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
Acted in 79
1940s
- 1940
The Doctor Takes a Wife
Joe, the Farmer (uncredited)
Outside the Three-Mile Limit
Ship's Captain (uncredited)
The Man from Dakota
Mr. Carpenter
Know Your Money
Bowers the Printer
1930s
- 1939
The Amazing Mr. Williams
Stanley
Blackmail
Convict Diggs
Golden Boy
Chocolate Drop's Manager
Smuggled Cargo
Chris Hays
Winter Carnival
Poultry Truck Driver
Almost a Gentleman
'Crack' Williams
Risky Business
Silas
Pacific Liner
Metcalfe
- 1938
A Man to Remember
Tom Johnson
Crime Takes a Holiday
Howell
Spawn of the North
Dr. Sparks
Tenth Avenue Kid
Joe Turner
Professor Beware
Head Lawyer
Gangs of New York
Maddock
Making the Headlines
Herbert Sandford
What Price Safety!
J. Z. Wray
The Black Doll
Walling
- 1937
The Women Men Marry
Brother Nameless
On Such a Night
Guard Rumann
The Devil Is Driving
Joe Peters
Circus Girl
Roebling
Outcast
Hank Simmerson
We Who Are About to Die
Jerry Daley
- 1936
A Man Betrayed
Sparks
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
George Darnley
The President's Mystery
Shane
Sworn Enemy
Lang, a Gangster
A Son Comes Home
Gas Station Owner
Poor Little Rich Girl
Flagin
- 1935
Bad Boy
Fred Larkin
Atlantic Adventure
Mitts Coster
Men Without Names
Gangster Sam "Red" Hammond
Stranded
Mike Gibbons
Ladies Love Danger
Movie
The Great Hotel Murder
Feets Moore
- 1934
I Am a Thief
Antonio Poricci
I'll Fix It
Fletcher
The Captain Hates the Sea
Mr. Jeddock
The Defense Rests
Michael Cooney
Fifteen Wives
Jason Getty
Green Eyes
Inspector Crofton
Most Precious Thing in Life
Carter
The Crosby Case
Willie McGuire
The Big Shakedown
Higgins
Bombay Mail
Giovanni Martini
- 1933
Lone Cowboy
Bill O'Neal
After Tonight
Mitika, the Gypsy Contact
- 1932
The Match King
Foreman of Janitors
Central Park
Robert Smiley
The Rich Are Always with Us
Clark Davis
The Miracle Man
The Frog
The Mouthpiece
Mr. Barton
High Pressure
Jimmy Moore
The Woman from Monte Carlo
Cmdr. Brambourg
- 1931
Silence
Harry Silvers
Quick Millions
Kenneth Stone
- 1930
The Czar of Broadway
Morton Bradstreet
1920s
- 1929
New York Nights
Joe Prividi
Other crew 1
1930s
- 1931
Quick Millions
Additional Dialogue