Buzz Kinney — Lady and Gent Character Profile

About Buzz Kinney

Young college graduate and boxer who knocks out Stag Bailey. Later returns badly beaten from another fight, insults Puff, and is punched out by Stag.

Character Facts

Played by

John Wayne

Appears in

Lady and Gent (1932)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (2)

• Buzz Kinney — Meta Self-Conflict — Buzz Kinney (John Wayne)

  Internal struggle between past glory and present disgrace.

• Buzz Kinney — Professional Rival — Pin Streaver (James Gleason)

  Professional adversaries linked through Stag Bailey's defeat and Pin's subsequent debt.

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