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Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 17, 1910
Died
November 27, 2005
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- F.A. Foss
- Marc Laurence
- Marc C. Lawrence
- Mark Lawrence
- Max Goldsmith
Marc Lawrence
1.9 Popularity
Biography
Marc Lawrence was an American character actor who specialized in underworld types. In 1930, Lawrence befriended another young actor, John Garfield. The two appeared in a number of plays before Lawrence was given a film contract with Columbia Pictures. Lawrence appeared in films beginning in 1931. Garfield followed, starting his film career in 1938. Lawrence's pock-marked complexion, brooding appearance and New York street-guy accent made him a natural for heavies, and he played scores of gangsters and mob bosses over the next six decades. Later, Lawrence found himself under scrutiny for his political leanings. When called before the House Un-American Activities Committee, he admitted he had once been a member of the Communist Party. He named Sterling Hayden, Lionel Stander, Anne Revere, Larry Parks, Karen Morley and Jeff Corey as Communists. He was blacklisted and departed for Europe, where he continued to make films. Following the demise of the blacklist, he returned to America and resumed his position as a familiar and talented purveyor of gangland types. He played gangsters in two James Bond movies: 1971's Diamonds Are Forever opposite Sean Connery, and 1974's The Man with the Golden Gun opposite Roger Moore. He also portrayed a henchman opposite Laurence Olivier in Marathon Man (1976) and a stereotypical Miami mob boss alongside Jerry Reed and Dom DeLuise in the comedy Hot Stuff (1979). Description above from the Wikipedia article Marc Lawrence, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
6.4
Acme VP, Stating the Obvious
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
2003
6.4
Cousin Nolan
The Shipping News
2001
7.0
Self
Inside 'Diamonds Are Forever'
2000
6.1
Old Man
End of Days
1999
6.5
Carlo Gambino
Gotti
1996
7.0
Old Timer
From Dusk Till Dawn
1996
5.9
Sam the Bellhop
Four Rooms
1995
7.8
Mr. Newton
ER
1994
7.9
Mr. Zeemo
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
6.7
Kloppman
Newsies
1992
Credits
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
as Acme VP, Stating the Obvious
2003
6.4
The Shipping News
as Cousin Nolan
2001
6.4
Inside 'Diamonds Are Forever'
as Self
2000
7.0
End of Days
as Old Man
1999
6.1
Gotti
as Carlo Gambino
1996
6.5
From Dusk Till Dawn
as Old Timer
1996
7.0
Four Rooms
as Sam the Bellhop
1995
5.9
ER
as Mr. Newton
1994
7.8
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
as Mr. Zeemo
1993
7.9
Newsies
as Kloppman
1992
6.7
Ruby
as Santos Alicante
1992
5.4
The Linguini Incident
as Bar Patron
1991
6.6
Donor
as Ben Beloit
1990
5.3
Shannon's Deal
as Abe the Just
1990
8.0
Blood Red
as Michael Fazio
1989
4.6
Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Volnath
1987
8.4
The Big Easy
as Vinnie 'The Cannon' DiMotti
1986
6.2
Night Train to Terror
as Mr. Weiss / Dieter (segment "The Case of Claire Hansen")
1985
4.5
Thieves and Robbers
as Salvatore Licuti
1983
6.1
The A-Team
as Sam Marlini
1983
7.5
Terror at Alcatraz
as Daniel Ginelli
1982
0.0
Super Fuzz
as Torpedo
1980
6.5
Cataclysm
as Abraham Weiss / Dieter
1980
3.9
Swap Meet
as Mr. Booth
1979
1.7
Hot Stuff
as Carmine
1979
7.0
Goin' Coconuts
as Webster
1978
3.8
Foul Play
as Rupert Stiltskin
1978
6.3
A Piece of the Action
as Louie
1977
5.6
CHiPs
as Co-Driver
1977
6.8
Marathon Man
as Erhard
1976
7.2
Wonder Woman
as Mr. Jones
1975
7.0
Switch
as Don Vincenzo
1975
6.7
Switch
as Franks
1975
0.0
Baretta
1975
6.4
The Man with the Golden Gun
as Rodney
1974
6.5
Frasier, the Sensuous Lion
as Chiarelli
1973
5.7
Daddy's Deadly Darling
as Zambrini
1973
5.1
Honor Thy Father
as Stefano Magaddino
1973
4.0
The Rookies
1972
6.8
In Pursuit of Treasure
1972
0.0
Diamonds Are Forever
as Slumber Inc. Attendant
1971
6.4
🎬
The Partners
as Kelso
1971
5.0
Nichols
as Prouty
1971
5.0
McCloud
1970
7.1
The Kremlin Letter
as The Priest
1970
6.0
Dream No Evil
as The Undertaker
1970
5.6
🎬
Il killer
1969
0.0
Krakatoa, East of Java
as Jacobs
1968
5.9
King of Kong Island
as Albert Muller
1968
3.0
The Doris Day Show
as Frankie Fury
1968
5.8
Here's Lucy
as Joe Grapefruit
1968
6.7
Here's Lucy
as Rudy
1968
6.7
Custer of the West
as Gold Miner
