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