Personal Info
Birth date
1911-08-11 (113 Years)
Day of death
1965-02-12
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, USa
Also known as
Bomber Kulkovich
Henry 'Bomber' Kulkovich
Henry Kulkowich
Henry 'Bomber' Kulky
Henry Kulky
Biography
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.
Filmography
The Red Skelton Show
7.375
Overview:
The Red Skelton Show is an American variety show that was a television staple for two decades, from 1951 to 1971. It was second to Gunsmoke and third to The Ed Sullivan Show in the ratings during that time. Skelton, who had previously been a radio star, had appeared in several motion pictures as well. Although his television series is largely associated with CBS, where it appeared for more than fifteen years, it actually began and ended on NBC. During its run, the program received three Emmy Awards, for Skelton as best comedian and the program as best comedy show during its initial season, and an award for comedy writing in 1961.The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
5.9
Overview:
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet is an American sitcom, airing on ABC from October 3, 1952 through March 26, 1966, starring the real life Nelson family. After a long run on radio, the show was brought to television where it continued its success, running on both radio and television for a few years. The series stars Ozzie Nelson and his wife, singer Harriet Nelson, and their young sons, David and Eric "Ricky" Nelson. Don DeFore had a recurring role as the Nelsons' friendly neighbor "Thorny".Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
7.8
Overview:
Join the crew of the Seaview aboard their super high-tech submarine, where no mission is too dangerous and no threat is too deadly, be it enemy agents, mad scientists, deadly sea creatures, or impending nuclear disaster.Bonanza
7.5
Overview:
The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community.The Abbott and Costello Show
7.053
Overview:
Bud and Lou are unemployed actors living in Mr. Fields’ boarding house. Lou’s girlfriend Hillary lives across the hall. Many situations arise leading to slapstick and puns.I Love Lucy
7.916
Overview:
Cuban Bandleader Ricky Ricardo would be happy if his wife Lucy would just be a housewife. Instead she tries constantly to perform at the Tropicana where he works, and make life comically frantic in the apartment building they share with landlords Fred and Ethel Mertz, who also happen to be their best friends.The Wonderful World of Disney
7.818
Overview:
Walt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different titles since 1954. The original version of the series premiered on ABC, Wednesday night, October 27, 1954. The show, which was hosted by Walt Disney until his death and then from 1996 to 2002 by then-CEO Michael Eisner (with one-off hosts or no hosts during other periods) has since aired continually as either a weekly program or an irregular series of specials on several networks and streaming services, most recently on ABC and Disney+. The show is the second longest showing prime-time program on American television, behind its rival, Hallmark Hall of Fame. However, Hallmark Hall of Fame was a weekly program only during its first five seasons, while Disney remained a weekly program for more than forty years.The Life Of Riley
6
Overview:
Riley worked in an aircraft plant in California, but viewers usually saw him at home, cheerfully disrupting life with his malapropisms and ill timed intervention into minor problems.Public Defender
6
Overview:
The Public Defender is a half-hour 69-episode television dramatic series starring Reed Hadley as Bart Matthews, an attorney for the indigent. The series aired on CBS from March 11, 1954 to June 23, 1955, a season and a half.Pete and Gladys
6.5
Overview:
Pete and Gladys is an American situation comedy television series starring Harry Morgan and Cara Williams that aired on CBS on Mondays at 8:00 p.m. Eastern and Pacific time for two seasons, beginning on September 19, 1960. The last episode was broadcast on September 10, 1962.The Adventures of Jim Bowie
4.5
Overview:
The Adventures of Jim Bowie is an American Western television series that aired on ABC from 1956 to 1958. Its setting was the 1830s-era Louisiana Territory. The series was an adaptation of the book Tempered Blade, by Monte Barrett. The series stars Scott Forbes as the real-life adventurer Jim Bowie. The series initially portrayed Jim Bowie as something of an outdoors-man, riding his horse through the wilderness near his home in Opelousas, where he would stumble across someone needing his assistance. He was aided by the Bowie Knife, his ever-present weapon. He designed it in the first episode, The Birth of the Blade.The Texan
5.5
Overview:
