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