John Wray
Acting
Born February 12, 1887 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
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…
Known For · 40 titles
Gone with the Wind
All Quiet on the Western Front
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Boys Town
Doctor X
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
Remember the Night
You Only Live Once
Spawn of the North
Bombay Mail
The Cat and the Canary
The Doctor Takes a Wife
The Amazing Mr. Williams
Outside the Three-Mile Limit
Safe in Hell
Outcast
Circus Girl
Ladies Love Danger
The Death Kiss
The Captain Hates the Sea
The Devil Is a Sissy
Golden Boy
The Rich Are Always with Us
Each Dawn I Die
Lone Cowboy
Miss Pinkerton
The Woman from Monte Carlo
Pacific Liner
The Defense Rests
Poor Little Rich Girl
Swiss Family Robinson
We Who Are About to Die
Men Without Names
Frisco Kid
The Women Men Marry
Most Precious Thing in Life
Central Park
A Man to Remember
Gangs of New York
The Big Shakedown