
John Wray
Acting
🎂 1887-02-12
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
Cast credits(79)

Prison Gang Overseer (uncredited)
1939

Himmelstoss
1930

Farmer
1936

Nordine (uncredited)
1932

Hank
1940

Warden Wheeler
1937

Weasel (uncredited)
1938

Dr. Haines
1932

Chocolate Drop's Manager
1939

Ramsey
1940

Hendricks
1939

Pete Kassock
1939

Detective Lieut. Sheehan
1932

Joe, the Farmer (uncredited)
1940

The Weasel
1935

Dr. Sparks
1938

Stanley
1939

Eagan
1931

Foreman of Janitors
1932

Flagin
1936

Clark Davis
1932

Mike Gibbons
1935

Cmdr. Brambourg
1932

Poultry Truck Driver
1939

Michael Cooney
1934

Mr. Jeddock
1934

Convict Diggs
1939

Fred Larkin
1935

Higgins
1934

Hank Simmerson
1937

Mr. Barton
1932

Priest
1936

Antonio Poricci
1934

Jimmy Moore
1932

Shane
1936

Inspector Crofton
1934

Guard Rumann
1937

Hugo
1932

Head Lawyer
1938

'Crack' Williams
1939

Metcalfe
1939

Robert Smiley
1932

Bill O'Neal
1933

Jason Getty
1934

The Frog
1932

Jerry Daley
1937

Walling
1938

Kenneth Stone
1931

Joe Turner
1938

Lang, a Gangster
1936

Gas Station Owner
1936

Carter
1934

Tom Johnson
1938

Giovanni Martini
1934

Herbert Sandford
1938

Roebling
1937

Maddock
1938

Chris Hays
1939

Mitika, the Gypsy Contact
1933

Silas
1939

Mitts Coster
1935

Sam Hammond
1935

Joe Peters
1937

Harry Silvers
1931

Joe Prividi
1929

Mr. Carpenter
1940

Feets Moore
1935

Sparks
1936

George Darnley
1936

J. Z. Wray
1938

Bowers the Printer
1940

Howell
1938

Fletcher
1934

Slug
1934

Brother Nameless
1937

1935

Morton Bradstreet
1930

Ship's Captain (uncredited)
1940

Willie McGuire
1934