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Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 12, 1887
Died
April 5, 1940
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As
- John Griffith Malloy
John Wray
0.3 Popularity
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
Known For
6.4
Joe, the Farmer (uncredited)
The Doctor Takes a Wife
1940
4.0
Ship's Captain (uncredited)
Outside the Three-Mile Limit
1940
5.3
Mr. Carpenter
The Man from Dakota
1940
5.6
Ramsey
Swiss Family Robinson
1940
9.0
Bowers the Printer
Know Your Money
1940
7.3
Hank
Remember the Night
1940
7.9
Prison Gang Overseer (uncredited)
Gone with the Wind
1939
5.8
Stanley
The Amazing Mr. Williams
1939
6.9
Hendricks
The Cat and the Canary
1939
6.4
Convict Diggs
Blackmail
1939
Credits
The Doctor Takes a Wife
as Joe, the Farmer (uncredited)
1940
6.4
Outside the Three-Mile Limit
as Ship's Captain (uncredited)
1940
4.0
The Man from Dakota
as Mr. Carpenter
1940
5.3
Swiss Family Robinson
as Ramsey
1940
5.6
Know Your Money
as Bowers the Printer
1940
9.0
Remember the Night
as Hank
1940
7.3
Gone with the Wind
as Prison Gang Overseer (uncredited)
1939
7.9
The Amazing Mr. Williams
as Stanley
1939
5.8
The Cat and the Canary
as Hendricks
1939
6.9
Blackmail
as Convict Diggs
1939
6.4
Golden Boy
as Chocolate Drop's Manager
1939
6.4
Smuggled Cargo
as Chris Hays
1939
0.0
Each Dawn I Die
as Pete Kassock
1939
6.8
Winter Carnival
as Poultry Truck Driver
1939
6.0
Almost a Gentleman
as 'Crack' Williams
1939
6.0
Risky Business
as Silas
1939
6.0
Pacific Liner
as Metcalfe
1939
5.2
A Man to Remember
as Tom Johnson
1938
6.5
Crime Takes a Holiday
as Howell
1938
0.0
Boys Town
as Weasel (uncredited)
1938
6.8
Spawn of the North
as Dr. Sparks
1938
5.7
Tenth Avenue Kid
as Joe Turner
1938
5.0
Professor Beware
as Head Lawyer
1938
6.1
Gangs of New York
as Maddock
1938
4.9
Making the Headlines
as Herbert Sandford
1938
0.0
What Price Safety!
as J. Z. Wray
1938
6.0
The Black Doll
as Walling
1938
5.3
The Women Men Marry
as Brother Nameless
1937
5.5
On Such a Night
as Guard Rumann
1937
0.0
The Devil Is Driving
as Joe Peters
1937
5.0
Circus Girl
as Roebling
1937
4.0
Outcast
as Hank Simmerson
1937
0.0
You Only Live Once
as Warden Wheeler
1937
7.1
We Who Are About to Die
as Jerry Daley
1937
6.8
A Man Betrayed
as Sparks
1936
6.0
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
as George Darnley
1936
6.4
The President's Mystery
as Shane
1936
5.3
The Devil Is a Sissy
as Priest
1936
6.9
Sworn Enemy
as Lang, a Gangster
1936
5.3
A Son Comes Home
as Gas Station Owner
1936
1.0
Poor Little Rich Girl
as Flagin
1936
6.6
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
as Farmer
1936
7.5
Frisco Kid
as The Weasel
1935
6.8
Bad Boy
as Fred Larkin
1935
5.0
Atlantic Adventure
as Mitts Coster
1935
5.5
Men Without Names
as Gangster Sam "Red" Hammond
1935
6.0
Stranded
as Mike Gibbons
1935
5.8
Ladies Love Danger
1935
0.0
The Great Hotel Murder
as Feets Moore
1935
5.8
I Am a Thief
as Antonio Poricci
1934
6.0
I'll Fix It
as Fletcher
1934
0.0
The Captain Hates the Sea
as Mr. Jeddock
1934
5.8
Embarrassing Moments
as Slug
1934
0.0
The Defense Rests
as Michael Cooney
1934
7.0
Fifteen Wives
as Jason Getty
1934
1.0
Most Precious Thing in Life
as Carter
1934
5.2
Green Eyes
as Inspector Crofton
1934
5.2
The Crosby Case
as Willie McGuire
1934
4.4
The Big Shakedown
as Higgins
1934
5.6
Bombay Mail
as Giovanni Martini
1934
6.0
Lone Cowboy
as Bill O'Neal
1933
2.7
After Tonight
as Mitika, the Gypsy Contact
1933
6.3
The Match King
as Foreman of Janitors
1932
6.2
Central Park
as Robert Smiley
1932
5.2
The Death Kiss
as Detective Lieut. Sheehan
1932
5.1
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
as Nordine (uncredited)
1932
7.8
Doctor X
as Dr. Haines
1932
6.0
Miss Pinkerton
as Hugo
1932
5.7
The Rich Are Always with Us
as Clark Davis
1932
4.6
The Miracle Man
as The Frog
1932
5.7
The Mouthpiece
as Mr. Barton
1932
5.9
High Pressure
as Jimmy Moore
1932
5.4
The Woman from Monte Carlo
as Cmdr. Brambourg
1932
5.0
Safe in Hell
as Eagan
1931
6.7
Silence
as Harry Silvers
1931
7.5
Quick Millions
as Kenneth Stone
1931
7.1
The Czar of Broadway
as Morton Bradstreet
1930
0.0
All Quiet on the Western Front
as Himmelstoss
1930
7.7
New York Nights
as Joe Prividi
1929
4.8