Joe Kirkwood Jr.: Joe Kirkwood Jr.. Actor: The Joe Palooka Story. Best remembered as strapping comic strip boxer Joe Palooka on screen in the late 1940s and early 1950s, fair-haired, amiable-looking, exceedingly athletic Joe Kirkwood, Jr. may have been the son of renowned professional golfer and trick artist Joe Kirkwood, but he was actually born Reginald Thomas Kirkwood on May 30, 1920 in Melbourne, Australia, the second of two sons. His father eventually...
Known For: The Joe Palooka Story (Joe Palooka), Joe Palooka in the Squared Circle (Joe Palooka), Joe Palooka in Triple Cross (Joe Palooka), Gentleman Joe Palooka (Joe Palooka)