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Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1887-02-12
Day of Death
1940-04-05
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
John Wray
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John Wray (13 February 1887 - 5 April 1940) was an American character actor of stage and screen. Wray was one of the many Broadway actors to descend on Hollywood in the aftermath of the sound revolution, and quickly made an indelible impression on the era in a variety of substantial character roles, such as the Arnold Rothstein-like gangster in The Czar of Broadway (1930); Himmelstoss, the sadistic drill instructor in All Quiet on the Western Front (1930); and as the contortionist the Frog in the remake of The Miracle Man (1932), in the role previously played by Lon Chaney in the 1919 original. During this period he was one of the many actors mentioned for the title role in Dracula (1931). Wray's roles grew increasingly smaller as the decade progressed but he was very visible as the starving farmer threatening to kill Gary Cooper in Frank Capra's classic Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) and as the warden in Fritz Lang's You Only Live Once (1937). Other films include Doctor X (1932), I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932), Frisco Kid (1935), Poor Little Rich Girl (1936), Boys Town (1938), Each Dawn I Die (1939), The Cat and the Canary (1939) and Gone with the Wind (1939). Description above from the Wikipedia article John Wray(actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Filmography (79)
The Doctor Takes a Wife
1940
Outside the Three-Mile Limit
1940
The Man from Dakota
1940
Swiss Family Robinson
1940
Know Your Money
1940
Remember the Night
1940
Gone with the Wind
1939
The Amazing Mr. Williams
1939
The Cat and the Canary
1939
Blackmail
1939
Golden Boy
1939
Smuggled Cargo
1939
Each Dawn I Die
1939
Winter Carnival
1939
