Occupation Actor Spouse Gertrude Carr (m. ?–1944) Role Character actor | Name Nat Carr Years active 1923–41 | |
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Full Name Natan Krechevsky Movies The Jazz Singer, The Red Blood of Courage, Bank Alarm, I Can't Escape, Two Plus Fours Similar People Anatole Litvak, Edwin L Marin, Edmund Goulding, Maurice Gleize, Otto Brower | ||
Nat Carr (August 12, 1886 - July 6, 1944) was an American character actor of the silent and early talking picture eras. During his eighteen-year career, Carr appeared in over 100 films, most of them features.
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Life and career
Carr was born on August 12, 1886, in Poltava in the Russian Empire (now part of Ukraine). In 1887, his family emigrated to the United States. Carr entered the film industry in the 1925 film, His People, in the featured role of Chaim Barowitz. Although he may have appeared in an earlier film, 1923's Little Johnny Jones. He appeared in the featured role of Levi in the The Jazz Singer, the first picture with synchronized sound dialogue in 1927. In 1929 Carr co-wrote the story (with Mark Sandrich) for the film, The Talk of Hollywood, in which he also starred. Other notable films in which he appeared include: as a waiter in Raoul Walsh's 1939 crime drama, The Roaring Twenties, starring James Cagney, Priscilla Lane, and Humphrey Bogart; in the role of Crocker in the 1939 Western, Dodge City, starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland; as one of the doctors in the Bette Davis tour de force, Dark Victory, which also starred Bogart and George Brent; and as one of the reporters in the 1941 war classic, Sergeant York, starring Gary Cooper. Carr's final screen performance was as a tourist in the 1941 comedy mystery, Passage from Hong Kong.
Carr died on July 6, 1944, in Hollywood, California, and was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.
Filmography
Actor
1941
Jesse James at Bay as
Andrew Collins (uncredited)
1941
Passage from Hong Kong as
Tourist (uncredited)
1941
Manpower as
28 Club Waiter (uncredited)
1941
Highway West as
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
1941
Sergeant York as
Reporter (uncredited)
1941
Million Dollar Baby (scenes deleted)
1941
Affectionately Yours as
Delicatessen Proprietor (uncredited)
1941
Knockout as
Undetermined Secondary Role (scenes deleted)
1940
Gambling on the High Seas as
Gambling Ship Attendant (uncredited)
1940
A Fugitive from Justice as
Druggist Richards (uncredited)
1940
'Til We Meet Again as
Assistant Purser (uncredited)
1940
King of the Lumberjacks as
'Shorty', First Waiter
1940
Teddy the Rough Rider (Short) as
Reporter (uncredited)
1940
Castle on the Hudson as
Reporter (uncredited)
1940
Granny Get Your Gun as
Wadsworth
1940
Calling Philo Vance as
2nd Photographer (uncredited)
1940
Know Your Money (Short) as
Bank Teller (uncredited)
1939
The Return of Doctor X as
Reporter (uncredited)
1939
Kid Nightingale as
California Boxing Commissioner Representative (uncredited)
1939
The Roaring Twenties as
Waiter (uncredited)
1939
Smashing the Money Ring as
Prison Doctor (uncredited)
1939
Pride of the Blue Grass as
Clerk (uncredited)
1939
Slapsie Maxie's (Short) as
Waiter (uncredited)
1939
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase as
Policeman (uncredited)
1939
Angels Wash Their Faces as
Driver (scenes deleted)
1939
Everybody's Hobby as
Jim Blake
1939
Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite as
Book Store Clerk
1939
Dust Be My Destiny as
Film Developer (uncredited)
1939
The Cowboy Quarterback as
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
1939
Indianapolis Speedway as
Spectator (uncredited)
1939
Daughters Courageous as
Court Clerk (uncredited)
1939
Naughty But Nice as
Extra in Nightclub (uncredited)
1939
Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter as
Man in Sheriff's Office (uncredited)
1939
The Kid from Kokomo as
Court Clerk (uncredited)
1939
Dark Victory as
Doctor (uncredited)
1939
Women in the Wind as
Salesman (uncredited)
1939
The Man Who Dared as
