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