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Birthday:
February 12, 1887
Place of Birth:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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John Wray
Biography
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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).
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Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 | Remember the Night | Hank |
| 1940 | The Man from Dakota | Mr. Carpenter |
| 1940 | Swiss Family Robinson | Ramsey |
| 1940 | The Doctor Takes a Wife | Joe, the Farmer (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Know Your Money | Bowers the Printer |
| 1940 | Outside the Three-Mile Limit | Ship's Captain (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Each Dawn I Die | Pete Kassock |
| 1939 | Blackmail | Convict Diggs |
| 1939 | Almost a Gentleman | 'Crack' Williams |
| 1939 | Risky Business | Silas |
| 1939 | The Amazing Mr. Williams | Stanley |
| 1939 | The Cat and the Canary | Hendricks |
| 1939 | Pacific Liner | Metcalfe |
| 1939 | Gone with the Wind | Prison Gang Overseer (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Golden Boy | Chocolate Drop's Manager |
| 1939 | Smuggled Cargo | Chris Hays |
| 1939 | Winter Carnival | Poultry Truck Driver |
| 1938 | Spawn of the North | Dr. Sparks |
| 1938 | Tenth Avenue Kid | Joe Turner |
| 1938 | What Price Safety! | J. Z. Wray |
| 1938 | A Man to Remember | Tom Johnson |
| 1938 | Gangs of New York | Maddock |
| 1938 | The Black Doll | Walling |
| 1938 | Professor Beware | Head Lawyer |
| 1938 | Making the Headlines | Herbert Sandford |
| 1938 | Boys Town | Weasel (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Crime Takes a Holiday | Howell |
| 1937 | You Only Live Once | Warden Wheeler |
| 1937 | Circus Girl | Roebling |
| 1937 | The Devil Is Driving | Joe Peters |
| 1937 | We Who Are About to Die | Jerry Daley |
| 1937 | On Such a Night | Guard Rumann |
| 1937 | The Women Men Marry | Brother Nameless |
| 1937 | Outcast | Hank Simmerson |
| 1936 | Mr. Deeds Goes to Town | Farmer |
| 1936 | A Man Betrayed | Sparks |
| 1936 | The Devil Is a Sissy | Priest |
| 1936 | Valiant Is the Word for Carrie | George Darnley |
| 1936 | Sworn Enemy | Lang, a Gangster |
| 1936 | A Son Comes Home | Gas Station Owner |
| 1936 | The President's Mystery | Shane |
| 1936 | Poor Little Rich Girl | Flagin |
| 1935 | Frisco Kid | The Weasel |
| 1935 | Ladies Love Danger | |
| 1935 | Atlantic Adventure | Mitts Coster |
| 1935 | Bad Boy | Fred Larkin |
| 1935 | Men Without Names | Sam Hammond |
| 1935 | Stranded | Mike Gibbons |
| 1935 | The Great Hotel Murder | Feets Moore |
| 1934 | Green Eyes | Inspector Crofton |
| 1934 | The Big Shakedown | Higgins |
| 1934 | The Defense Rests | Michael Cooney |
| 1934 | I Am a Thief | Antonio Poricci |
| 1934 | Fifteen Wives | Jason Getty |
| 1934 | The Captain Hates the Sea | Mr. Jeddock |
| 1934 | Most Precious Thing in Life | Carter |
| 1934 | Bombay Mail | Giovanni Martini |
| 1934 | The Crosby Case | Willie McGuire |
| 1934 | I'll Fix It | Fletcher |
| 1934 | Embarrassing Moments | Slug |
| 1933 | Lone Cowboy | Bill O'Neal |
| 1933 | After Tonight | Mitika, the Gypsy Contact |
| 1932 | Doctor X | Dr. Haines |
| 1932 | High Pressure | Jimmy Moore |
| 1932 | The Rich Are Always with Us | Clark Davis |
| 1932 | The Mouthpiece | Mr. Barton |
| 1932 | The Match King | Foreman of Janitors |
| 1932 | Central Park | Robert Smiley |
| 1932 | Miss Pinkerton | Hugo |
| 1932 | The Woman from Monte Carlo | Cmdr. Brambourg |
| 1932 | The Miracle Man | The Frog |
| 1932 | I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang | Nordine (uncredited) |
| 1932 | The Death Kiss | Detective Lieut. Sheehan |
| 1931 | Safe in Hell | Eagan |
| 1931 | Quick Millions | Kenneth Stone |
| 1931 | Silence | Harry Silvers |
| 1930 | All Quiet on the Western Front | Himmelstoss |
| 1930 | The Czar of Broadway | Morton Bradstreet |
| 1929 | New York Nights | Joe Prividi |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
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