John Wray
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Male
Birthday 1887-02-12
Deathday 1940-04-05 (53 years old)
Place of Birth Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As John Griffith Malloy
John Wray
Biography
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
Actor
as Joe, the Farmer (uncredited)
as Mr. Carpenter
as Ramsey
as Bowers the Printer
as Hank
as Stanley
as Hendricks
as Convict Diggs
as Chocolate Drop's Manager
as Chris Hays
as Pete Kassock
as Poultry Truck Driver
as 'Crack' Williams
as Prison Gang Overseer (uncredited)
as Silas
as Metcalfe
as Tom Johnson
as Howell
as Weasel (uncredited)
as Dr. Sparks
as Joe Turner
as Head Lawyer
as Maddock
as Herbert Sandford
as J. Z. Wray
as Walling
as Brother Nameless
as Guard Rumann
as Joe Peters
as Roebling
as Hank Simmerson
as Warden Wheeler
as Jerry Daley
as Sparks
as George Darnley
as Shane
as Priest
as Lang, a Gangster
as Gas Station Owner
as Flagin
as Farmer
as The Weasel
as Fred Larkin
as Mitts Coster
as Sam Hammond
as Mike Gibbons
as Feets Moore
as Antonio Poricci
as Fletcher
as Mr. Jeddock
as Slug
as Michael Cooney
as Jason Getty
as Inspector Crofton
as Carter
as Willie McGuire
as Higgins
as Giovanni Martini
as Bill O'Neal
as Mitika, the Gypsy Contact
as Foreman of Janitors
as Robert Smiley
as Detective Lieut. Sheehan
as Nordine (uncredited)
as Dr. Haines
as Hugo
as Clark Davis
as The Frog
as Mr. Barton
as Jimmy Moore
as Cmdr. Brambourg
as Eagan
as Harry Silvers
as Kenneth Stone
as Morton Bradstreet
as Himmelstoss
as Joe Prividi
Crew
as Additional Dialogue