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Joe Louis (I) (1914–1981)

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Joe Louis is considered by many fistic experts and fans as the greatest Heavyweight Boxing Champion in the sport's history. Born into a poor family, Joe Louis's mother felt the only way her son could escape poverty was through music. She bought him a violin and sent him off daily to lessons. On his way there... See full bio »

Born:

Joseph Louis Barrow
in Lafayette, Alabama, USA

Died:

(age 66) in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Frank Sinatra with boxing champions Joe Louis and Jack Dempsey c.1947
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1970 The Phynx
Joe Louis
 
1968 It Takes a Thief (TV series)
Prizefighter
– A Thief Is a Thief (1968) … Prizefighter
 
1953 The Knockout Parade
Prize Fighter
 
1947 Johnny at the Fair (short)
Joe Louis
 
1946 Joe Palooka, Champ
Joe Louis
 
1943 This Is the Army
Joe Louis (as Sgt. Joe Louis)
 
1938 Spirit of Youth
Joe Thomas
 
1936 Joe Louis vs. Charlie Retzlaff (short)
Boxer (as Joe Louis Detroit's Brown Bomber)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (1 title)
1943 This Is the Army ("That's What the Well-Dressed Man in Harlem Will Wear")
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
1996 When We Were Kings (documentary) (in memory of)
 
Show ShowSelf (57 titles)
2008 Muhammad Ali: Made in Miami (TV movie)
Himself (voice)
 
2005 The Super Fight: Marciano vs. Ali (video documentary)
Himself (voice)
 
2000 ESPN SportsCentury (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Joe Louis (2000) … Himself
 
2000 Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1983 The Moviemakers (TV series)
– The Films of Frank Capra (uncredited)
 
1978 This Is Your Life (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Muhammad Ali (1978) … Himself (uncredited)
 
1977 Quincy M.E. (TV series)
Himself
– A Blow to the Head... A Blow to the Heart (1977) … Himself
 
1975-1977 The Way It Was (TV series)
Himself
– Joe Lewis vs. Jersey Joe Wolcott (1977) … Himself
– Joe Louis vs. Tony 'Two Ton' Galento (1976) … Himself
– Joe Louis vs. Billy Conn (1975) … Himself
 
1975 Rickles (TV movie)
Himself
 
1975 Muhammad Ali vs. Ron Lyle (TV movie)
Himself - Guest
 
1975 ABC's Wide World of Sports (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 29 March 1975 (1975) … Himself - Guest
 
1974 Joe Frazier vs. Jerry Quarry (TV movie)
Himself - Referee
 
1972 V.I.P.-Schaukel (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #2.5 (1972) … Himself
 
1970-1971 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.120 (1971) … Himself
– Episode #2.114 (1970) … Himself
– Episode #2.111 (1970) … Himself
 
1953-1971 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #24.23 (1971) … Himself
– Episode #17.20 (1964) … Himself
– Episode #8.49 (1955) … Himself
– Episode #7.7 (1953) … Himself
– Episode #7.4 (1953) … Himself
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1971 The Pearl Bailey Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.4 (1971) … Himself
 
1970 The Super Fight
Himself (voice)
 
1969 Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee (documentary)
Himself
 
1968 The Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
Himself
– The Kraft Premiere Show (1968) … Himself
 
1967 World Heavyweight Championship: Muhammad Ali vs. Zora Folley (TV movie)
Himself - Guest
 
1966 World Heavyweight Championship: Muhammad Ali vs. George Chuvalo (TV movie)
Himself - Guest
 
1965 World Heavyweight Championship Bout: Charles 'Sonny' Liston vs. Cassius Clay
Himself - Guest
 
1964 The Heavyweight Championship of the World: Cassius Clay versus Sonny Liston
Himself - Ringside Commentator
 
1963 The Jack Paar Program (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.5 (1963) … Himself
 
1962 Here's Hollywood (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 23 October 1962 (1962) … Himself
 
1961 World's Heavyweight Championship Fight: Floyd Patterson vs. Ingemar Johansson
Himself - Guest
 
1960 Special Gala to Support Kennedy Campaign (TV movie)
Himself - Performer
 
1957-1958 Wednesday Night Fights (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 6 August 1958 (1958) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 1 May 1957 (1957) … Himself - Guest
 
1957 The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.40 (1957) … Himself
 
1957 Joe Louis vs. Arturo Godoy
Himself
 
1955 The Square Jungle
Himself
 
1955 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Himself
– The Return of Gentleman Jim (1955) … Himself
 
