Acting

John Wray

Born February 12, 1887 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Died April 5, 1940 · aged 53

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 …

Known For

Gone with the Wind

Gone with the Wind · 1939

Gone with the Wind

The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era.

All Quiet on the Western Front

All Quiet on the Western Front · 1930

All Quiet on the Western Front

When a group of idealistic young men join the German Army during the Great War, they are assigned to the Western Front, where their patriotism is destroyed by the harsh realities of combat.

Golden Boy

Golden Boy · 1939

MovieDramaRomance

Despite his talent as a musician, a city boy decides to become a boxer. He's successful as a fighter — much to the dismay of his father. When gangsters try to buy a piece of him, he begins to have second thoughts.

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town · 1936

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

MovieComedyDrama

Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow moves to the big city where he becomes an instant target for everyone. Deeds outwits them all until Babe Bennett comes along. When small-town boy meets big-city girl anything can, and does, happen.

Swiss Family Robinson

Swiss Family Robinson · 1940

Swiss Family Robinson

A family setting out for a new life across the sea is shipwrecked on a deserted island. The family members collaborate to create a home for themselves in the jungle environment.

The Cat and the Canary

The Cat and the Canary · 1939

The Cat and the Canary

MovieComedyHorror

A group of potential heirs gather in a forbidding old house to learn which of them will inherit a fortune. Later, they learn that a flesh-rending maniac is loose.

You Only Live Once

You Only Live Once · 1937

You Only Live Once

MovieCrimeDrama

Based partially on the story of Bonnie and Clyde, Eddie Taylor is an ex-convict who cannot get a break after being released from prison. When he is framed for murder, Taylor is forced to flee with his wife Joan Graham and baby. While escaping prison after being sentenced to death, Taylor becomes a real murderer, condemning himself and Joan to a life of crime and death on the road.

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang · 1932

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

A World War I veteran’s dreams of becoming a master architect evaporate in the cold light of economic realities. Things get even worse when he’s falsely convicted of a crime and sent to work on a chain gang.

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Gone with the Wind

Gone with the Wind · 1939

Gone with the Wind

The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era.

Prison Gang Overseer (uncredited)

All Quiet on the Western Front

All Quiet on the Western Front · 1930

All Quiet on the Western Front

When a group of idealistic young men join the German Army during the Great War, they are assigned to the Western Front, where their patriotism is destroyed by the harsh realities of combat.

Himmelstoss

Golden Boy

Golden Boy · 1939

MovieDramaRomance

Despite his talent as a musician, a city boy decides to become a boxer. He's successful as a fighter — much to the dismay of his father. When gangsters try to buy a piece of him, he begins to have second thoughts.

Chocolate Drop's Manager

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town · 1936

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

MovieComedyDrama

Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow moves to the big city where he becomes an instant target for everyone. Deeds outwits them all until Babe Bennett comes along. When small-town boy meets big-city girl anything can, and does, happen.

Farmer

Swiss Family Robinson

Swiss Family Robinson · 1940

Swiss Family Robinson

A family setting out for a new life across the sea is shipwrecked on a deserted island. The family members collaborate to create a home for themselves in the jungle environment.

Ramsey

The Cat and the Canary

The Cat and the Canary · 1939

The Cat and the Canary

MovieComedyHorror

A group of potential heirs gather in a forbidding old house to learn which of them will inherit a fortune. Later, they learn that a flesh-rending maniac is loose.

Hendricks

You Only Live Once

You Only Live Once · 1937

You Only Live Once

MovieCrimeDrama

Based partially on the story of Bonnie and Clyde, Eddie Taylor is an ex-convict who cannot get a break after being released from prison. When he is framed for murder, Taylor is forced to flee with his wife Joan Graham and baby. While escaping prison after being sentenced to death, Taylor becomes a real murderer, condemning himself and Joan to a life of crime and death on the road.

Warden Wheeler

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang · 1932

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

A World War I veteran’s dreams of becoming a master architect evaporate in the cold light of economic realities. Things get even worse when he’s falsely convicted of a crime and sent to work on a chain gang.

Nordine (uncredited)

Doctor X

Doctor X · 1932

MovieHorrorThriller

A wisecracking New York reporter intrudes on a research scientist's quest to unmask The Moon Killer.

