John Anthony Indrisano (1905-68) was, as Johnny Indrisano, a successful, though never champion, boxer. After retiring from the ring, he spent the remainder of his life as a character actor in over 120 films and scores of television programmes.
Indrisano also worked as a stunt performer and technical adviser on pictures with a boxing element, including Body and Soul (1947), Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956) and various Joe Palooka episodes. He apparently coached Spencer Tracy for the famous fight with Ernest Borgnine in Bad Day at Black Rock (1956).
Films in which Indrisano acted include Murder, My Sweet (1947), The Set-Up (1949), Body and Soul, Force of Evil (1949) and Ocean’s Eleven (1960). He also appeared in three Elvis Presley pictures, including King Creole (1958) and It Happened at the World Fair (1963).
He was in six MGM musicals: Student Tour, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, It’s Always Fair Weather, Guys and Dolls, Jailhouse Rock and Bells Are Ringing.
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