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John Wray (born John Griffith Malloy; February 13, 1887 – April 5, 1940) was an American character actor of stage and screen.

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John Wray
Born	John Griffith Malloy (1887-02-13)February 13, 1887 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	April 5, 1940(1940-04-05) (aged 53) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Years active	1929-1940
Spouse	Florence Miller
Children	Jack Wray

Career

Wray was one of the many Broadway actors to descend on Hollywood in the aftermath of the sound revolution, and quickly appeared 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.^{[citation needed]}

Wray's roles grew increasingly smaller as the decade progressed but he was very visible as the starving farmer threatening to kill Gary Cooper's Longfellow Deeds in Frank Capra's classic Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) and as the warden in Fritz Lang's You Only Live Once (1937).^{[citation needed]}

On Broadway, Wray performed in Achilles Had a Heel (1935), Tin Pan Alley (1928), Nightstick (1927), Broadway (1926), The Enemy (1925), Silence (1924), Polly Preferred (1923), The Nightcap (1921), The Ouija Board (1920), Richelieu (1917), The Weavers (1915), When the Young Vine Blooms (1915), Hamlet (1913), and The Merchant of Venice (1913).[1]

Partial filmography

References

External links

• John Wray at the Internet Broadway Database
• John Wray at Find a Grave
• John Wray at IMDb

На других языках

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[de] John Wray (Schauspieler)

John Wray (* 13. Februar 1887 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania als John Griffith Malloy; † 5. April 1940 in Los Angeles, Kalifornien) war ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler.

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- [en] John Wray (actor)

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