John Wray
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1887-02-12
Day of Death
1940-04-05 (53 years old)
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
John Wray
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).
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Known For
Acting
(1940)
Remember the Night
as Hank
(1940)
Swiss Family Robinson
as Ramsey
(1940)
The Doctor Takes a Wife
as Joe, the Farmer (uncredited)
(1940)
The Man from Dakota
as Mr. Carpenter
(1940)
Know Your Money
as Bowers the Printer
(1940)
Outside the Three-Mile Limit
as Ship's Captain (uncredited)
(1939)
Gone with the Wind
as Prison Gang Overseer (uncredited)
(1939)
The Cat and the Canary
as Hendricks
(1939)
Each Dawn I Die
as Pete Kassock
(1939)
Golden Boy
as Chocolate Drop's Manager
(1939)
Blackmail
as Convict Diggs
(1939)
Winter Carnival
as Poultry Truck Driver
(1939)
The Amazing Mr. Williams
as Stanley
(1939)
Pacific Liner
as Metcalfe
(1939)
Almost a Gentleman
as 'Crack' Williams
(1939)
Risky Business
as Silas
(1939)
Smuggled Cargo
as Chris Hays
(1938)
Boys Town
as Weasel (uncredited)
(1938)
Spawn of the North
as Dr. Sparks
(1938)
A Man to Remember
as Tom Johnson
(1938)
Gangs of New York
as Maddock
(1938)
The Black Doll
as Walling
(1938)
Professor Beware
as Head Lawyer
(1938)
Making the Headlines
as Herbert Sandford
(1938)
Tenth Avenue Kid
as Joe Turner
(1938)
What Price Safety!
as J. Z. Wray
(1938)
Crime Takes a Holiday
as Howell
(1937)
You Only Live Once
as Warden Wheeler
(1937)
Outcast
as Hank Simmerson
(1937)
We Who Are About to Die
as Jerry Daley
(1937)
The Devil Is Driving
as Joe Peters
(1937)
The Women Men Marry
as Brother Nameless
(1937)
On Such a Night
as Guard Rumann
(1937)
Circus Girl
as Roebling
(1936)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
as Farmer
(1936)
The Devil Is a Sissy
as Priest
(1936)
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
as George Darnley
(1936)
Sworn Enemy
as Lang, a Gangster
(1936)
Poor Little Rich Girl
as Flagin
(1936)
The President's Mystery
as Shane
(1936)
A Son Comes Home
as Gas Station Owner
(1936)
A Man Betrayed
as Sparks
(1935)
Frisco Kid
as The Weasel
(1935)
Men Without Names
as Sam Hammond
(1935)
Stranded
as Mike Gibbons
(1935)
Atlantic Adventure
as Mitts Coster
(1935)
The Great Hotel Murder
as Feets Moore
(1935)
Bad Boy
as Fred Larkin
(1935)
(1934)
The Big Shakedown
as Higgins
(1934)
The Defense Rests
as Michael Cooney
(1934)
I Am a Thief
as Antonio Poricci
(1934)
Most Precious Thing in Life
as Carter
(1934)
Green Eyes
as Inspector Crofton
(1934)
I'll Fix It
as Fletcher
(1934)
Fifteen Wives
as Jason Getty
(1934)
The Captain Hates the Sea
as Mr. Jeddock
(1934)
Embarrassing Moments
as Slug
(1934)
The Crosby Case
as Willie McGuire
(1934)
Bombay Mail
as Giovanni Martini
(1933)
After Tonight
as Mitika, the Gypsy Contact
(1933)
Lone Cowboy
as Bill O'Neal
(1932)
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
as Nordine (uncredited)
(1932)
Doctor X
as Dr. Haines
(1932)
Miss Pinkerton
as Hugo
(1932)
The Rich Are Always with Us
as Clark Davis
(1932)
The Death Kiss
as Detective Lieut. Sheehan
(1932)
The Woman from Monte Carlo
as Cmdr. Brambourg
(1932)
The Mouthpiece
as Mr. Barton
(1932)
The Match King
as Foreman of Janitors
(1932)
Central Park
as Robert Smiley
(1932)
High Pressure
as Jimmy Moore
(1932)
The Miracle Man
as The Frog
(1931)
Safe in Hell
as Eagan
(1931)
Quick Millions
as Kenneth Stone
(1931)
Silence
as Harry Silvers
(1930)
All Quiet on the Western Front
as Himmelstoss
(1930)
The Czar of Broadway
as Morton Bradstreet
(1929)
New York Nights
as Joe Prividi
Crew
(1931)
Quick Millions
Additional Dialogue