John Wray

John Wray

  • Birthday: 1887-02-12
  • Deathday: 1940-04-05
  • Place of birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Also know as: John Griffith Malloy

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article John Wray(actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Filmography

The Czar of Broadway

1930

As Morton Bradstreet

All Quiet on the Western Front

1930

As Himmelstoss

High Pressure

1932

As Jimmy Moore

What Price Safety!

1938

As J. Z. Wray

New York Nights

1929

As Joe Prividi

Safe in Hell

1931

As Eagan

Green Eyes

1934

As Inspector Crofton

The Mouthpiece

1932

As Mr. Barton

Miss Pinkerton

1932

As Hugo

A Man Betrayed

1936

As Sparks

The Woman from Monte Carlo

1932

As Cmdr. Brambourg

Bad Boy

1935

As Fred Larkin

The Miracle Man

1932

As The Frog

The Death Kiss

1932

As Detective Lieut. Sheehan

Lone Cowboy

1933

As Bill O'Neal

Doctor X

1932

As Dr. Haines

Tenth Avenue Kid

1938

As Joe Turner

Quick Millions

1931

As Kenneth Stone

A Man to Remember

1938

As Tom Johnson

Fifteen Wives

1934

As Jason Getty

Central Park

1932

As Robert Smiley

Silence

1931

As Harry Silvers

Know Your Money

1940

As Bowers the Printer

The Rich Are Always with Us

1932

As Clark Davis

Blackmail

1939

As Convict Diggs

Circus Girl

1937

As Roebling

Atlantic Adventure

1935

As Mitts Coster

The Black Doll

1938

As Walling

Smuggled Cargo

1939

As Chris Hays

The Women Men Marry

1937

As Brother Nameless

Outcast

1937

As Hank Simmerson

The Match King

1932

As Foreman of Janitors

After Tonight

1933

As Mitika, the Gypsy Contact

Almost a Gentleman

1939

As 'Crack' Williams

The Crosby Case

1934

As Willie McGuire

Crime Takes a Holiday

1938

As Howell

The Big Shakedown

1934

As Higgins

Risky Business

1939

As Silas

Men Without Names

1935

As Sam Hammond

Swiss Family Robinson

1940

As Ramsey

Each Dawn I Die

1939

As Pete Kassock

Gangs of New York

1938

As Maddock

Bombay Mail

1934

As Giovanni Martini

The Amazing Mr. Williams

1939

As Stanley

Valiant Is the Word for Carrie

1936

As George Darnley

Sworn Enemy

1936

As Lang, a Gangster

The Great Hotel Murder

1935

As Feets Moore

The Man from Dakota

1940

As Mr. Carpenter

The Cat and the Canary

1939

As Hendricks

On Such a Night

1937

As Guard Rumann

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

1936

As Farmer

Remember the Night

1940

As Hank

We Who Are About to Die

1937

As Jerry Daley

Pacific Liner

1939

As Metcalfe

Making the Headlines

1938

As Herbert Sandford

I'll Fix It

1934

As Fletcher

You Only Live Once

1937

As Warden Wheeler

Spawn of the North

1938

As Dr. Sparks

I Am a Thief

1934

As Antonio Poricci

The Captain Hates the Sea

1934

As Mr. Jeddock

The Devil Is Driving

1937

As Joe Peters

Stranded

1935

As Mike Gibbons

A Son Comes Home

1936

As Gas Station Owner

The Defense Rests

1934

As Michael Cooney

Poor Little Rich Girl

1936

As Flagin

Frisco Kid

1935

As The Weasel

Boys Town

1938

As Weasel (uncredited)

The Devil Is a Sissy

1936

As Priest

Winter Carnival

1939

As Poultry Truck Driver

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

1932

As Nordine (uncredited)

Golden Boy

1939

As Chocolate Drop's Manager

The Doctor Takes a Wife

1940

As Joe - Farmer

Professor Beware

1938

As Head Lawyer

Gone with the Wind

1939

As Prison Gang Overseer (uncredited)

Production

Quick Millions

1931

As Additional Dialogue

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