Years active 1929-1940 Ex-spouse Florence Miller Children Jack Wray | Role Character actor Name John Wray | |
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Full Name John Griffith Malloy Born February 13, 1887 ( 1887-02-13 ) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. Died April 5, 1940, Los Angeles, California, United States Movies All Quiet on the Western, Mr Deeds Goes to Town, The Death Kiss, The Woman from Mont, You Only Live Once Similar People Lewis Milestone, William Keighley, Edwin L Marin, Lew Landers, Michael Curtiz | ||
John Wray (February 13, 1887 – April 5, 1940) was an American character actor of stage and screen.
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Career
Wray, born John Griffith Malloy, was one of the many Broadway actors to descend on Hollywood in the aftermath of the sound revolution, and quickly appeared 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.
Wray's roles grew increasingly smaller as the decade progressed but he was very visible as the starving farmer threatening to kill Gary Cooper's Longfellow Deeds in Frank Capra's classic Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) and as the warden in Fritz Lang's You Only Live Once (1937).
Filmography
Actor
1940
The Doctor Takes a Wife as
Joe - Farmer (uncredited)
1940
Outside the Three-Mile Limit as
Ship's Captain (uncredited)
1940
The Man from Dakota as
Mr. Carpenter
1940
Swiss Family Robinson as
Ramsey
1940
Know Your Money (Short) as
Bowers, the Printer
1939
Remember the Night as
Hank
1939
Gone with the Wind as
Prison Gang Overseer (uncredited)
1939
The Amazing Mr. Williams as
Stanley
1939
The Cat and the Canary as
Hendricks
1939
Blackmail as
Diggs
1939
Golden Boy as
Chocolate Drop's Manager (uncredited)
1939
Smuggled Cargo as
Chris Hays
1939
Winter Carnival as
Poultry Truck Driver (uncredited)
1939
Each Dawn I Die as
Pete Kassock
1939
Almost a Gentleman as
'Crack' Williams
1939
Risky Business as
Silas
1939
Pacific Liner as
Metcalfe
1938
A Man to Remember as
Tom Johnson
1938
Crime Takes a Holiday as
Howell
1938
Boys Town as
Weasel (uncredited)
1938
Spawn of the North as
Dr. Sparks
1938
10th Ave Kid as
Joe Turner
1938
Professor Beware as
Head Lawyer (uncredited)
1938
Reformatory as
Guard (uncredited)
1938
Gangs of New York as
Maddock
1938
Making the Headlines as
Herbert Sandford
1938
What Price Safety! (Short) as
J. Z. Wray
1938
The Black Doll as
Walling
1937
The Women Men Marry as
Brother Nameless
1937
On Such a Night as
Guard Rumann
1937
The Devil Is Driving as
Joe Peters (as John Griffith Wray)
1937
Circus Girl as
Roebling
1937
Outcast as
Hank Simmerson
1937
You Only Live Once as
Warden
1936
A Man Betrayed as
Sparks
1936
We Who Are About to Die as
Jerry Daley
1936
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie as
George Darnley
1936
The President's Mystery as
Shane
1936
The Devil Is a Sissy as
Priest (uncredited)
1936
Sworn Enemy as
Lang
1936
A Son Comes Home as
Gas Station Owner
1936
Poor Little Rich Girl as
Flagin
1936
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town as
Farmer
1935
Frisco Kid as
The Weasel
1935
Bad Boy as
Fred Larkin
1935
Ladies Love Danger as
Lieutenant Roberts
1935
Atlantic Adventure as
Mitts Coster
1935
Men Without Names as
Sam 'Red' Hammond
1935
Stranded as
Mike Gibbons
1935
The Great Hotel Murder as
Feets Moore
1935
The Whole Town's Talking as
Henchman Harry (uncredited)
1934
I Am a Thief as
Antonio Porricci
1934
I'll Fix It as
Fletcher
1934
The Captain Hates the Sea as
Mr. Jeddock
1934
Embarrassing Moments as
Slug
1934
The Cat's-Paw as
Man on Street (uncredited)
1934
Fifteen Wives as
Jason Getty
1934
The Defense Rests as
Michael Cooney
1934
Green Eyes as
Inspector Crofton
1934
The Love Captive as
Jules Glass
1934
Most Precious Thing in Life as
Carter
1934
The Crosby Case as
Willie McGuire
1934
Bombay Mail as
Giovanni Martini
1934
The Big Shakedown as
Higgins
1933
Lone Cowboy as
Bill O'Neal
1933
After Tonight as
Mitika--the Gypsy Contact (uncredited)
1932
The Match King as
Foreman of Janitors
1932
Central Park as
Robert Smiley
1932
The Death Kiss as
Detective Lt . Sheehan
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 Miracle Man as
The Frog
1932
The Mouthpiece as
Mr. Barton
1932
High Pressure as
Jimmy Moore
1932
The Woman from Monte Carlo as
Cmdr. Brambourg
1931
Safe in Hell as
Egan
1931
Silence as
Harry Silvers
1931
Quick Millions as
Kenneth Stone
1930
Czar of Broadway as
Morton Bradstreet
1930
All Quiet on the Western Front as
Himmelstoss
1929
New York Nights as
Joe Prividi
Writer
1931
Quick Millions (additional dialogue)
References
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