1967
5.9
Mannix
as Angelo Palerma
1967
6.7
Mannix
as Ty Webber
1967
6.7
Mannix
as Al Stanik
1967
6.7
Du mou dans la gâchette
as Magnum
1967
5.6
The Rat Patrol
as Abu Hassan
1966
7.2
Savage Pampas
as Sargent Barril
1966
5.1
Johnny Tiger
as William Billie
1966
0.0
2 Mobsters Against Al Capone
as Joe Minasi
1966
6.0
7 Golden Monks
as Lucky Marciano, Capo da banda
1966
6.0
🎬
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Orente
1963
5.7
🎬
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Plato Atutle
1963
5.7
Johnny Cool
as Johnny Colini
1963
5.1
Petticoat Junction
as Barney Dawson
1963
5.7
Arrest and Trial
as Leo Tucci
1963
7.7
Mister Ed
as Spike the Bank Robber
1961
6.7
The Detectives
as Marcus Maroon
1959
6.1
The Detectives
as Ed Watkins
1959
6.1
The Detectives
as Rocco Silvano
1959
6.1
The Untouchables
as Luigi Renaldo
1959
7.8
The Untouchables
as Mike Genna
1959
7.8
The Untouchables
as Enrico Rossi
1959
7.8
Bonanza
as Red Gaskell
1959
7.5
The Deputy
as Alvy Burke
1959
6.2
The Troubleshooters
as Bob Blossom
1959
0.0
Johnny Staccato
1959
5.0
Tightrope
as Frankie Farrell
1959
5.5
Old Man
as The Cajun
1958
0.0
Lawman
as Frank Walker
1958
5.6
Days of Wine and Roses
as Scarface
1958
7.0
The Rifleman
as Cougar
1958
7.1
The Rifleman
as Gavin
1958
7.1
Bronco
1958
5.9
Peter Gunn
1958
6.4
Kill Her Gently
as William Connors
1957
5.6
M Squad
as Vince Cronin
1957
5.2
Wagon Train
as First Mate Ferris
1957
6.6
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
as Vito Doria
1957
6.2
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Wade Migill
1956
6.0
Playhouse 90
as El Sordo
1956
7.6
Helen of Troy
as Diomedes
1956
6.2
Funniest Show on Earth
as Il proprietario del circo
1953
5.9
Trouble for the Legion
as Serg. Schwartz
1953
5.0
Noi peccatori
as Camillo
1953
0.0
Jolanda, the Daughter of the Black Corsair
as Van Gould
1953
6.2
I tre corsari
as Van Gould
1952
0.0
Girls Marked Danger
as Manfredi
1952
5.6
Tormento del passato
as Piero / Andrea Rossi
1952
0.0
Vacation with a Gangster
as Jack Menotti
1952
6.2
Brothers of Italy
as Capitano March
1952
0.0
My Favorite Spy
as Ben Ali
1951
6.0
Hurricane Island
as Angus Macready (uncredited)
1951
5.0
The Desert Hawk
as Samad
1950
5.1
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
as Frankie
1950
6.0
The Asphalt Jungle
as Cobby
1950
7.5
Black Hand
as Caesar Xavier Serpi
1950
6.1
Tough Assignment
as Vince
1949
6.0
Calamity Jane and Sam Bass
as Dean
1949
5.9
Jigsaw
as Angelo Agostini
1949
4.8
Studio One
as Cow Nelson
1948
5.0
Out of the Storm
as Red Stubbins
1948
6.5
Key Largo
as Ziggy
1948
7.4
I Walk Alone
as Nick Palestro
1947
6.5
Captain from Castile
as Corio
1947
7.2
Unconquered
as Medicine Man Sioto
1947
6.3
Joe Palooka in the Knockout
as John Mitchell
1947
6.0
Yankee Fakir
as Duke
1947
5.0
Cloak and Dagger
as Luigi
1946
6.5
Inside Job
as Donovan
1946
5.6
The Virginian
as Pete
1946
6.0
Blonde Alibi
as Joe DeRita
1946
3.9
Life with Blondie
as Pete
1945
6.0
Club Havana
as Joe Reed
1945
5.7
Don't Fence Me In
as Clifford Anson
1945
4.3
Flame of Barbary Coast
as Joe Disko, Gambler
1945
5.3
Dillinger
as Doc Madison
1945
5.8
The Princess and the Pirate
as Pedro
1944
6.9
Rainbow Island
as Alcoa
1944
6.0
Tampico
as Valdez
1944
5.5
Submarine Alert
as Vincent Bela
1943
4.3
Hit the Ice
as Phil
1943
5.9
The Ox-Bow Incident
as Jeff Farnley
1943
7.7
Calaboose
as Sluggsy Baker
1943
0.0
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
as McGaffey
1942
6.1
Eyes of the Underworld
as Gordon Finch
1942
4.8
Call of the Canyon
as Horace Dunston
1942
7.0
This Gun for Hire
as Tommy
1942
7.0
Yokel Boy
as Henchman Trigger
1942
4.7
Nazi Agent
as Joe Aiello
1942
6.6
Sundown
as Abdi Hammud
1941
5.4
🎬
Gangs Of The City
as Mike
1941
0.0
Lady Scarface
as Lefty Landers
1941
5.1
A Dangerous Game
as Joe
1941
5.0
Blossoms in the Dust
as Bert La Verne
1941
6.6
Hold That Ghost
as Charlie Smith
1941
6.8
The Shepherd of the Hills
as Pete Matthews
1941
6.5
The Man Who Lost Himself
as Frank DeSoto
1941
4.3
The Monster and the Girl
as Sleeper
1941
5.7
Tall, Dark and Handsome
as Louie
1941
5.7
Brigham Young
as Prosecutor
1940
4.4
Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum
as Steve McBirney
1940
7.8
The Great Profile
as Tony
1940
6.3
The Golden Fleecing
as 'Happy' Dugan
1940
5.3
The Man Who Talked Too Much
as Lefty Kyler
1940
6.0
Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!
