John Wray
Born: 1887-02-12 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 1940-04-05
Known For: Acting
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
1940
- Remember the Night as Hank
- Outside the Three-Mile Limit as Ship's Captain (uncredited)
- Swiss Family Robinson as Ramsey
- The Doctor Takes a Wife as Joe, the Farmer (uncredited)
- Know Your Money as Bowers the Printer
- The Man from Dakota as Mr. Carpenter
1939
- Gone with the Wind as Prison Gang Overseer (uncredited)
- Golden Boy as Chocolate Drop's Manager
- Blackmail as Convict Diggs
- Smuggled Cargo as Chris Hays
- Each Dawn I Die as Pete Kassock
- The Amazing Mr. Williams as Stanley
- The Cat and the Canary as Hendricks
- Pacific Liner as Metcalfe
- Risky Business as Silas
- Winter Carnival as Poultry Truck Driver
- Almost a Gentleman as 'Crack' Williams
1938
- Boys Town as Weasel (uncredited)
- Spawn of the North as Dr. Sparks
- Tenth Avenue Kid as Joe Turner
- Making the Headlines as Herbert Sandford
- Gangs of New York as Maddock
- The Black Doll as Walling
- Professor Beware as Head Lawyer
- A Man to Remember as Tom Johnson
- Crime Takes a Holiday as Howell
- What Price Safety! as J. Z. Wray
1937
- You Only Live Once as Warden Wheeler
- On Such a Night as Guard Rumann
- Outcast as Hank Simmerson
- We Who Are About to Die as Jerry Daley
- The Devil Is Driving as Joe Peters
- The Women Men Marry as Brother Nameless
- Circus Girl as Roebling
1936
- Mr. Deeds Goes to Town as Farmer
- Poor Little Rich Girl as Flagin
- Valiant Is the Word for Carrie as George Darnley
- The President's Mystery as Shane
- The Devil Is a Sissy as Priest
- Sworn Enemy as Lang, a Gangster
- A Man Betrayed as Sparks
- A Son Comes Home as Gas Station Owner
1935
- Frisco Kid as The Weasel
- Bad Boy as Fred Larkin
- Men Without Names as Gangster Sam "Red" Hammond
- Stranded as Mike Gibbons
- Atlantic Adventure as Mitts Coster
- Ladies Love Danger
- The Great Hotel Murder as Feets Moore
1934
- The Defense Rests as Michael Cooney
- Embarrassing Moments as Slug
- I'll Fix It as Fletcher
- Green Eyes as Inspector Crofton
- The Captain Hates the Sea as Mr. Jeddock
- The Crosby Case as Willie McGuire
- The Big Shakedown as Higgins
- Most Precious Thing in Life as Carter
- Fifteen Wives as Jason Getty
- Bombay Mail as Giovanni Martini
- I Am a Thief as Antonio Poricci
1933
- Lone Cowboy as Bill O'Neal
- After Tonight as Mitika, the Gypsy Contact
1932
- Doctor X as Dr. Haines
- I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang as Nordine (uncredited)
- The Death Kiss as Detective Lieut. Sheehan
- Miss Pinkerton as Hugo
- The Rich Are Always with Us as Clark Davis
- The Woman from Monte Carlo as Cmdr. Brambourg
- The Miracle Man as The Frog
- The Mouthpiece as Mr. Barton
- High Pressure as Jimmy Moore
- The Match King as Foreman of Janitors
- Central Park as Robert Smiley
1931
- Safe in Hell as Eagan
- Quick Millions as Kenneth Stone
- Silence as Harry Silvers
1930
- All Quiet on the Western Front as Himmelstoss
- The Czar of Broadway as Morton Bradstreet
1929
- New York Nights as Joe Prividi