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Aliases: John Griffith Malloy

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Movie Involvements: 61

TV Involvements: 0


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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 Famous Work

Gone with the Wind
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8

Gone with the Wind

(1939) Prison Gang Overseer (uncredited)
All Quiet on the Western Front
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8

All Quiet on the Western Front

(1930) Himmelstoss
Doctor X
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6

Doctor X

(1932) Dr. Haines
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
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8

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

(1932) Nordine (uncredited)
You Only Live Once
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7

You Only Live Once

(1937) Warden Wheeler
Boys Town
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7

Boys Town

(1938) Weasel (uncredited)
Golden Boy
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6

Golden Boy

(1939) Chocolate Drop's Manager
Green Eyes
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5

Green Eyes

(1934) Inspector Crofton

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1940 Joe, the Farmer (uncredited)
Mr. Carpenter
Ramsey
Bowers the Printer
Hank
1939 Prison Gang Overseer (uncredited)
Stanley
Hendricks
Convict Diggs
Chocolate Drop's Manager
Chris Hays
Pete Kassock
Poultry Truck Driver
'Crack' Williams
Silas
Metcalfe
1938 Tom Johnson
Howell
Weasel (uncredited)
Dr. Sparks
Joe Turner
Head Lawyer
Maddock
Herbert Sandford
J. Z. Wray
Walling
1937 Brother Nameless
Guard Rumann
Joe Peters
Roebling
Hank Simmerson
Warden Wheeler
Jerry Daley
1936 Sparks
George Darnley
Shane
Priest
Lang, a Gangster
Gas Station Owner
Flagin
Farmer
1935 N/A
The Weasel
Fred Larkin
Mitts Coster
Sam Hammond
Mike Gibbons
Feets Moore
1934 Antonio Poricci
Fletcher
Mr. Jeddock
Slug
Michael Cooney
Jason Getty
Inspector Crofton
Carter
Willie McGuire
Higgins
Giovanni Martini
1933 Bill O'Neal
Mitika, the Gypsy Contact
1932 Foreman of Janitors
Robert Smiley
Detective Lieut. Sheehan
Nordine (uncredited)
Dr. Haines
Hugo
Clark Davis
The Frog
Mr. Barton
Jimmy Moore
Cmdr. Brambourg
1931 Eagan
Harry Silvers
Kenneth Stone
1930 Morton Bradstreet
Himmelstoss
1929 Joe Prividi
Year Character Movie/Tv

Crew

Year Role Movie/Tv
1931 Additional Dialogue
Year Role Movie/Tv

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