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Full Name
  
Max Goldsmith

Role
  
Screenwriter

Name
  
Marc Lawrence


Years active
  
1932–2003

Occupation
  
Actor

TV shows
  
Monty, Pride & Joy

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Born
  
February 17, 1910 (
1910-02-17
)
New York City, New York, U.S.

Died
  
November 28, 2005(2005-11-28) (aged 95)Palm Springs, California, U.S.

Resting place
  
Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery

Spouse(s)
  
Fanya Foss (1942–1995; her death; 2 children)Alicia Lawrence (2003–2005; his death)

Children
  
Michael LawrenceToni Lawrence

Education
  
Binghamton University (1981)

Nominations
  
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series

Movies
  
The Rewrite, Music and Lyrics, Two Weeks Notice, Did You Hear About the Morg, Miss Congeniality

Similar People
  
Hugh Grant, Jason Antoon, Chris Elliott, Marisa Tomei, Katie Ford

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Marc Lawrence (February 17, 1910 – November 28, 2005) was an American character actor who specialized in underworld types. He has also been credited as F. A. Foss, Marc Laurence and Marc C. Lawrence.

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Personal life

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Lawrence was born as Max Goldsmith in New York City, the son of a Polish Jewish mother, Minerva Norma (née Sugarman), and a Russian Jewish father, Israel Simon Goldsmith. He participated in plays in school, then attended the City College of New York. He married Odessa-born novelist and screenwriter Fanya Foss, with whom he had two children; she died on December 12, 1995. Lawrence died of heart failure on November 28, 2005 at the age of 95. He was buried at Westwood Memorial Park in Westwood, California. His son, Michael Lawrence, is a writer and artist based on the Greek island of Hydra, whose book, My Voyage In Art, details his meetings with various of his father's actor friends; while at UCLA he befriended the singer-songwriter James Douglas "Jim" Morrison. His daughter, actress Toni Lawrence, was once married to actor Billy Bob Thornton and starred in his film Daddy's Girl.

Career

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In 1930, Lawrence befriended another young actor, John Garfield. The two appeared in a number of plays before Lawrence was given a film contract with Columbia Pictures. Lawrence appeared in films beginning in 1931. Garfield followed, starting his film career in 1938. Lawrence's pock-marked complexion, brooding appearance and New York street-guy accent made him a natural for heavies, and he played scores of gangsters and mob bosses over the next six decades. Later, Lawrence found himself under scrutiny for his political leanings. When called before the House Un-American Activities Committee, he admitted he had once been a member of the Communist Party. He named Sterling Hayden, Lionel Stander, Anne Revere, Larry Parks, Karen Morley and Jeff Corey as Communists. He was blacklisted and departed for Europe, where he continued to make films. Following the demise of the blacklist, he returned to America and resumed his position as a familiar and talented purveyor of gangland types. He played gangsters in two James Bond movies: 1971's Diamonds Are Forever opposite Sean Connery, and 1974's The Man with the Golden Gun opposite Roger Moore. He also portrayed a henchman opposite Laurence Olivier in Marathon Man (1976) and a stereotypical Miami mob boss alongside Jerry Reed and Dom DeLuise in the comedy Hot Stuff (1979).

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One of his last roles was as Mr. Zeemo in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Badda-Bing Badda-Bang", which aired in February 1999. Previously he played the elderly Gatherer Volnoth in the 1989 Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Vengeance Factor".

In 1991 Lawrence's autobiography was published entitled Long Time No See: Confessions of a Hollywood Gangster (ISBN 0-9636700-0-X). Lawrence was also the subject of a novel, The Beautiful and the Profane (ISBN 978-1-4107-0292-0) (published in 2002).

His final film role was in Looney Tunes Back in Action (2003), appearing as an Acme Corporation vice president.

References

Marc Lawrence Wikipedia


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