Norman Selby was born on October 13, 1873 in Rush County, Indiana, USA. He was an actor, known for Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl (1919), Eyes of Youth (1919) and Bucking the Line (1921). He was married to Sue Cobb Cowley, Dagmar Dahlgren, Edna Valentine Hein, Lillian Estelle Earle Ellis, Indianola Arnold, Julia Woodruff Crosselman...
Convicted of manslaughter in the death of Theresa Mors, a wealthy antique shop owner with whom he was living. They had planned to be married (the 10th time for him) as soon as her divorce became final. He was sentenced to 10 years.
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Biography in: "The Boxing Register: International Boxing Hall of Fame Official Record Book". Third edition, pp. 162-163. Ithaca, NY: McBooks Press, 2002.
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Biography in: "American National Biography". Supplement 1, pp. 395-396. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
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Won world middleweight boxing championship in 1897. Never defended his title, but moved up to heavyweight class.
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Professional boxer. Inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1991.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Sherlock's Home
1924
Short as Kid McCoy
April Showers
1923
Ring Manager (as Kid McCoy)
When Gale and Hurricane Meet
1923
Short as Kid McCoy
Tom Mix in Arabia
1922
Pussy Foot Bogs
Oath-Bound
1922
Hicks
Bucking the Line
1921
Jerry
To a Finish
1921
Wolf Gary
Straight from the Shoulder
1921
Bill Higgins
The Fourteenth Man
1920
Dwight Sylvester
The Honey Bee
1920
Carpentier (as Kid McCoy)
Eyes of Youth
1919
Dick Brownell
Secret Service
1919
Lieutenant Foray
The Hushed Hour
1919
Kid McCoy (as Kid McCoy)
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
1919
A Prizefighter
The House of Glass
1918
Detective Carroll
Betty of Greystone
1916
Weed's Son (as Kid McCoy)
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Loose Ankles
1930
"The Wedding March" 1843, uncredited
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 24
1921
Documentary short
Himself (as Kid McCoy)
Known for movies
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl (1919) as A Prizefighter
$4 Million
