John Wray
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Feb 12, 1887
- Died
- Apr 5, 1940 (aged 53)
- Place of birth
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Credits
- 79
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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).
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Known for
Gone with the Wind
1939Movie
Prison Gang Overseer (uncredited)
All Quiet on the Western Front
1930Movie
Himmelstoss
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936Movie
Farmer
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
1932Movie
Nordine (uncredited)
You Only Live Once
1937Movie
Warden Wheeler
Remember the Night
1940Movie
Hank
Filmography
The Doctor Takes a Wife
1940Movie
Joe, the Farmer (uncredited)
Outside the Three-Mile Limit
1940Movie
Ship's Captain (uncredited)
The Man from Dakota
1940Movie
Mr. Carpenter
Swiss Family Robinson
1940Movie
Ramsey
Know Your Money
1940Movie
Bowers the Printer
Remember the Night
1940Movie
Hank
Gone with the Wind
1939Movie
Prison Gang Overseer (uncredited)
The Amazing Mr. Williams
1939Movie
Stanley
The Cat and the Canary
1939Movie
Hendricks
Blackmail
1939Movie
Convict Diggs
Golden Boy
1939Movie
Chocolate Drop's Manager
Smuggled Cargo
1939Movie
Chris Hays
Each Dawn I Die
1939Movie
Pete Kassock
Winter Carnival
1939Movie
Poultry Truck Driver
Almost a Gentleman
1939Movie
'Crack' Williams
Risky Business
1939Movie
Silas
Pacific Liner
1939Movie
Metcalfe
A Man to Remember
1938Movie
Tom Johnson
Crime Takes a Holiday
1938Movie
Howell
Boys Town
1938Movie
Weasel (uncredited)
Spawn of the North
1938Movie
Dr. Sparks
Tenth Avenue Kid
1938Movie
Joe Turner
Professor Beware
1938Movie
Head Lawyer
Gangs of New York
1938Movie
Maddock
Making the Headlines
1938Movie
Herbert Sandford
What Price Safety!
1938Movie
J. Z. Wray
The Black Doll
1938Movie
Walling
The Women Men Marry
1937Movie
Brother Nameless
On Such a Night
1937Movie
Guard Rumann
The Devil Is Driving
1937Movie
Joe Peters
Circus Girl
1937Movie
Roebling
Outcast
1937Movie
Hank Simmerson
You Only Live Once
1937Movie
Warden Wheeler
We Who Are About to Die
1937Movie
Jerry Daley
A Man Betrayed
1936Movie
Sparks
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
1936Movie
George Darnley
The President's Mystery
1936Movie
Shane
The Devil Is a Sissy
1936Movie
Priest
Sworn Enemy
1936Movie
Lang, a Gangster
A Son Comes Home
1936Movie
Gas Station Owner
Poor Little Rich Girl
1936Movie
Flagin
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936Movie
Farmer
Frisco Kid
1935Movie
The Weasel
Bad Boy
1935Movie
Fred Larkin
Atlantic Adventure
1935Movie
Mitts Coster
Men Without Names
1935Movie
Gangster Sam "Red" Hammond
Stranded
1935Movie
Mike Gibbons
Ladies Love Danger
1935Movie
The Great Hotel Murder
1935Movie
Feets Moore
I Am a Thief
1934Movie
Antonio Poricci
I'll Fix It
1934Movie
Fletcher
The Captain Hates the Sea
1934Movie
Mr. Jeddock
Embarrassing Moments
1934Movie
Slug
The Defense Rests
1934Movie
Michael Cooney
Fifteen Wives
1934Movie
Jason Getty
Green Eyes
1934Movie
Inspector Crofton
Most Precious Thing in Life
1934Movie
Carter
The Crosby Case
1934Movie
Willie McGuire
The Big Shakedown
1934Movie
Higgins
Bombay Mail
1934Movie
Giovanni Martini
Lone Cowboy
1933Movie
Bill O'Neal
After Tonight
1933Movie
Mitika, the Gypsy Contact
The Match King
1932Movie
Foreman of Janitors
Central Park
1932Movie
Robert Smiley
The Death Kiss
1932Movie
Detective Lieut. Sheehan
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
1932Movie
Nordine (uncredited)
Doctor X
1932Movie
Dr. Haines
Miss Pinkerton
1932Movie
Hugo
The Rich Are Always with Us
1932Movie
Clark Davis
The Miracle Man
1932Movie
The Frog
The Mouthpiece
1932Movie
Mr. Barton
High Pressure
1932Movie
Jimmy Moore
The Woman from Monte Carlo
1932Movie
Cmdr. Brambourg
Safe in Hell
1931Movie
Eagan
Silence
1931Movie
Harry Silvers
Quick Millions
1931Movie
Kenneth Stone
The Czar of Broadway
1930Movie
Morton Bradstreet
All Quiet on the Western Front
1930Movie
Himmelstoss
New York Nights
1929Movie
Joe Prividi