1954 The George Jessel Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.23 (1954) … Himself
 
1953 Person to Person (TV series documentary)
Himself - Boxer
– Episode #1.9 (1953) … Himself - Boxer
 
1953 The Name's the Same (TV series)
Himself - Contestant
– Episode dated 27 October 1953 (1953) … Himself - Contestant
 
1953/II Roar of the Crowd (documentary)
Himself
 
1952 What's My Line? (TV series)
Himself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 2 March 1952 (1952) … Himself - Mystery Guest
 
1952 That Reminds Me (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 27 February 1952 (1952) … Himself
 
1951 Gillette Cavalcade of Sports (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 27 October 1951 (1951) … Himself
 
1951 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV series)
Himself - Cameo Appearance
– Episode #1.42 (1951) … Himself - Cameo Appearance
 
1951 TV Club (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #1.35 (1951) … Himself
 
1951 World's Middleweight Championship: Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Randy Turpin
Himself - Audience Member
 
1950 Pabst Blue Ribbon Bouts (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 29 November 1950 (1950) … Himself
– Episode dated 27 September 1950 (1950) … Himself
 
1949 The Fight Never Ends
Himself
 
1948 World's Heavyweight Championship: Joe Louis vs. Jersey Joe Walcott
Himself
 
1947 World's Heavyweight Championship: Joe Louis vs. Jersey Joe Walcott
Himself
 
1946 World's Heavyweight Championship: Joe Louis vs. Billy Conn
Himself
 
1942 Two Mugs from Brooklyn
Himself, in photo (uncredited)
 
1942 World Heavyweight Championship: Joe Louis vs. Buddy Baer
Himself
 
1942 World's Heavyweight Championship Fight: Joe Louis vs. Abe Simon (short)
Himself
 
1941 World's Heavyweight Championship: Joe Louis vs. Billy Conn
Himself
 
1941 World Heavyweight Championship: Joe Louis vs. Buddy Baer
Himself
 
1940 Joe Louis vs. Arturo Godoy
Himself
 
1939 The Brown Bomber (documentary short)
Himself
 
1936 Joe Louis vs. Jack Sharkey
Himself
 
1936 Great International Heavyweight Boxing Contest Between Joe Louis and Max Schmeling (documentary)
Himself
 
1935 Max Baer vs. Joe Louis
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (30 titles)
2010-2011 HBO Boxing After Dark (TV series)
 
2010 On the Shoulders of Giants: The Story of the Greatest Team You Never Heard Of (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2009 Facing Ali (documentary)
Himself - World Heavyweight Champion, 1937-49
 
2008 Tyson (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Joe Louis: America's Hero... Betrayed (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 The Goebbels Experiment (documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (documentary)
Himself
 
2004 The American Experience (TV series documentary)
 
2003 Save Our History (TV series documentary)
 
2000 ESPN SportsCentury (TV series documentary)
 
2000 Ali-Frazier I: One Nation... Divisible (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1999 The Sweet Science (TV series documentary)
 
1999 The Century: America's Time (TV mini-series documentary)
 
1998 Sugar Ray Robinson: The Bright Lights and Dark Shadows of a Champion (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1998 The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg (documentary)
Himself
 
1996 Ghosts of Mississippi
Himself - Bending over Opponent (uncredited)
 
1996 Muhammad Ali: The Whole Story (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1996 The Journey of the African-American Athlete (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1995 Sonny Liston: The Mysterious Life and Death of a Champion (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1994 Entertaining the Troops (documentary)
Himself
 
1993 Mo' Funny: Black Comedy in America (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1993 The Great Depression (TV series documentary)
 
1992 In This Corner... Boxing's Legendary Heavyweights (TV movie)
Himself
 
1992 Malcolm X
Himself - After Fight with Billy Conn (uncredited)
 
1992 Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1976 ABC's Wide World of Sports (TV series)
 
1975 Brother Can You Spare a Dime (documentary)
Himself
 
1970 A.k.a. Cassius Clay (documentary)
Himself
 
1959 Project XX (TV series documentary)
 
1953 The Joe Louis Story
Himself (uncredited)
 

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Personal Details

Publicity Listings:

3 Biographical Movies  | 3 Print Biographies  | 2 Articles  | 1 Magazine Cover Photo  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Joe Louis Detroit's Brown Bomber | Sgt. Joe Louis

Height:

6' 1½" (1.87 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

I don't like money actually, but it quiets my nerves. See more »

Trivia:

Pictured on a 29¢ US commemorative postage stamp in the Sports series, issued 22 June 1993. See more »

Nickname:

The Brown Bomber See more »

Star Sign:

Taurus