Dr. Haines

The Devil Is a Sissy

The Devil Is a Sissy · 1936

The Devil Is a Sissy

MovieComedyDrama

A well-bred young English lad living in lower Manhattan tries to gain acceptance from his not-so-well-bred peers at school.

Priest

Remember the Night

Remember the Night · 1940

Remember the Night

MovieComedyRomance

Unexpected love blossoms when an assistant district attorney agrees to take a recidivist shoplifter home so she doesn't have to spend Christmas alone in jail.

Hank

Bombay Mail

Bombay Mail · 1934

In India, a police inspector investigates a murder that took place on a train between Calcutta and Bombay.

Giovanni Martini

The Captain Hates the Sea

The Captain Hates the Sea · 1934

The Captain Hates the Sea

Alcoholic newspaperman Steve Bramley boards the San Capador for a restful cruise, hoping to quit drinking and begin writing a book. Also on board are Steve's friend Schulte, a private detective hoping to nab criminal Danny Checkett with a fortune in stolen bonds. Steve begins drinking, all the while observing the various stories of other passengers on board, several of whom turn out not to be who they seem to be.

Mr. Jeddock

Safe in Hell

Safe in Hell · 1931

MovieThrillerDrama

To avoid the rigors of the law, Gilda flees New Orleans and hides on a Caribbean island where the worst criminals can ask for asylum. Besieged by the scum of the earth, Gilda will soon find out that she has found refuge in hell.

Eagan

Boys Town

Boys Town · 1938

Devout but iron-willed Father Flanagan leads a community called Boys Town, a different sort of juvenile detention facility where, instead of being treated as underage criminals, the boys are shepherded into making themselves better people. But hard-nosed petty thief and pool shark Whitey Marsh, the impulsive and violent younger brother of an imprisoned murderer, might be too much for the good father's tough-love system.

Weasel (uncredited)

Sworn Enemy

Sworn Enemy · 1936

MovieRomanceCrime

A law student poses as a fight promoter to catch a notorious gangster.

Lang, a Gangster

We Who Are About to Die

We Who Are About to Die · 1937

We Who Are About to Die

MovieDramaCrime

John Thompson is kidnapped by mobsters after quitting his job. Then he is arrested, tried, and sentenced to death for murders they committed. A suspicious detective thinks he is innocent and works to save his life.

Jerry Daley

Each Dawn I Die

Each Dawn I Die · 1939

Each Dawn I Die

MovieCrimeDrama

A corrupt D.A. with governatorial ambitions is annoyed by an investigative reporter's criticism of his criminal activities and decides to frame the reporter for manslaughter in order to silence him.

Pete Kassock

The Death Kiss

The Death Kiss · 1932

MovieMysteryComedy

When a movie actor is shot and killed during production, the true feelings about the actor begin to surface. As the studio heads worry about negative publicity, one of the writers tags along as the killing is investigated and clues begin to surface.

Detective Lieut. Sheehan

Almost a Gentleman

Almost a Gentleman · 1939

Almost a Gentleman

MovieActionDrama

Saving a dog from the pound gets a man mixed up in murder.

'Crack' Williams

The Amazing Mr. Williams

The Amazing Mr. Williams · 1939

The Amazing Mr. Williams

MovieComedyMystery

Kenny Williams, a lieutenant on the homicide squad, is engaged to Maxine Carroll, the Mayor's secretary. Or isn't he rather married with his job? For each time he has a date with his longtime fiancée, he is prevented from keeping it by his devotion to duty. Maxine, in desperation, decides to take action and bring Kenny to the altar. Who will win, Maxine's curves or the glorious fight against crime?

Stanley

The Great Hotel Murder

The Great Hotel Murder · 1935

The Great Hotel Murder

Crime novelist Roger Blackwood competes with hotel house detective Andy McCabe in solving a murder by poisoning at a medical convention.

Feets Moore

A Man to Remember

A Man to Remember · 1938

A Man to Remember

MovieDramaRomance

On the day of his funeral, a dedicated smalltown doctor is remembered by his neighbors and patients.

Tom Johnson

Frisco Kid

Frisco Kid · 1935

MovieAdventureRomance

After a roustabout sailor avoids being shanghaied in 1850s San Francisco, his audacity helps him rise to a position of power in the vice industry of the infamous Barbary Coast.

The Weasel