Jack Larue

Actor
Jack Larue

About

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Also Known As
Gaspare Biondolillo, Jack La Rue
Birth Place
New York City, New York, USA
Born
May 03, 1902
Died
January 11, 1984
Cause of Death
Heart Attack

Biography

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Prolilfic, reliable Hollywood character player during its golden years, with dark eyes and hair and a stylishly sinister look. LaRue most often played a gangster, gambler, turncoat, petty crook or working class type; memorable menacing Miriam Hopkins in "The Story of Temple Drake" (1933)....

Filmography

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The Spy in the Green Hat (1966)
Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964)
Tomatoes
For Those Who Think Young (1964)
Forty Pounds of Trouble (1963)
Gambler
Ride the Man Down (1953)
Wes Kennedy
For Heaven's Sake (1950)
Tony

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The Story of Temple Drake - Lobby Card Set
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Story Of Temple Drake, The (1933) -- (Movie Clip) She Came With That Drunk
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Story Of Temple Drake, The (1933) -- (Movie Clip) Are They Back Yet

Biography

Prolilfic, reliable Hollywood character player during its golden years, with dark eyes and hair and a stylishly sinister look. LaRue most often played a gangster, gambler, turncoat, petty crook or working class type; memorable menacing Miriam Hopkins in "The Story of Temple Drake" (1933).

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

The Spy in the Green Hat (1966)
Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964)
Tomatoes
For Those Who Think Young (1964)
Forty Pounds of Trouble (1963)
Gambler
Ride the Man Down (1953)
Wes Kennedy
For Heaven's Sake (1950)
Tony
Bush Pilot (1947)
Paul Gerard
Robin Hood of Monterey (1947)
Don Ricardo Gonzales
My Favorite Brunette (1947)
Tony
Road to Utopia (1946)
LeBec
In Old Sacramento (1946)
Laramie
Murder in the Music Hall (1946)
Bruce Wilton
Santa Fe Uprising (1946)
Bruce Jackson
Dakota (1945)
Suade
Steppin' in Society (1945)
Bow Tie
Cornered (1945)
Diego
The Spanish Main (1945)
Lieut. Escobar
Dangerous Passage (1944)
Mike Zomano
Follow the Leader (1944)
Larry
Machine Gun Mama (1944)
José
The Sultan's Daughter (1944)
Rata Ben-Ali
Leave It to the Irish (1944)
Rockwell
The Last Ride (1944)
Joe Genna
A Gentle Gangster (1943)
Hugo
Pistol Packin' Mama (1943)
Johnny Rossi
Smart Guy (1943)
Matt Taylor
You Can't Beat the Law (1943)
Cain
The Law Rides Again (1943)
Duke Dillon
A Scream in the Dark (1943)
Cross
Never a Dull Moment (1943)
Joey
The Girl from Monterrey (1943)
[Al] Johnson
The Pay Off (1943)
John Angus
The Desert Song (1943)
Lieutenant Bertin
The Girl From Monterey (1943)
Pardon My Sarong (1942)
Tabor
X Marks the Spot (1942)
Marty Clark
A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen (1942)
Tommy Gould
American Empire (1942)
Pierre
Highways by Night (1942)
Johnny Lieber
Hard Guy (1941)
Vic Monroe
Paper Bullets (1941)
Mickey Roma
Ringside Maisie (1941)
Rickey Du Prez
Footsteps in the Dark (1941)
Ace Vernon
Swamp Woman (1941)
Pete Oliver [also known as Pierre Pertineaux Ponteneau Briand Boussecourt d'Oliviere]
Gentleman from Dixie (1941)
Thad Terrell
The Sea Hawk (1940)
Lieutenant Ortega
Forgotten Girls (1940)
Eddie Nolan
Fugitive from a Prison Camp (1940)
Red Nelson
Enemy Agent (1940)
Alex
East of the River (1940)
Scarfi
Charlie Chan in Panama (1940)
Manolo
Big Town Czar (1939)
Mike Luger
In Old Caliente (1939)
Suguaro
Under the Big Top (1938)
Ricardo [LeGrande]
Arson Gang Busters (1938)
Bud Morgan
Valley of the Giants (1938)
Editor Morell
I Demand Payment (1938)
Smiles Badolio
Trapped by G-Men (1937)
Fred Drake
Her Husband Lies (1937)
"Trigger"
Captains Courageous (1937)
Priest
That I May Live (1937)
Charlie
Dangerous Holiday (1937)
Gollenger
Go West Young Man (1936)
Rico
Mind Your Own Business (1936)
Cruger
Strike Me Pink (1936)
Thrust
Yellow Cargo (1936)
Al Perrelli [also known as Jose Salazar]
A Tenderfoot Goes West (1936)
Killer Madden
Dancing Pirate (1936)
Chago
Ellis Island (1936)
Born to Fight (1936)
"Smoothy"
Bridge of Sighs (1936)
Packy Lacy
It Couldn't Have Happened (But It Did) (1936)
Smiley Clark
His Night Out (1935)
[Joe] Ferranza
Remember Last Night? (1935)
Baptiste [Bouclier]
The Daring Young Man (1935)
Cubby
The Spanish Cape Mystery (1935)
Gardner
Under the Pampas Moon (1935)
Bazan
Little Big Shot (1935)
[Jack] Doré
Special Agent (1935)
[Jake] Andrews
Hot off the Press (1935)
Bill Jeffry
The Headline Woman (1935)
Phil Zarias
Waterfront Lady (1935)
Tom Burden
Times Square Lady (1935)
Jack Kramer
Men of the Hour (1935)
Nick Thomas
Calling All Cars (1935)
Jerry Kennedy
After the Dance (1935)
Mitch
Straight Is the Way (1934)
Monk
Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen (1934)
Bert
Good Dame (1934)
Bluch Brown
Take the Stand (1934)
George Gaylord
The Secret of the Chateau (1934)
Lucien [Volaire]
No Ransom (1934)
Larry Romero
The Fighting Rookie (1934)
Jim Trent
Headline Shooter (1933)
Ricci
The Woman Accused (1933)
Little Maxie
To the Last Man (1933)
Jim Daggs
Christopher Strong (1933)
Carlo
The Kennel Murder Case (1933)
Eduardo Grassi
Terror Aboard (1933)
Gregory Cordoff
The Story of Temple Drake (1933)
Trigger
Gambling Ship (1933)
Pete Manning
42nd Street (1933)
Thug
Lawyer Man (1933)
Spike
The Girl in 419 (1933)
Sammy
The All American (1932)
Joe Fiore
Man Against Woman (1932)
Alberti
The Mouthpiece (1932)
Garland
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
Ackerman
Blessed Event (1932)
Louis de Marco
Radio Patrol (1932)
Slick
Three on a Match (1932)
Henchman
A Farewell to Arms (1932)
The Priest
Virtue (1932)
Toots
While Paris Sleeps (1932)
Julot

