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John Wray
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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…
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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
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1940
The Doctor Takes a Wife
Movie Joe, the Farmer (uncredited)
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1940
Outside the Three-Mile Limit
Movie Ship's Captain (uncredited)
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1940
The Man from Dakota
Movie Mr. Carpenter
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1940
Swiss Family Robinson
Movie Ramsey
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1940
Know Your Money
Movie Bowers the Printer
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1940
Remember the Night
Movie Hank
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1939
Gone with the Wind
Movie Prison Gang Overseer (uncredited)
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1939
The Amazing Mr. Williams
Movie Stanley
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1939
The Cat and the Canary
Movie Hendricks
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1939
Blackmail
Movie Convict Diggs
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1939
Golden Boy
Movie Chocolate Drop's Manager
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1939
Smuggled Cargo
Movie Chris Hays
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1939
Each Dawn I Die
Movie Pete Kassock
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1939
Winter Carnival
Movie Poultry Truck Driver
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1939
Almost a Gentleman
Movie 'Crack' Williams
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1939
Risky Business
Movie Silas
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1939
Pacific Liner
Movie Metcalfe
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1938
A Man to Remember
Movie Tom Johnson
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1938
Crime Takes a Holiday
Movie Howell
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1938
Boys Town
Movie Weasel (uncredited)
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1938
Spawn of the North
Movie Dr. Sparks
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1938
Tenth Avenue Kid
Movie Joe Turner
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1938
Professor Beware
Movie Head Lawyer
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1938
Gangs of New York
Movie Maddock
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1938
Making the Headlines
Movie Herbert Sandford
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1938
What Price Safety!
Movie J. Z. Wray
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1938
The Black Doll
Movie Walling
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1937
The Women Men Marry
Movie Brother Nameless
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1937
On Such a Night
Movie Guard Rumann
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1937
The Devil Is Driving
Movie Joe Peters
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1937
Circus Girl
Movie Roebling
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1937
Outcast
Movie Hank Simmerson
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1937
You Only Live Once
Movie Warden Wheeler
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1937
We Who Are About to Die
Movie Jerry Daley
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1936
A Man Betrayed
Movie Sparks
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1936
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
Movie George Darnley
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1936
The President's Mystery
Movie Shane
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1936
The Devil Is a Sissy
Movie Priest
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1936
Sworn Enemy
Movie Lang, a Gangster
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1936
A Son Comes Home
Movie Gas Station Owner
