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
Gone with the Wind
as Prison Gang Overseer (uncredited)The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical...
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All Quiet on the Western Front
as HimmelstossWhen a group of idealistic young men join the German Army during the Great War, they are...
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Remember the Night
as HankUnexpected love blossoms when an assistant district attorney agrees to take a recidivist...
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I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
as Nordine (uncredited)A World War I veteran’s dreams of becoming a master architect evaporate in the cold light of...
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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
as FarmerLongfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies...
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You Only Live Once
as Warden WheelerBased partially on the story of Bonnie and Clyde, Eddie Taylor is an ex-convict who cannot get a...
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Doctor X
as Dr. HainesA wisecracking New York reporter intrudes on a research scientist's quest to unmask The Moon Killer.
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Golden Boy
as Chocolate Drop's ManagerDespite his talent as a musician, a city boy decides to become a boxer. He's successful as a...
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The Cat and the Canary
as HendricksTen years after the death of millionaire Cyrus Norman, his will is to be read out to his six...
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The Rich Are Always with Us
as Clark DavisA wealthy couple's marriage is falling apart due to the man's infidelity. The wife's male friend...
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Boys Town
as Weasel (uncredited)Devout but iron-willed Father Flanagan leads a community called Boys Town, a different sort of...
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Safe in Hell
as EaganTo avoid the rigors of the law, Gilda flees New Orleans and hides on a Caribbean island where...
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Each Dawn I Die
as Pete KassockA corrupt D.A. with governatorial ambitions is annoyed by an investigative reporter's criticism...
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The Woman from Monte Carlo
as Cmdr. BrambourgOn the eve of WW-I the French Navy ship Lafayette returns to its Toulon base for one night....
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Frisco Kid
as The WeaselAfter a roustabout sailor avoids being shanghaied in 1850s San Francisco, his audacity helps him...
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The Devil Is a Sissy
as PriestA well-bred young English lad living in lower Manhattan tries to gain acceptance from his...
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Gangs of New York
as MaddockAn undercover cop infiltrates a powerful New York based crime syndicate.
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Poor Little Rich Girl
as FlaginCossetted and bored, Barbara Barry is finally sent off to school by her busy if doting widowed...
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The Mouthpiece
as Mr. BartonA prosecutor quits his job and becomes a defense attorney when he finds out that a man he got...
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The President's Mystery
as ShaneThe screenplay for this mystery is based upon a story suggested to Liberty Magazine by President...
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Miss Pinkerton
as HugoScion of the once-rich Mitchell family, Herbert Wynn is found shot to death. Nurse Adams, bored...
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Swiss Family Robinson
as RamseyA family setting out for a new life across the sea is shipwrecked on a deserted island. The...
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Sworn Enemy
as Lang, a GangsterA law student poses as a fight promoter to catch a notorious gangster.
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Almost a Gentleman
as 'Crack' WilliamsSaving a dog from the pound gets a man mixed up in murder.
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Stranded
as Mike GibbonsA Traveler's Aid worker who delights in solving people's problems gets mixed up with gangsters.
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The Amazing Mr. Williams
as StanleyKenny Williams, a lieutenant on the homicide squad, is engaged to Maxine Carroll, the Mayor's...
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The Defense Rests
as Michael CooneyA sleazy lawyer's female assistant sets out to end his cheating ways.
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Quick Millions
as Kenneth StoneA truck driver "too lazy to work and too nervous to steal" gets mixed up in racketeering....
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The Big Shakedown
as HigginsFormer bootlegger Dutch Barnes pressures neighborhood druggist Jimmy Morrell into making...
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The Match King
as Foreman of JanitorsUnscrupulous Chicago janitor Paul Kroll uses deceit to fund a return trip to his homeland of...
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A Man to Remember
as Tom JohnsonOn the day of his funeral, a dedicated smalltown doctor is remembered by his neighbors and patients.
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High Pressure
as Jimmy MooreGar Evans is a con artist, who pretends to be the owner of a "Golden Gate Artificial Rubber...
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Blackmail
as Convict DiggsA fugitive from a chain gang becomes an oil-well firefighter and meets the man who framed him.
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The Death Kiss
as Detective Lieut. SheehanWhen a movie actor is shot and killed during production, the true feelings about the actor begin...
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The Great Hotel Murder
as Feets MooreCrime novelist Roger Blackwood competes with hotel house detective Andy McCabe in solving a...
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We Who Are About to Die
as Jerry DaleyJohn Thompson is kidnapped by mobsters after quitting his job. Then he is arrested, tried, and...
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I'll Fix It
as FletcherA power-broker ward-heeler, Bill Grimes, wields more power than the elected politicians and has...
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The Doctor Takes a Wife
as Joe, the Farmer (uncredited)A best-selling author of women's issues and a medical academic find it is to their mutual...
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The Crosby Case
as Willie McGuireFormer lovers get together to clear themselves when the police suspect them of murder.
