John Wray
Known For
Acting
Born
1887-02-12 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died
1940-04-05
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 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article John Wray(actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Most Known For
Gone with the Wind
as Prison Gang Overseer (uncredited)
Bombay Mail
as Giovanni Martini
Boys Town
as Weasel (uncredited)
Doctor X
as Dr. Haines
Outcast
as Hank Simmerson
All Quiet on the Western Front
as Himmelstoss
Circus Girl
as Roebling
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
as Farmer
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
as Nordine (uncredited)
Golden Boy
as Chocolate Drop's Manager
Remember the Night
as Hank
Safe in Hell
as Eagan
The Cat and the Canary
as Hendricks
You Only Live Once
as Warden Wheeler
The Match King
as Foreman of Janitors
The Rich Are Always with Us
as Clark Davis
The Death Kiss
as Detective Lieut. Sheehan
Frisco Kid
as The Weasel
Swiss Family Robinson
as Ramsey
A Man to Remember
as Tom Johnson