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John Wray
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John Wray (13 February 1887 - 5 April 1940) was an American character actor of stage and screen.
Born February 12, 1887† April 5, 1940 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA1 movie on MoviHero
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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. …
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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).
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- 1940The Doctor Takes a WifeJoe, the Farmer (uncredited)
- 1940Outside the Three-Mile LimitShip's Captain (uncredited)
- 1940The Man from DakotaMr. Carpenter
- 1940Swiss Family RobinsonRamsey
- 1940Know Your MoneyBowers the Printer
- 1940Remember the NightHank
- 1939Gone with the WindPrison Gang Overseer (uncredited)
- 1939The Amazing Mr. WilliamsStanley
- 1939The Cat and the CanaryHendricks
- 1939BlackmailConvict Diggs
- 1939Golden BoyChocolate Drop's Manager
- 1939Smuggled CargoChris Hays
- 1939Each Dawn I DiePete Kassock
- 1939Winter CarnivalPoultry Truck Driver
- 1939Almost a Gentleman'Crack' Williams
- 1939Risky BusinessSilas
- 1939Pacific LinerMetcalfe
- 1938A Man to RememberTom Johnson
- 1938Crime Takes a HolidayHowell
- 1938Boys TownWeasel (uncredited)
- 1938Spawn of the NorthDr. Sparks
- 1938Tenth Avenue KidJoe Turner
- 1938Professor BewareHead Lawyer
- 1938Gangs of New YorkMaddock
- 1938Making the HeadlinesHerbert Sandford
- 1938What Price Safety!J. Z. Wray
- 1938The Black DollWalling
- 1937The Women Men MarryBrother Nameless
- 1937On Such a NightGuard Rumann
- 1937The Devil Is DrivingJoe Peters
- 1937Circus GirlRoebling
- 1937OutcastHank Simmerson
- 1937You Only Live OnceWarden Wheeler
- 1937We Who Are About to DieJerry Daley
- 1936A Man BetrayedSparks
- 1936Valiant Is the Word for CarrieGeorge Darnley
- 1936The President's MysteryShane
- 1936The Devil Is a SissyPriest
- 1936Sworn EnemyLang, a Gangster
- 1936A Son Comes HomeGas Station Owner
- 1936Poor Little Rich GirlFlagin
- 1936Mr. Deeds Goes to TownFarmer
- 1935Frisco KidThe Weasel
- 1935Bad BoyFred Larkin
- 1935Atlantic AdventureMitts Coster
- 1935Men Without NamesGangster Sam "Red" Hammond
- 1935StrandedMike Gibbons
- 1935Ladies Love DangerActor
- 1935The Great Hotel MurderFeets Moore
- 1934I Am a ThiefAntonio Poricci
- 1934I'll Fix ItFletcher
- 1934The Captain Hates the SeaMr. Jeddock
- 1934Embarrassing MomentsSlug
- 1934Fifteen WivesJason Getty
- 1934The Defense RestsMichael Cooney
- 1934Green EyesInspector Crofton
- 1934Most Precious Thing in LifeCarter
- 1934The Crosby CaseWillie McGuire
- 1934Bombay MailGiovanni Martini
- 1934The Big ShakedownHiggins
- 1933Lone CowboyBill O'Neal
- 1933After TonightMitika, the Gypsy Contact
- 1932The Match KingForeman of Janitors
- 1932Central ParkRobert Smiley
- 1932The Death KissDetective Lieut. Sheehan
- 1932I Am a Fugitive from a Chain GangNordine (uncredited)
- 1932Doctor XDr. Haines
- 1932Miss PinkertonHugo
- 1932The Rich Are Always with UsClark Davis
- 1932The Miracle ManThe Frog
- 1932The MouthpieceMr. Barton
- 1932High PressureJimmy Moore
- 1932The Woman from Monte CarloCmdr. Brambourg
- 1931Safe in HellEagan
- 1931SilenceHarry Silvers
- 1931Quick MillionsKenneth Stone
- 1930The Czar of BroadwayMorton Bradstreet
- 1929New York NightsJoe Prividi
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