Laird Cregar
Known For
Acting
Born
1913-07-28 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died
1944-12-09
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Laird Cregar (July 28, 1913 – December 9, 1944) was an American film actor. Samuel Laird Cregar was the youngest of six sons of Edward Matthews Cregar, a cricketer and member of a team called the Gentlemen of Philadelphia. They toured internationally in the late 1890s and early 1900s. Laird's mother was the former Elizabeth Smith. Laird Cregar was educated at Winchester College in England, spending his summers as a page boy and bit player with the Stratford-upon-Avon theatrical troupe. Upon completing his schooling, Cregar won a scholarship at California's Pasadena Playhouse, supporting himself as a nightclub bouncer when funds ran out. So broke that at times he had to sleep in his car, Cregar forced Hollywood to pay attention to him by staging his own one-man show, in which he portrayed Oscar Wilde. Description above from the Wikipedia article Laird Cregar, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Known For
The Black Swan
as Captain Henry Morgan
Heaven Can Wait
as His Excellency
Holy Matrimony
as Clive Oxford
This Gun for Hire
as Willard Gates
Charley's Aunt
as Sir Francis Chesney
I Wake Up Screaming
as Police Insp. Ed Cornell
The Lodger
as Mr. Slade
Blood and Sand
as Natalio Curro
Hello, Frisco, Hello
as Sam Weaver
Rings on Her Fingers
as Warren
Hangover Square
as George Harvey Bone
Joan of Paris
as Herr Funk
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
as Maj. Sam Carter
Fat Chance
as Self (archive footage)
Hudson's Bay
as Gooseberry
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
as Self
The Tragic Mask: The Laird Cregar Story
as Self (archive footage)
Man In the Attic: The Making of "The Lodger"
as Self (archive footage)