Acting
John Wray
EN cinema · 79 credits
Born
12 February 1887
Died
5 April 1940 (aged 53)
Birthplace
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Also known as John Griffith Malloy
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
Filmography
The Man from Dakota
as Mr. Carpenter
Swiss Family Robinson
as Ramsey
The Doctor Takes a Wife
as Joe, the Farmer (uncredited)
Know Your Money
as Bowers the Printer
Outside the Three-Mile Limit
as Ship's Captain (uncredited)
Each Dawn I Die
as Pete Kassock
Blackmail
as Convict Diggs
Almost a Gentleman
as 'Crack' Williams
Risky Business
as Silas
The Amazing Mr. Williams
as Stanley
The Cat and the Canary
as Hendricks
Pacific Liner
as Metcalfe
Gone with the Wind
as Prison Gang Overseer (uncredited)
Golden Boy
as Chocolate Drop's Manager
Smuggled Cargo
as Chris Hays
Winter Carnival
as Poultry Truck Driver
Spawn of the North
as Dr. Sparks
Tenth Avenue Kid
as Joe Turner
What Price Safety!
as J. Z. Wray
A Man to Remember
as Tom Johnson
Gangs of New York
as Maddock
The Black Doll
as Walling
Professor Beware
as Head Lawyer
Making the Headlines
as Herbert Sandford
Boys Town
as Weasel (uncredited)
Crime Takes a Holiday
as Howell
You Only Live Once
as Warden Wheeler
Circus Girl
as Roebling
The Devil Is Driving
as Joe Peters
We Who Are About to Die
as Jerry Daley
On Such a Night
as Guard Rumann
The Women Men Marry
as Brother Nameless
Outcast
as Hank Simmerson
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
as Farmer
A Man Betrayed
as Sparks
The Devil Is a Sissy
as Priest
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
as George Darnley
Sworn Enemy
as Lang, a Gangster
A Son Comes Home
as Gas Station Owner
Poor Little Rich Girl
as Flagin
Frisco Kid
as The Weasel
Atlantic Adventure
as Mitts Coster
Bad Boy
as Fred Larkin
Men Without Names
as Gangster Sam "Red" Hammond
Stranded
as Mike Gibbons
The Great Hotel Murder
as Feets Moore
Green Eyes
as Inspector Crofton
The Big Shakedown
as Higgins
The Defense Rests
as Michael Cooney
I Am a Thief
as Antonio Poricci
Fifteen Wives
as Jason Getty
The Captain Hates the Sea
as Mr. Jeddock
Bombay Mail
as Giovanni Martini
The Crosby Case
as Willie McGuire
I'll Fix It
as Fletcher
Lone Cowboy
as Bill O'Neal
After Tonight
as Mitika, the Gypsy Contact
Doctor X
as Dr. Haines
High Pressure
as Jimmy Moore
The Rich Are Always with Us
as Clark Davis
The Mouthpiece
as Mr. Barton
The Match King
as Foreman of Janitors
Central Park
as Robert Smiley
Miss Pinkerton
as Hugo
The Woman from Monte Carlo
as Cmdr. Brambourg
The Miracle Man
as The Frog
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
as Nordine (uncredited)
The Death Kiss
as Detective Lieut. Sheehan
Safe in Hell
as Eagan
Quick Millions
as Kenneth Stone, Additional Dialogue
Silence
as Harry Silvers
All Quiet on the Western Front
as Himmelstoss
The Czar of Broadway
as Morton Bradstreet
New York Nights
as Joe Prividi