Messenger with Warning Note (uncredited)
1939
Dodge City as
Crocker (uncredited)
1939
On Trial as
Clerk
1939
The Adventures of Jane Arden as
Mr. Watson (uncredited)
1939
Secret Service of the Air as
Drunk at Bar (uncredited)
1939
Nancy Drew... Reporter as
Dr. Carey (uncredited)
1939
They Made Me a Criminal as
Haskell (uncredited)
1939
Devil's Island as
Court Clerk (uncredited)
1939
King of the Underworld as
Second Villager (uncredited)
1938
Comet Over Broadway as
Haines
1938
Torchy Gets Her Man as
Mr. Schmidt (uncredited)
1938
Hard to Get as
Construction Foreman (uncredited)
1938
Girls on Probation as
Pawnbroker (uncredited)
1938
The Sisters as
Man at Johnson's Party (uncredited)
1938
Broadway Musketeers as
Police Station Clerk (uncredited)
1938
Garden of the Moon as
Joe - Food Store Owner (uncredited)
1938
Valley of the Giants as
Bank Clerk (uncredited)
1938
Racket Busters as
Merchant (uncredited)
1938
My Bill as
Frank - Last Man Buying Newpaper (uncredited)
1937
Portia on Trial as
1st Committeeman
1937
Bank Alarm as
Yoritz
1936
All American Chump as
Schwartz (uncredited)
1936
The Story of 'The Jonker Diamond' (Documentary short) as
La Zarre Kaplan (uncredited)
1936
Next Time We Love as
Assistant (uncredited)
1935
Here Comes the Band as
Tailor (uncredited)
1935
Pardon My Scotch (Short) as
Mr. Martin
1935
The Red Blood of Courage as
Dr. Meyer
1934
Contented Calves (Short) as
Mr. Marx
1934
I Can't Escape as
Mr. Watson - Clothier
1934
Marrying Widows
1934
Wrong Direction (Short) as
Garner - the Producer
1934
Cracked Shots (Short) as
Kelly, Auto Renter
1934
Hips, Hips, Hooray! as
Gas Station Proprietor (uncredited)
1933
Rainbow Over Broadway as
Sanfield
1933
Big Time or Bust as
Lew Feld
1933
What Fur (Short)
1933
Knee Deep in Music (Short)
1933
Melody Cruise as
Traveler Advised to Go West (uncredited)
1933
A Merchant of Menace (Short) as
Store Owner
1933
Hip Zip Hooray (Short) as
Mr. Marx
1933
Hey, Nanny Nanny (Short) as
Burston the Magician
1932
The Man from Arizona as
Moe Ginsberg
1932
Union Depot as
Magazine Counter Clerk (uncredited)
1932
High Pressure as
Jewish Man at Pep Talk (uncredited)
1931
His People
1931
Night Class (Short)
1931
Open House (Short)
1931
Humanettes No. 7 (Short) as
Professor Ginsberg
1931
50 Million Frenchmen as
Jewish Tourist
1931
Campus Champs (Short)
1930
Trader Ginsberg (Short) as
Trader Ginsberg
1930
Traffic Tangle (Short) as
Max Ginsberg
1930
Two Plus Fours (Short) as
Ripstitch the Tailor
1930
Red Heads (Short) as
Shop Owner
1930
General Ginsberg (Short) as
Private Ginsberg, aka General Ginsberg
1930
Gunboat Ginsberg (Short) as
Gunboat Ginsberg
1929
One Gun Ginsburg
1929
The Talk of Hollywood as
J. Pierpont Ginsburg
1929
Wall Street as
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
1929
Two Gun Ginsberg (Short) as
Two Gun Ginsberg
1928
Madonna of the Sleeping Cars
1927
The Jazz Singer as
Levi (uncredited)
1927
The Love Thrill as
Solomon
1927
A Small Town Princess (Short) as
J. Arthur Ginsberg - Producer
1926
April Fool as
Moisha Ginsburg
1926
Private Izzy Murphy as
The Shadchen, Moe Ginsberg
1926
Her Big Night as
Mr. Harmon
1926
Millionaires as
Maurice, Reba's Husband
1926
Kosher Kitty Kelly as
Moses Ginsburg
1926
The Mystery Club as
Eric Hudson
1926
Watch Your Wife as
Benjamin Harris
1926
The Cohens and Kellys as
Milton J. Katz
1925
His People as
Chaim Barowitz
1923
Little Johnny Jones
Writer
1932
Ma's Pride and Joy (Short)
1931
Campus Champs (Short) (story)
1930
Trader Ginsberg (Short)
1930
General Ginsberg (Short) (additional dialogue)
1930
Gunboat Ginsberg (Short)
1929
The Talk of Hollywood (story)
1917
A Maiden's Trust (Short)
Soundtrack
1929
The Talk of Hollywood (performer: "Sarah" - uncredited)
Self
1933
Transatlantic Bridge Tricks (Short) as
Self - Bridge Player
Archive Footage
2004
Stooges Slap Happy Hour (TV Series) as
Mr. Martin
- Pardon My Scotch/Hoi Polloi (2004) - Mr. Martin
1956
MGM Parade (TV Series documentary) as
La Zarre Kaplan
- Episode #1.17 (1956) - La Zarre Kaplan (uncredited)
References
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