John Wray (actor)

John Wray (actor)
John Wray (born John Griffith Malloy; February 13, 1887 – April 5, 1940) was an American character actor of stage and screen.
Career
Wray was one of the many Broadway actors to descend on Hollywood in the aftermath of the sound revolution, and quickly appeared 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.
Wray's roles grew increasingly smaller as the decade progressed but he was very visible as the starving farmer threatening to kill Gary Cooper's Longfellow Deeds in Frank Capra's classic Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) and as the warden in Fritz Lang's You Only Live Once (1937).
On Broadway, Wray performed in Achilles Had a Heel (1935), Tin Pan Alley (1928), Nightstick (1927), Broadway (1926), The Enemy (1925), Silence (1924), Polly Preferred (1923), The Nightcap (1921), The Ouija Board (1920), Richelieu (1917), The Weavers (1915), When the Young Vine Blooms (1915), Hamlet (1913), and The Merchant of Venice (1913).
Partial filmography
New York Nights (1929) - Joe Prividi
All Quiet On The Western Front (1930) - Himmelstoss
The Czar of Broadway (1930) - Morton Bradstreet
Quick Millions (1931) - Kenneth Stone
Silence (1931) - Harry Silvers
Safe in Hell (1931) - Egan
The Woman from Monte Carlo (1932) - Cmdr. Brambourg
High Pressure (1932) - Jimmy Moore
The Miracle Man (1932) - The Frog
The Mouthpiece (1932) - Mr. Barton
The Rich Are Always with Us (1932) - Clark Davis
Miss Pinkerton (1932) - Hugo
Doctor X (1932) - Dr. Haines
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) - Nordine (uncredited)
The Death Kiss (1932) - Detective Lieut. Sheehan
Central Park (1932) - Robert Smiley
The Match King (1932) - Foreman of Janitors
After Tonight (1933) - Mitika, the Gypsy Contact
Lone Cowboy (1933) - Bill O'Neal
Bombay Mail (1934) - Giovanni Martini
The Big Shakedown (1934) - Higgins
The Crosby Case (1934) - Giovanni Martini
The Most Precious Thing in Life (1934) - Carter
The Love Captive (1934) - Jules Glass
Green Eyes (1934) - Inspector Crofton
The Defense Rests (1934) - Michael Cooney
Fifteen Wives (1934) - Jason Getty
The Cat's-Paw (1934) - Man on Street (uncredited)
Embarrassing Moments (1934) - Slug
The Captain Hates the Sea (1934) - Mr. Jeddock
I'll Fix It (1934) - Fletcher
I Am a Thief (1934) - Antonio Porricci
The Whole Town's Talking (1935) - Henchman Harry (uncredited)
The Great Hotel Murder (1935) - Feets Moore
Stranded (1935) - Mike Gibbons
Men Without Names (1935) - Sam 'Red' Hammond
Atlantic Adventure (1935) - Mitts Coster
Ladies Love Danger (1935) - Lieutenant Roberts
Bad Boy (1935) - Fred Larkin
Frisco Kid (1935) - The Weasel
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) - Farmer
Poor Little Rich Girl (1936) - Flagin
A Son Comes Home (1936) - Gas Station Owner
Sworn Enemy (1936) - Lang, a Gangster
The Devil Is a Sissy (1936) - Priest (uncredited)
The President's Mystery (1936) - Shane
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie (1936) - George Darnley
A Man Betrayed (1936) - Sparks
We Who Are About to Die (1937) - Jerry Daley
You Only Live Once (1937) - Warden Wheeler
Outcast (1937) - Hank Simmerson
Circus Girl (1937) - Roebling
The Devil Is Driving (1937) - Joe Peters
On Such a Night (1937) - Guard Rumann
The Women Men Marry (1937) - Brother Nameless
The Black Doll (1938) - Walling
Making the Headlines (1938) - Herbert Sandford
Gangs of New York (1938) - Maddock
Reformatory (1938) - Guard (uncredited)
Professor Beware (1938) - Head Lawyer (uncredited)
Tenth Avenue Kid (1938) - Joe Turner
Spawn of the North (1938) - Dr. Sparks
Boys Town (1938) - Weasel (uncredited)
Crime Takes a Holiday (1938) - Howell
A Man to Remember (1938) - Tom Johnson
Pacific Liner (1939) - Metcalfe
Risky Business (1939) - Silas
Almost a Gentleman (1939) - 'Crack' Williams
Each Dawn I Die (1939) - Pete Kassock
Winter Carnival (1939) - Poultry Truck Driver (uncredited)
Smuggled Cargo (1939) - Chris Hays
Golden Boy (1939) - Chocolate Drop's Manager (uncredited)
Blackmail (1939) - Diggs
The Cat and the Canary (1939) - Hendricks
The Amazing Mr. Williams (1939) - Stanley
Gone with the Wind (1939) - prison gang overseer (uncredited)
Remember the Night (1940) - Hank
Swiss Family Robinson (1940) - Ramsey
The Man from Dakota (1940) - Mr. Carpenter
Outside the Three-Mile Limit (1940) - Ship's Captain (uncredited)
The Doctor Takes a Wife (1940) - Joe - Farmer (uncredited) (final film role)
References
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1887 births
1940 deaths
American male film actors
American male stage actors
20th-century American male actors
Male actors from Philadelphia