as Tony
1940
0.0
Johnny Apollo
as Bates
1940
6.8
Invisible Stripes
as Lefty
1939
6.1
The Housekeeper's Daughter
as Floyd
1939
3.5
Beware Spooks!
as Slick Eastman
1939
7.0
Dust Be My Destiny
as Venetti
1939
6.2
Think First
as Joe
1939
7.0
S.O.S Tidal Wave
as Melvin Sutter
1939
5.7
Blind Alley
as Buck
1939
5.7
Ex-Champ
as Bill Crosle
1939
6.0
Code of the Streets
as Henchman Halstead, aka Denver Collins
1939
7.0
Romance of the Redwoods
as Joe
1939
6.0
Sergeant Madden
as Piggy
1939
6.0
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
as Henchman in Trenchcoat (uncredited)
1939
6.6
Homicide Bureau
as Chuck Brown
1939
5.3
Charlie Chan in Honolulu
as Johnny McCoy
1938
6.4
There's That Woman Again
as Stevens
1938
5.8
While New York Sleeps
as Happy Nelson
1938
0.0
Adventure in Sahara
as Poule
1938
5.5
The Spider's Web
as Steve Harmon
1938
6.0
I Am the Law
as Eddie Girard
1938
6.6
Convicted
as Milton Militis
1938
5.9
Squadron of Honor
as Lawlor
1938
0.0
Who Killed Gail Preston?
as Frank Daniels
1938
6.0
Penitentiary
as Jack Hawkins
1938
0.0
The Shadow
as Kid Crow
1937
6.5
Murder in Greenwich Village
as Rusty Morgan
1937
5.6
Counsel for Crime
as Edwin Mitchell
1937
5.8
Charlie Chan on Broadway
as Thomas Mitchell
1937
7.0
A Dangerous Adventure
as Calkins
1937
1.0
It Can't Last Forever
as Hoodlum
1937
5.3
What Price Vengeance
as Pete Brower
1937
5.0
San Quentin
as Venetti
1937
6.5
Criminals of the Air
as 'Blast' Reardon
1937
5.5
I Promise to Pay
as Henchman Whitehat
1937
5.5
Racketeers in Exile
as 'Blackie' White
1937
6.0
Night Waitress
as Dorn
1936
5.8
Charlie Chan at the Opera
as Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
1936
6.8
The Cowboy Star
as Johnny Sampson
1936
0.0
Blackmailer
as Pinky (uncredited)
1936
5.0
The Final Hour
as Mike Magellon
1936
6.0
Counterfeit
as Dint Coleman
1936
6.0
Desire
as Charles - the Valet (uncredited)
1936
6.9
Road Gang
as Pete
1936
6.5
Robin Hood of El Dorado
as Manuel
1936
4.2
Love on a Bet
as County Fair Barker
1936
7.0
Don't Gamble with Love
as Gambler
1936
0.0
3 Kids and a Queen
as Gangster
1935
6.0
Dr. Socrates
as Lefty Croger - a Gangster
1935
6.4
Little Big Shot
as Doré's Henchman
1935
6.0
Don't Bet on Blondes
as Gangster (Uncredited)
1935
5.0
The Arizonian
as Henchman Who Pistol-Whipped Clay
1935
0.0
After the Dance
as Tom - a Prisoner
1935
6.0
'G' Men
as Gangster Killed at Lodge (uncredited)
1935
6.6
Go Into Your Dance
as Eddie Logan
1935
6.8
Strangers All
as Communist Meeting Chairman
1935
5.5
White Woman
as Connors
1933
5.7
Lady for a Day
as Nick, a Mug at Reception (uncredited)
1933
7.1
Gambling Ship
as Chicago Hood (uncredited)
1933
5.2
If I Had a Million
as Henchman of Mike the Gangster (uncredited)
1932
6.6