
John Wray
Actor
- Born
- February 12, 1887 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Died
- April 5, 1940 (age 53)
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John Wray (13 February 1887 - 5 April 1940) was an American character actor of stage and screen.
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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
Acting79
- 1940The Doctor Takes a Wife as Joe, the Farmer (uncredited)
- 1940Outside the Three-Mile Limit as Ship's Captain (uncredited)
- 1940The Man from Dakota as Mr. Carpenter
- 1940Swiss Family Robinson as Ramsey
- 1940Know Your Money as Bowers the Printer
- 1940Remember the Night as Hank
- 1939Gone with the Wind as Prison Gang Overseer (uncredited)
- 1939The Amazing Mr. Williams as Stanley
- 1939The Cat and the Canary as Hendricks
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