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Birthday
February 12, 1887
Day of Death
1940-04-05
(53 years old)
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As
John Griffith Malloy
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
1940
1939
Gone with the Wind
as Prison Gang Overseer (uncredited)
The Amazing Mr. Williams
as Stanley
The Cat and the Canary
as Hendricks
Blackmail
as Convict Diggs
Golden Boy
as Chocolate Drop's Manager
Smuggled Cargo
as Chris Hays
Each Dawn I Die
as Pete Kassock
Winter Carnival
as Poultry Truck Driver
Almost a Gentleman
as 'Crack' Williams
Risky Business
as Silas
Pacific Liner
as Metcalfe
1938
A Man to Remember
as Tom Johnson
Crime Takes a Holiday
as Howell
Boys Town
as Weasel (uncredited)
Spawn of the North
as Dr. Sparks
Tenth Avenue Kid
as Joe Turner
Professor Beware
as Head Lawyer
Gangs of New York
as Maddock
Making the Headlines
as Herbert Sandford
What Price Safety!
as J. Z. Wray
The Black Doll
as Walling
1937
1936
1935
1934
I Am a Thief
as Antonio Poricci
I'll Fix It
as Fletcher
The Captain Hates the Sea
as Mr. Jeddock
Embarrassing Moments
as Slug
The Defense Rests
as Michael Cooney
Fifteen Wives
as Jason Getty
Green Eyes
as Inspector Crofton
Most Precious Thing in Life
as Carter
The Crosby Case
as Willie McGuire
The Big Shakedown
as Higgins
Bombay Mail
as Giovanni Martini
1933
1932
The Match King
as Foreman of Janitors
Central Park
as Robert Smiley
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
The Mouthpiece
as Mr. Barton
High Pressure
as Jimmy Moore
The Woman from Monte Carlo
as Cmdr. Brambourg
1931
1930
1929
