Henry Kulky
Henry Kulky (born Henry Kulakowich; August 11, 1911 – February 12, 1965) was an American actor and professional wrestler from Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, probably best remembered as Chief Petty Officer Curly Jones from season 1 of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.
Kulky began boxing in his teenage years. After six bouts, he stopped boxing when he was offered a position training wrestlers at St. Matthew's Lyceum in his native Hastings-on-Hudson.
Stanislaus Zbyszko convinced Kulky to compete professionally in 1939. Moving to Argentina, Kulky competed throughout South America under the ring name Bomber Kulkavich. The number of matches in which he competed is uncertain; one claim states that he won 172 of 175 matches. Kulky, however, claims that he won nearly all of 7,000 matches. While in South America, he is also said to have won the continent's judo crown.
Like most wrestlers who turned to acting in the 1950s he owed his big break to Mike Mazurki. The two appeared in several parts in the 1940s and 1950s, with Mazurki's agent getting him a part in Call Northside 777.
Because of his rather tough guy image, Kulky became typecast as military men, thugs, gangsters, bartenders, wrestlers and other "strong guys" who were at times quite friendly and lovable characters contrasting strongly with the tough guy image. From 1953 to 1958, he played Otto Schmidlap in the television series The Life of Riley. In the series, Kulky portrayed a co-worker of series character Chester Riley, a wing riveter at an aircraft plant. In 1952 he appeared in an episode (#11) of Adventures of Superman, as a wrestler working for a crooked promoter. In 1954 he appeared in an episode (#141) of The Lone Ranger. From 1959 to 1962, Kulky was cast in the recurring role as Chief Max Bronsky in forty-six episodes of Jackie Cooper's CBS military sitcom-drama television series Hennesey. The role was close to Kulky's heart because during World War II, he was a boatswain's mate in the United States Navy.
Kulky's last role was as Chief Curley Jones in the television series Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. He died on February 12, 1965, in Oceanside, California, of a heart attack suffered while he was studying a script.
Fotos
Filmes (45)
A Global Affair
1964 · Charlie - Newsstand Proprietor (uncredited)
Guns of the Timberland
1960 · Logger
Up Periscope
1959 · Chief Petty Officer York
Bombers B-52
1957 · Calvin (uncredited)
Sierra Stranger
1957 · Bartender Matt
Army Daze
1956 · Sergeant Bonebreaker
I'll Cry Tomorrow
1955 · Man in Bar (uncredited)
Illegal
1955 · Taylor
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
1955 · Prisoner (uncredited)
It's Always Fair Weather
1955 · Drunk in Bar (uncredited)
Love Me or Leave Me
1955 · Bouncer
New York Confidential
1955 · Gino
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
1955 · Brakeman (uncredited)
The Human Jungle
1954 · Matty
A Star Is Born
1954 · Cuddles (uncredited)
Tobor the Great
1954 · Paul (Spy Henchman)
Fireman Save My Child
1954 · Harry
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
1954 · Maurice, Maurice - Sailor (uncredited)
New Faces
1954 · Mr. Dee (uncredited)
Hell and High Water
1954 · McCrossin (uncredited)
Yukon Vengeance
1954 · Schmidt
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.
1953 · Stroogo (uncredited)
The Glory Brigade
1953 · Sgt. 'Smitty' Smitkowsky
Down Among the Sheltering Palms
1953 · First Sergeant Jones
Target Hong Kong
1953 · Dutch Pfeifer
No Holds Barred
1952 · Mike the Mauler
The World in His Arms
1952 · Peter, Russian Servant
What Price Glory
1952 · Company Cook (uncredited)
Aim, Fire, Scoot
1952 · Sgt. Bonebreaker
Red Skies of Montana
1952 · Dawson (uncredited)
Fixed Bayonets!
1951 · Vogl (uncredited)
Love Nest
1951 · George Thompson
You Never Can Tell
1951 · Gorilla / Prisoner (uncredited)
The Guy Who Came Back
1951 · Wizard, Wrestler
A Snitch in Time
1950 · Steve (uncredited)
South Sea Sinner
1950 · Bartender
Jiggs and Maggie Out West
1950 · 'Bomber' Kulkowich (as Henry Kulkowich)
Alias the Champ
1949 · Bomber Kulkovich - Wrestler
The Red Danube
1949 · Russian Officer at Camp 12 Deportation
Mighty Joe Young
1949 · Strong Man (uncredited)
Tarzan's Magic Fountain
1949 · Vredak
A Foreign Affair
1948 · Russian Sergeant (uncredited)
Call Northside 777
1948 · First Bartender (uncredited)
To the Ends of the Earth
1948 · Giant Chinese Man (uncredited)
A Likely Story
1947 · Tremendo
Séries (24)
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964 · Curley Jones, Chief Curley Jones
Grindl
1963
Going My Way
1962
Pete and Gladys
1960
Hennesey
1959 · Chief Max Bronsky
Bonanza
1959 · Bearcat Sampson
U.S. Marshall
1958 · Pinto
The Texan
1958 · Joe
Maverick
1957 · Bartender (uncredited)
The Thin Man
1957 · Tom Culdane, Sandy
Hey, Jeannie!
1956 · Guy
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
Navy Log
1955
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · Father with Nine Kids (uncredited)
Public Defender
1954 · Murphy
The Life Of Riley
1953 · Feeney's Big Goon (uncredited), Otto Schmidlap, Otto
The Abbott and Costello Show
1952 · Mulligan
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
1952 · Fish Truck Driver
Cavalcade of America
1952 · Ernie
Adventures of Superman
1952 · Crusher (uncredited)
I Love Lucy
1951 · Trainer (uncredited)
The Red Skelton Show
1951 · Sergeant Flannagan, Jerry
Racket Squad
1951
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951 · Referee (uncredited)