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I Am a Thief
as Antonio PoricciA man dodges jewel thieves while carrying a fortune in diamonds on the Orient Express.
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Professor Beware
as Head LawyerEgyptologist, Dean Lambert, accused of car-theft, skips bail and begins a cross-country trek to...
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After Tonight
as Mitika, the Gypsy ContactWhen war is declared in 1914, glamorous Russian Carla Vanirska manages to get to Vienna from...
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A Man Betrayed
as SparksA businessman during the Great Depression discovers that his partners are crooked con-men, and...
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Men Without Names
as Sam HammondA G-man woos a newswoman and corners bank robbers with a hostage in a factory.
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New York Nights
as Joe PrividiShow girl Jill Deverne is married to song writer Fred Deverne, and everyone is involved in the...
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Bombay Mail
as Giovanni MartiniIn India, a police inspector investigates a murder that took place on a train between Calcutta...
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A Son Comes Home
as Gas Station OwnerA mother experiences the torment of discovering that her own son is a killer.
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Outcast
as Hank SimmersonA physician in a small town suddenly finds himself the object of vilification and persecution...
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Making the Headlines
as Herbert SandfordAngry, because he is making too many headlines with his gang-busting activities, the police...
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Risky Business
as SilasRadio commentator Dan Clifford takes desperate chances to save the life of a young girl who has...
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Spawn of the North
as Dr. SparksTwo Alaskan salmon fisherman find their friendship at risk when one aligns with Russian fish...
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The Miracle Man
as The FrogA gang of crooks evade the police by moving their operations to a small town. There the gang's...
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Embarrassing Moments
as SlugJerry Randolph is an inveterate and obnoxious practical joker. Things take a serious turn when...
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The Women Men Marry
as Brother NamelessA newsman with a no-good wife exposes a religious racket with a newswoman who loves him.
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On Such a Night
as Guard RumannWhen her husband is accused of murder, an actress tries to prove his innocence.
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Green Eyes
as Inspector CroftonThe owner of a large mansion in the country throws a costume party for some of his friends....
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Bad Boy
as Fred LarkinAn unemployed loafer who spends his time playing pool decides he's ready to look for a job so he...
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The Man from Dakota
as Mr. CarpenterA frontier scout, a Boston officer and a Russian girl escape with a map past Confederates.
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Central Park
as Robert SmileyTwo destitute New Yorkers meet cute in Central Park and then separate and independently get...
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Pacific Liner
as MetcalfeThe S. S. Arcturus sails from Shanghai to San Francisco, and Dr. Jim Craig takes the post of...
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Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
as George DarnleyCarrie Snyder is a prostitute, who is forced out of the fictional southern town of Crebillon,...
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Most Precious Thing in Life
as CarterAn unwed mother watches as her illegitimate son is raised by others. Director Lambert Hillyer's...
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The Captain Hates the Sea
as Mr. JeddockAlcoholic newspaperman Steve Bramley boards the San Capador for a restful cruise, hoping to quit...
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Lone Cowboy
as Bill O'NealYoung Scooter O’Neal, orphaned after his father’s suicide, is sent out West to live with family...
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Silence
as Harry SilversA gray-haired convict, within the shadows of the gallows, tells his story to the prison chaplain...
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Smuggled Cargo
as Chris HaysWhen a sudden cold snap hits the Imperial Valley in California, orange growers fear that frost...
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The Black Doll
as WallingNicholas Rood, dishonest mine owner, finds a Black Doll on his desk and knows that vengeance is...
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Winter Carnival
as Poultry Truck DriverA divorced glamour girl keeps warm with a professor amid sports and romance at Dartmouth...
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Circus Girl
as RoeblingA jealous trapeze star decides he must eliminate his romantic rival.
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Tenth Avenue Kid
as Joe TurnerIn this drama, a 12-year-old boy becomes an orphan after seeing a detective shoot his father....
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What Price Safety!
as J. Z. WrayRacketeers muscle in on construction business, use inferior materials, make big profits and...
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Fifteen Wives
as Jason GettyShortly after his arrival from South America to New York, Steven Humbolt is found dead in his...
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The Devil Is Driving
as Joe PetersIn the fine tradition of And Sudden Death, Columbia's The Devil is Driving tabulates the dangers...
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Atlantic Adventure
as Mitts CosterWhen reporter Dan Miller is once again late to meet his girl friend, Helen Murdock, because he...
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Know Your Money
as Bowers the PrinterThis MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short tells the fictitious story of a bill counterfeiting...
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The Czar of Broadway
as Morton BradstreetMort Bradley, New York political boss and underworld czar, controls not only the city's most...
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Crime Takes a Holiday
as HowellA district attorney uses psychology to expose a criminal gang by publicizing the prosecution of...
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Ladies Love Danger
as uncreditedA mystery-comedy with multiple backgrounds set in a back-stage and penthouse backgrounds finds...
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