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person_profile-John Wray

John Wray Died at age: 53

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

John Wray

Date of Birth:

Feb 12, 1887

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Apr 05, 1940

Biography of

John Wray

    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

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John Wray

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Filmography of

John Wray

Found 76 Movies in total

The Doctor Takes a Wife

Joe - Farmer ( Actor )

... 1940

The Man from Dakota

Mr. Carpenter ( Actor )

... 1940

Swiss Family Robinson

Ramsey ( Actor )

... 1940

Remember the Night

Hank ( Actor )

... 1940

Gone with the Wind

Prison Gang Overseer (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1939

The Amazing Mr. Williams

Stanley ( Actor )

... 1939

The Cat and the Canary

Hendricks ( Actor )

... 1939

Blackmail

Convict Diggs ( Actor )

... 1939

Golden Boy

Chocolate Drop's Manager ( Actor )

... 1939

Smuggled Cargo

Chris Hays ( Actor )

... 1939

Each Dawn I Die

Pete Kassock ( Actor )

... 1939

Winter Carnival

Poultry Truck Driver ( Actor )

... 1939

Almost a Gentleman

'Crack' Williams ( Actor )

... 1939

Risky Business

Silas ( Actor )

... 1939

Pacific Liner

Metcalfe ( Actor )

... 1939

A Man to Remember

Tom Johnson ( Actor )

... 1938

Crime Takes a Holiday

Howell ( Actor )

... 1938

Boys Town

Weasel (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1938

Spawn of the North

Dr. Sparks ( Actor )

... 1938

Tenth Avenue Kid

Joe Turner ( Actor )

... 1938

Professor Beware

Head Lawyer ( Actor )

... 1938

Gangs of New York

Maddock ( Actor )

... 1938

Making the Headlines

Herbert Sandford ( Actor )

... 1938

The Black Doll

Walling ( Actor )

... 1938

The Women Men Marry

Brother Nameless ( Actor )

... 1937

On Such a Night

Guard Rumann ( Actor )

... 1937

The Devil Is Driving

Joe Peters ( Actor )

... 1937

Circus Girl

Roebling ( Actor )

... 1937

Outcast

Hank Simmerson ( Actor )

... 1937

You Only Live Once

Warden Wheeler ( Actor )

... 1937

We Who Are About to Die

Jerry Daley ( Actor )

... 1937

A Man Betrayed

Sparks ( Actor )

... 1936

Valiant Is the Word for Carrie

George Darnley ( Actor )

... 1936

... 1936

The Devil Is a Sissy

Priest ( Actor )

... 1936

Sworn Enemy

Lang, a Gangster ( Actor )

... 1936

A Son Comes Home

Gas Station Owner ( Actor )

... 1936

Poor Little Rich Girl

Flagin ( Actor )

... 1936

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Farmer ( Actor )

... 1936

... 1935

Frisco Kid

The Weasel ( Actor )

... 1935

Bad Boy

Fred Larkin ( Actor )

... 1935

Atlantic Adventure

Mitts Coster ( Actor )

... 1935

Stranded

Mike Gibbons ( Actor )

... 1935

Men Without Names

Sam Hammond ( Actor )

... 1935

The Great Hotel Murder

Feets Moore ( Actor )

... 1935

I Am a Thief

Antonio Poricci ( Actor )

... 1934

I'll Fix It

Fletcher ( Actor )

... 1934

The Captain Hates the Sea

Mr. Jeddock ( Actor )

... 1934

Embarrassing Moments

Slug ( Actor )

... 1934

The Defense Rests

Michael Cooney ( Actor )

... 1934

Fifteen Wives

Jason Getty ( Actor )

... 1934

... 1934

Green Eyes

Inspector Crofton ( Actor )

... 1934

The Crosby Case

Willie McGuire ( Actor )

... 1934

Bombay Mail

Giovanni Martini ( Actor )

... 1934

The Big Shakedown

Higgins ( Actor )

... 1934

Lone Cowboy

Bill O'Neal ( Actor )

... 1933

After Tonight

Mitika, the Gypsy Contact ( Actor )

... 1933

The Match King

Foreman of Janitors ( Actor )

... 1932

Central Park

Robert Smiley ( Actor )

... 1932

The Death Kiss

Detective Lieut. Sheehan ( Actor )

... 1932

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

Nordine (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1932

Doctor X

Dr. Haines ( Actor )

... 1932

Miss Pinkerton

Hugo ( Actor )

... 1932

The Rich Are Always with Us

Clark Davis ( Actor )

... 1932

The Miracle Man

The Frog ( Actor )

... 1932

The Mouthpiece

Mr. Barton ( Actor )

... 1932

High Pressure

Jimmy Moore ( Actor )

... 1932

The Woman from Monte Carlo

Cmdr. Brambourg ( Actor )

... 1932

Safe in Hell

Eagan ( Actor )

... 1931

Silence

Harry Silvers ( Actor )

... 1931

Quick Millions

Kenneth Stone ( Actor )

Additional Dialogue

... 1931

The Czar of Broadway

Morton Bradstreet ( Actor )

... 1930

All Quiet on the Western Front

Himmelstoss ( Actor )

... 1930

New York Nights

Joe Prividi ( Actor )

... 1929