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Aliases: Samuel Laird Cregar , Лэйрд Крегар , Лерд Крегар
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Movie Involvements: 12
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
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 Famous Work
The Black Swan
(1942) Captain Henry MorganThis Gun for Hire
(1942) Willard GatesThe Lodger
(1944) Mr. SladeBlood and Sand
(1941) Natalio CurroI Wake Up Screaming
(1941) Police Insp. Ed CornellHangover Square
(1945) George Harvey BoneFat Chance
(2021) Self (archive footage)The Tragic Mask: The Laird Cregar Story
(2007) Self (archive footage)Acting
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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2021 | Self (archive footage) | |
2007 | Self (archive footage) | |
Self (archive footage) | ||
1945 | George Harvey Bone | |
1944 | Mr. Slade | |
1943 | Clive Oxford | |
His Excellency | ||
Sam Weaver | ||
1942 | Captain Henry Morgan | |
Maj. Sam Carter | ||
Willard Gates | ||
Warren | ||
Herr Funk | ||
1941 | Police Insp. Ed Cornell | |
Self | ||
Sir Francis Chesney | ||
Natalio Curro | ||
Gooseberry | ||
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