka, Champ (1946) as well as ten additional Joe Palooka films through 1951. Kirkwood returned to the role in the 1954 television series The Joe Palooka Story.
In the late 1950s, Kirkwood, who has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1620 Vine Street. Kirkwood married Joyce Woltz in 1962.[5] His first marriage, to Cathy Downs, lasted from 1952 until their divorce in 1955. Downs and Kirkwood starred together in The Joe Palooka Story TV series from 1954 to 1955.
Kirkwood died September 7, 2006 in Hesperia, California. Buried at Grandview Cemetery, Bremen,Ohio
In 1945, Kirkwood was invited by Monogram Pictures to test for the role of boxer Joe Palooka, a popular comic book character. He got the part and starred in Joe Palooka, Champ (1946) as well as ten additional Joe Palooka films through 1951. Kirkwood returned to the role in the 1954 television series The Joe Palooka Story.
In the late 1950s, Kirkwood, who has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1620 Vine Street. Kirkwood married Joyce Woltz in 1962.[5] His first marriage, to Cathy Downs, lasted from 1952 until their divorce in 1955. Downs and Kirkwood starred together in The Joe Palooka Story TV series from 1954 to 1955.
Kirkwood died September 7, 2006 in Hesperia, California. Buried at Grandview Cemetery, Bremen,Ohio
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