Coley Wallace, played Joe Louis in films
Posted: Monday, January 31st, 2005 7:32 amColey Wallace, who once knocked out Rocky Marciano and played Joe Louis in two movies has died, his attorney said. He was 77.
Wallace died in a Manhattan hospital Sunday of heart failure, his attorney and friend Raymond Sussman said Sunday.
Wallace had a six-year career as a pro, in which he carried a 20-7-0 record, but his most memorable moment came as an amateur in 1948, when he defeated Marciano in the New York Golden Gloves tournament. …
But Wallace is best known for twice portraying Joe Louis on film, once in “The Joe Louis Story” in 1953 and again in Martin Scorsese’s “Raging Bull” in 1980. … Read full obituary