Misc. Crew (Special)

My Dad Can't Be Crazy... (Can He?) (1989)
Sound

Life Events

1932

First feature credit, "While Paris Sleeps"

Photo Collections

 
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The Story of Temple Drake - Lobby Card Set
Here is a set of Lobby Cards from Paramount's long-unseen The Story of Temple Drake (1933). Lobby Cards were 11" x 14" posters that came in sets of 8. As the name implies, they were most often displayed in movie theater lobbies, to advertise current or coming attractions.

Videos

Movie Clip

Story Of Temple Drake, The (1933) -- (Movie Clip) She Came With That Drunk Bootlegger Goodwin (Irving Pichel) considers assaulting car-wreck refugee Temple (Miriam Hopkins) until his wife (Florence Eldridge) steps in, then her drunken date (William Collier Jr.) tries to protect her from another thug, Trigger (Jack La Rue) lurking, in The Story Of Temple Drake, 1933.
Story Of Temple Drake, The (1933) -- (Movie Clip) Are They Back Yet Full-on Southern horror, even in this sanitized version of William Faulkner's novel Sanctuary, Temple (Miriam Hopkins) after her first night with the bootleggers, when Trigger (Jack La Rue) sneaks up on her hillbilly guardian Tommy (James Eagles), in The Story Of Temple Drake, 1933.
No Orchids For Miss Blandish -- (Movie Clip) Take The Rap And Like It After 30-minutes of talk about him, Slim (Jack LaRue) appears, taking custody of Miss Blandish (Linden Travers), eliminating lesser thug Bailey (Leslie Bradley), in the British faux-American gangster hit No Orchids For Miss Blandish, 1948.
Cornered (1945) -- (Movie Clip) Pious Little Girl Incza (Walter Slezak) brings Gerard (Dick Powell) to the convent Mme. Jarnac (Micheline Cheirel) keeps visiting, then he meets Diego (Jack LaRue) in his Buenos Aires hotel, pieces of the byzantine plot of Cornered, 1945.

Trailer

Lawyer Man - (Original Trailer) When a Lower East side lawyer (William Powell) moves uptown, he becomes Lawyer Man (1933) co-starring Joan Blondell.
Captains Courageous - (Re-issue Trailer) A spoiled rich kid is lost at sea and rescued by a fishing boat, where hard work and responsibility help him become a man.
Blessed Event - (Original Trailer) Fast-talking pre-code actor Lee Tracy stars in a thinly disguised portrait of rising gossip columnist Walter Winchell, Blessed Event (1932).
Valley of the Giants- (TextlessTrailer) Wayne Morris takes on a land baron who wants to clear cut the redwood forest in Valley Of The Giants (1938) shot in Technicolor.
Ringside Maisie - (Original Trailer) A Brooklyn showgirl (Ann Sothern) sets pulses racing at a boxers' training camp in Ringside Maisie (1941).
Special Agent - (Original Trailer) Bette Davis is bookkeeper for the mob in Special Agent (1935) co-starring George Brent and Ricardo Cortez.
Cornered - (Original Trailer) Dick Powell stars as a World War II veteran who hunts down the Nazi collaborators who killed his wife in the film noir thriller Cornered (1945).
Times Square Lady - (Original Trailer) In Times Square Lady (1935), a nightclub manager (Robert Taylor) helps an heiress keep her fortune.
Spanish Main, The -- (Original Trailer) Dutch rebels in the Caribbean turn pirate and kidnap the corrupt Spanish governor's bride-to-be in The Spanish Main (1945) starring Paul Henreid and Maureen O'Hara.
For Heaven's Sake - (Original Trailer) An angel's earthly mission takes a wrong turn when he falls in love with mortal life in For Heaven's Sake (1950).
Mouthpiece, The - (Original Trailer) Warren William is the slickest lawyer in town until he outsmarts himself in the pre-code drama The Mouthpiece (1932).
Little Big Shot - (Original Trailer) Small-time hoods turn nursemaid when a gangster's daughter is orphaned in Little Big Shot (1935).

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