John Wray

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

Known For: Acting

Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 1887-02-12

Died: 1940-04-05

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1929	New York Nights	Joe Prividi	48
2	1930	All Quiet on the Western Front	Himmelstoss	78
3	1930	The Czar of Broadway	Morton Bradstreet	0
4	1931	Quick Millions	Kenneth Stone	71
5	1931	Silence	Harry Silvers	75
6	1931	Safe in Hell	Eagan	68
7	1932	The Woman from Monte Carlo	Cmdr. Brambourg	50
8	1932	High Pressure	Jimmy Moore	60
9	1932	The Mouthpiece	Mr. Barton	59
10	1932	The Miracle Man	The Frog	57
11	1932	The Rich Are Always with Us	Clark Davis	52
12	1932	Miss Pinkerton	Hugo	57
13	1932	Doctor X	Dr. Haines	60
14	1932	I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang	Nordine (uncredited)	78
15	1932	The Death Kiss	Detective Lieut. Sheehan	51
16	1932	Central Park	Robert Smiley	52
17	1932	The Match King	Foreman of Janitors	66
18	1933	After Tonight	Mitika, the Gypsy Contact	63
19	1933	Lone Cowboy	Bill O'Neal	35
20	1934	The Big Shakedown	Higgins	56
21	1934	Bombay Mail	Giovanni Martini	60
22	1934	The Crosby Case	Willie McGuire	42
23	1934	Green Eyes	Inspector Crofton	52
24	1934	Most Precious Thing in Life	Carter	52
25	1934	The Defense Rests	Michael Cooney	70
26	1934	Fifteen Wives	Jason Getty	10
27	1934	Embarrassing Moments	Slug	0
28	1934	The Captain Hates the Sea	Mr. Jeddock	65
29	1934	I'll Fix It	Fletcher	0
30	1934	I Am a Thief	Antonio Poricci	60
31	1935	The Great Hotel Murder	Feets Moore	58
32	1935	Ladies Love Danger		0
33	1935	Men Without Names	Sam Hammond	60
34	1935	Stranded	Mike Gibbons	58
35	1935	Atlantic Adventure	Mitts Coster	55
36	1935	Bad Boy	Fred Larkin	50
37	1935	Frisco Kid	The Weasel	68
38	1936	Mr. Deeds Goes to Town	Farmer	75
39	1936	Poor Little Rich Girl	Flagin	66
40	1936	A Son Comes Home	Gas Station Owner	10
41	1936	Sworn Enemy	Lang, a Gangster	53
42	1936	The Devil Is a Sissy	Priest	69
43	1936	The President's Mystery	Shane	53
44	1936	Valiant Is the Word for Carrie	George Darnley	64
45	1936	A Man Betrayed	Sparks	60
46	1937	We Who Are About to Die	Jerry Daley	68
47	1937	You Only Live Once	Warden Wheeler	71
48	1937	Outcast	Hank Simmerson	0
49	1937	Circus Girl	Roebling	40
50	1937	The Devil Is Driving	Joe Peters	50
51	1937	On Such a Night	Guard Rumann	0
52	1937	The Women Men Marry	Brother Nameless	55
53	1938	The Black Doll	Walling	53
54	1938	What Price Safety!	J. Z. Wray	60
55	1938	Making the Headlines	Herbert Sandford	0
56	1938	Gangs of New York	Maddock	49
57	1938	Professor Beware	Head Lawyer	61
58	1938	Tenth Avenue Kid	Joe Turner	50
59	1938	Spawn of the North	Dr. Sparks	56
60	1938	Boys Town	Weasel (uncredited)	67
61	1938	Crime Takes a Holiday	Howell	0
62	1938	A Man to Remember	Tom Johnson	65
63	1939	Pacific Liner	Metcalfe	53
64	1939	Risky Business	Silas	60
65	1939	Almost a Gentleman	'Crack' Williams	60
66	1939	Winter Carnival	Poultry Truck Driver	60
67	1939	Each Dawn I Die	Pete Kassock	68
68	1939	Smuggled Cargo	Chris Hays	0
69	1939	Golden Boy	Chocolate Drop's Manager	65
70	1939	Blackmail	Convict Diggs	64
71	1939	The Cat and the Canary	Hendricks	70
72	1939	The Amazing Mr. Williams	Stanley	58
73	1939	Gone with the Wind	Prison Gang Overseer (uncredited)	79
74	1940	Remember the Night	Hank	73
75	1940	Know Your Money	Bowers the Printer	90
76	1940	Swiss Family Robinson	Ramsey	55
77	1940	The Man from Dakota	Mr. Carpenter	53
78	1940	Outside the Three-Mile Limit	Ship's Captain (uncredited)	40
79	1940	The Doctor Takes a Wife	Joe, the Farmer (uncredited)	64

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