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