The Texan was a Western television series starring popular B movie actor Rory Calhoun, which aired on the CBS television network from 1958 to 1960.The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
4.5
Overview:
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok is an American Western television series which ran for eight seasons from 1951 through 1958. The Screen Gems series began in syndication, but ran on CBS from 1955 through 1958, and, at the same time, on ABC from 1957 through 1958.Navy Log
4.5
Overview:
Navy Log is an American drama anthology series that initially aired for one season on CBS. It relates the greatest survival war stories in the history of the United States Navy. This series premiered on September 20, 1955, but the following year, it was moved to ABC, where it aired until September 25, 1958. The program aired for a total of three seasons and 102 episodes.Racket Squad
6
Overview:
Racket Squad is an American TV crime drama series starring Reed Hadley as Captain John Braddock, a fictional detective working for the San Francisco, California Police Department. The show aired in syndication for a season before being picked up by CBS for three seasons. The series was filmed at Hal Roach Studios in Culver City, California, and was sponsored by cigarette manufacturer Philip Morris, hence there was a pack of the sponsor's brand on Braddock's desk at the beginning and end of the episode, as well as occasional scenes of him or other characters "lighting up".The Thin Man
7.6
Overview:
Nick Charles was a private detective who married the wealthy Nora and decided to settle down and leave the good life. Unfortunately for the couple, Nick's past frequently caught up with him and got the couple involved in mystery after mystery. The series was based on the popular MGM series of movies of the 1930's starring William Powell and Myrna Loy. Peter Lawford and Phyllis Kirk starred as the televison versions of Nick and Nora which ran on NBC for two seasons from 1957-59.Adventures of Superman
6.67
Overview:
Announcer: "The Adventures of Superman. Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings at a single bound!" Voices: "Look up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman!" Announcer: "Yes, it's Superman, strange visitor from another planet who came to Earth with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men. Superman, who can change the course of mighty rivers, bend steel in his bare hands; and who, disguised as Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper, fights a never ending battle for truth, justice, and the American way."Hennesey
6
Overview:
Hennesey is an American military sitcom/drama television series with Jackie Cooper in the title role that aired on CBS from 1959 to 1962. Cooper played a United States Navy physician, Lt. Charles J. "Chick" Hennesey, with Abby Dalton as Navy nurse Lt. Martha Hale. In the story line, they are assigned to the hospital at the U.S. Naval Station in San Diego, California.Hey, Jeannie!
5.5
Overview:
Hey, Jeannie! is an American situation comedy starring Jeannie Carson as a young Scottish woman living in New York City. Twenty-six episodes aired on CBS from September 8, 1956 to May 4, 1957 in the Saturday slot following The Gale Storm Show and preceding the western series Gunsmoke. Six additional episodes aired in 1958 in syndication. Reruns of Hey, Jeannie! aired during the summer of 1960 under the title The Jeannie Carson Show.Cavalcade of America
3.5
Overview:
Cavalcade of America is an anthology drama series that was sponsored by the DuPont Company, although it occasionally presented a musical, such as an adaptation of Show Boat, and condensed biographies of popular composers. It was initially broadcast on radio from 1935 to 1953, and later on television from 1952 to 1957. Originally on CBS, the series pioneered the use of anthology drama for company audio advertising. Cavalcade of America documented historical events using stories of individual courage, initiative and achievement, often with feel-good dramatizations of the human spirit's triumph against all odds. This was consistent with DuPont's overall conservative philosophy and legacy as an American company dating back to 1802. The company's motto, "Maker of better things for better living through chemistry," was read at the beginning of each program, and the dramas emphasized humanitarian progress, particularly improvements in the lives of women, often through technological innovation.Grindl
5.5
Overview:
Grindl is an American situation comedy that began in the fall of 1963 on NBC, originally sponsored by Procter & Gamble. The show, starring Imogene Coca in the title role, lasted for one season.U.S. Marshall
7.5
Overview:
