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
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Movies (50)
The Doctor Takes a Wife
as Joe, the Farmer (uncredited)
1940
Outside the Three-Mile Limit
as Ship's Captain (uncredited)
1940
The Man from Dakota
as Mr. Carpenter
1940
Swiss Family Robinson
as Ramsey
1940
Know Your Money
as Bowers the Printer
1940
Remember the Night
as Hank
1940
Gone with the Wind
as Prison Gang Overseer (uncredited)
1939
The Amazing Mr. Williams
as Stanley
1939
The Cat and the Canary
as Hendricks
1939
Blackmail
as Convict Diggs
1939
Golden Boy
as Chocolate Drop's Manager
1939
Smuggled Cargo
as Chris Hays
1939
Each Dawn I Die
as Pete Kassock
1939
Winter Carnival
as Poultry Truck Driver
1939
Almost a Gentleman
as 'Crack' Williams
1939
Risky Business
as Silas
1939
Pacific Liner
as Metcalfe
1939
A Man to Remember
as Tom Johnson
1938
Crime Takes a Holiday
as Howell
1938
Boys Town
as Weasel (uncredited)
1938
Spawn of the North
as Dr. Sparks
1938
Tenth Avenue Kid
as Joe Turner
1938
Professor Beware
as Head Lawyer
1938
Gangs of New York
as Maddock
1938
Making the Headlines
as Herbert Sandford
1938
What Price Safety!
as J. Z. Wray
1938
The Black Doll
as Walling
1938
The Women Men Marry
as Brother Nameless
1937
On Such a Night
as Guard Rumann
1937
The Devil Is Driving
as Joe Peters
1937
Circus Girl
as Roebling
1937
Outcast
as Hank Simmerson
1937
You Only Live Once
as Warden Wheeler
1937
We Who Are About to Die
as Jerry Daley
1937
A Man Betrayed
as Sparks
1936
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
as George Darnley
1936
The President's Mystery
as Shane
1936
The Devil Is a Sissy
as Priest
1936
Sworn Enemy
as Lang, a Gangster
1936
A Son Comes Home
as Gas Station Owner
1936
Poor Little Rich Girl
as Flagin
1936
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
as Farmer
1936
Frisco Kid
as The Weasel
1935
Bad Boy
as Fred Larkin
1935
Atlantic Adventure
as Mitts Coster
1935
Men Without Names
as Gangster Sam "Red" Hammond
1935
Stranded
as Mike Gibbons
1935
Ladies Love Danger
1935
The Great Hotel Murder
as Feets Moore
1935
I Am a Thief
as Antonio Poricci
1934