While this sounds like a western, THE SHERIFF OF COCHISE was a contemporary police drama set in Cochise County, AZ. Sheriff Frank Morgan was eventually promoted to U.S. Marshall and given the entire state of Arizona to keep under control (the series title would subsequently change to U.S. MARSHAL and remain in syndication until 1960)A Star Is Born
7.121
Overview:
A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.The Guy Who Came Back
3
Overview:
Former football star Harry Joplin is down on his luck, both in his career and in his married life. He seems convinced of his own unworthiness, but a chance to play in a charity football game helps him see his life in a new light.Call Northside 777
6.6
Overview:
In 1932, a cop is killed and Frank Wiecek sentenced to life. Eleven years later, a newspaper ad by Frank's mother leads Chicago reporter P.J. O'Neal to look into the case. For some time, O'Neal continues to believe Frank guilty. But when he starts to change his mind, he meets increased resistance from authorities unwilling to be proved wrong.New York Confidential
5.8
Overview:
Story follows the rise and subsequent fall of the notorious head of a New York crime family, who decides to testify against his pals in order to avoid being killed by his fellow cohorts.Mighty Joe Young
6.364
Overview:
A young woman, Jill Young, grew up on her father's ranch in Africa, raising a large gorilla named Joe from an infant. Years later, she brings him to Hollywood to become a star.Acting
1964Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1, 3, 3 Episode) as Unknown, Curley Jones, Chief Curley Jones
1963Grindl (1 Episode) as Unknown
1962Going My Way (1 Episode) as Unknown
1960Pete and Gladys (1 Episode) as Unknown
1960Guns of the Timberland as Logger
1959Hennesey (96 Episodes) as Unknown
1959Bonanza (1 Episode) as Bearcat Sampson
1959Up Periscope as Chief Petty Officer York
1958The Texan (1 Episode) as Joe
1957Bombers B-52 as Calvin (uncredited)
1957The Thin Man (1, 1, 1 Episode) as Tom Culdane, Sandy - Henchman, Unknown
1957Sierra Stranger as Bartender Matt
1956U.S. Marshall (1 Episode) as Pinto
1956Hey, Jeannie! (1 Episode) as Guy
1956The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1 Episode) as Unknown
1956Army Daze as Sergeant Bonebreaker
1955I'll Cry Tomorrow as Man in Bar (uncredited)
1955Illegal as Taylor
1955The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing as Prisoner (uncredited)
1955Navy Log (1 Episode) as Unknown
1955It's Always Fair Weather as Drunk in Bar (uncredited)
1955Love Me or Leave Me as Bouncer
1955New York Confidential as Gino
1955Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops as Brakeman (uncredited)
1954The Wonderful World of Disney (1 Episode) as Father with Nine Kids (uncredited)
1954The Human Jungle as Matty
1954A Star Is Born as Cuddles (uncredited)
1954Tobor the Great as Paul (Spy Henchman)
1954Fireman Save My Child as Harry
1954Phantom of the Rue Morgue as Maurice
1954Public Defender (1 Episode) as Murphy
1954New Faces as Mr. Dee (uncredited)
1954Hell and High Water as McCrossin (uncredited)
1954Yukon Vengeance as Schmidt
1953The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. as Stroogo (uncredited)
1953The Glory Brigade as Sgt. 'Smitty' Smitkowsky
1953Down Among the Sheltering Palms as First Sergeant Jones
1953Target Hong Kong as Dutch Pfeifer
1953The Life Of Riley (1, 5, 1, 6, 1 Episode) as Feeney's Big Goon (uncredited), Otto Schmidlap, Otto Schmidlapp, Otto, Unknown
1952The Abbott and Costello Show (1 Episode) as Mulligan
1952No Holds Barred as Mike the Mauler
1952The World in His Arms as Peter, Russian Servant
1952The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1 Episode) as Fish Truck Driver
1952Cavalcade of America (1 Episode) as Ernie
1952Adventures of Superman (1 Episode) as Crusher (uncredited)
1952Aim, Fire, Scoot as Sgt. Bonebreaker
1952Red Skies of Montana as Dawson (uncredited)
1951Fixed Bayonets! as Vogl (uncredited)
1951I Love Lucy (1 Episode) as Trainer (uncredited)
1951Love Nest as George Thompson
1951The Red Skelton Show (1, 1 Episode) as Self/Sgt. Flannagan, Jerry
1951You Never Can Tell as Gorilla / Prisoner (uncredited)
1951The Guy Who Came Back as Wizard, Wrestler
1951Racket Squad (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1951The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (2, 1 Episode) as Unknown, Referee (uncredited)
1950A Snitch in Time as Steve (uncredited)
1950South Sea Sinner as Bartender
1950Jiggs and Maggie Out West as 'Bomber' Kulkowich (as Henry Kulkowich)
1949Alias the Champ as Bomber Kulkovich - Wrestler
1949The Red Danube as Russian Officer at Camp 12 Deportation
1949Mighty Joe Young as Strong Man (uncredited)
1949Tarzan's Magic Fountain as Vredak
1948A Foreign Affair as Russian Sergeant (uncredited)
1948Call Northside 777 as First Bartender (uncredited)
1948To the Ends of the Earth as Giant Chinese Man (uncredited)
1947A Likely Story as Tremendo