John Wray - Turner Classic Movies

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John Wray was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Wray's earliest roles were in film, including "New York Nights" (1929), "All Quiet on the Western Front" (1930) with Lew Ayres and the dramatic adaptation "The Miracle Man" (1932) with Sylvia Sidney. He also appeared in "The Match King" (1932) with Warren William, "I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang" (1932) and "Doctor X" ...

Filmography

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Remember the Night (1940)

The Man from Dakota (1940)

The Doctor Takes A Wife (1940)

Golden Boy (1939)

Pacific Liner (1939)

The Cat and the Canary (1939)

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Captain Hates The Sea, The (1934) -- (Movie Clip) Could I Slit Your Throat And Love It?

All Quiet On The Western Front (1930) -- (Movie Clip) Death Is Not An Adventure

Biography

John Wray was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Wray's earliest roles were in film, including "New York Nights" (1929), "All Quiet on the Western Front" (1930) with Lew Ayres and the dramatic adaptation "The Miracle Man" (1932) with Sylvia Sidney. He also appeared in "The Match King" (1932) with Warren William, "I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang" (1932) and "Doctor X" (1932) with Lionel Atwill. His passion for acting continued to his roles in projects like "The Defense Rests" (1934), "The Big Shakedown" (1934) and "The Whole Town's Talking" (1935). He also appeared in the adventure "Frisco Kid" (1935) with James Cagney. Toward the end of his career, he tackled roles in the Henry Fonda crime feature "You Only Live Once" (1937), the action film "Spawn of the North" (1938) with George Raft and "Gangs of New York" (1938). He also appeared in the drama "A Man to Remember" (1938) with Anne Shirley and the Jack Holt drama "Crime Takes a Holiday" (1938). Wray was most recently credited in "Target: The Corrupters" (ABC, 1961-62). Wray passed away in April 1940 at the age of 53.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Remember the Night (1940)

The Man from Dakota (1940)

The Doctor Takes A Wife (1940)

Golden Boy (1939)

Pacific Liner (1939)

The Cat and the Canary (1939)

The Amazing Mr. Williams (1939)

Each Dawn I Die (1939)

Almost a Gentleman (1939)

Smuggled Cargo (1939)

Blackmail (1939)

Risky Business (1939)

Spawn of the North (1938)

Making the Headlines (1938)

Herbert Sandford

Gangs of New York (1938)

Crime Takes a Holiday (1938)

The Black Doll (1938)

A Man to Remember (1938)

Tenth Avenue Kid (1938)

Boys Town (1938)

You Only Live Once (1937)

Warden [Wheeler]

The Devil Is Driving (1937)

We Who Are About to Die (1937)

On Such a Night (1937)

Circus Girl (1937)

Women Men Marry (1937)

Brother Nameless

The Bad Man of Brimstone (1937)

A Son Comes Home (1936)

Gasoline station owner

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)

Valiant Is the Word for Carrie (1936)

Sworn Enemy (1936)

The President's Mystery (1936)

A Man Betrayed (1936)

Reynolds ("Sparks")

Poor Little Rich Girl (1936)

The Devil Is a Sissy (1936)

Stranded (1935)

Ladies Love Danger (1935)

Lieutenant Roberts

The Great Hotel Murder (1935)

Men Without Names (1935)

Sam "Red" Hammond

The Whole Town's Talking (1935)

Manion's henchman

The Frisco Kid (1935)

Atlantic Adventure (1935)

The Cat's-Paw (1934)

I Am a Thief (1934)

The Captain Hates the Sea (1934)

I'll Fix It (1934)

Bombay Mail (1934)

The Love Captive (1934)

Most Precious Thing in Life (1934)

Carter [Head janitor]

The Big Shakedown (1934)

Fifteen Wives (1934)

Embarrassing Moments (1934)

Green Eyes (1934)

Inspector Crofton

The Crosby Case (1934)

Suspect No. 4 [Willie]

The Defense Rests (1934)

After Tonight (1933)

The Death Kiss (1933)

Detective Lieut. Sheehan

Lone Cowboy (1933)

The Match King (1932)

The Rich Are Always with Us (1932)

Doctor X (1932)

Central Park (1932)

The Mouthpiece (1932)

High Pressure (1932)

Miss Pinkerton (1932)

The Miracle Man (1932)

The Woman from Monte Carlo (1932)

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)

Quick Millions (1931)

Safe in Hell (1931)

The Czar of Broadway (1930)

All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

New York Nights (1929)

Writer (Feature Film)

Quick Millions (1931)

Additional Dialogue

Dance (Feature Film)

Wonder Man (1945)

Cast (Short)

Know Your Money (1940)

What Price Safety! (1938)

Life Events

Photo Collections

Remember the Night - Scene Stills

Here are a few Scene Stills from Paramount's Remember the Night (1940), starring Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray.

Videos

Captain Hates The Sea, The (1934) -- (Movie Clip) Could I Slit Your Throat And Love It? We discover here that Fred Keating (as thief Danny) is actually in league with Helen Vinson (posing as Janet, a librarian) over the stolen bonds, Victor McLaglen the friendly private eye Schulte, Alison Skipworth as Mrs Magruder, buying drinks for Wynne Gibson as reformed party girl “Goldie,” John Wray her indignant husband, John Gilbert her ex-pal Steve, Walter Catlett the barkeep Joe, in The Captain Hates The Sea, 1934.

All Quiet On The Western Front (1930) -- (Movie Clip) Death Is Not An Adventure Prologue from Erich Maria Remarque's novel of Germany in World War I, opening scene introducing postman Himmelstoss (John Wray), and ambitious shooting from director Lewis Milestone, from All Quiet On The Western Front, 1930.

All Quiet On The Western Front (1930) -- (Movie Clip) I'll Not Neglect You! German army recruits including Peter (Owen Davis Jr.) and Paul (Lew Ayres) discover their once mild-mannered postman Himmelstoss (John Wray) is their new drill instructor, in Lewis Milestone's All Quiet On The Western Front, 1930.

Golden Boy (1939) -- (Movie Clip) Monarch Of The Masses! Joe Bonaparte (William Holden), with morally compromised supporters Adolphe Menjou and Barbara Stanwyck in the crowd, wins his fight with Chocolate Drop (James "Cannonball Green) then gets bad news from fight commissioner Driscoll (Stanley Andrews) in Columbia's Golden Boy, 1939.

Mr. Deeds Goes To Town (1936) -- (Movie Clip) You Money-Grabbing Hick! Storming home to Vermont after finding out his girlfriend was a sneaky reporter, Gary Cooper (title character), with PR man Cobb (Lionel Stander), is confronted by a farmer (John Wray), incensed by stories of his inheritance and lifestyle, a big moment in Frank Capra’s Mr. Deeds Goes To Town, 1936.

Rich Are Always With Us, The (1932) -- (Movie Clip) All The Money You'll Lose At a New York party staged by mega-rich Caroline (Ruth Chatterton) and Greg (John Miljan), dazzling young Bette Davis as Marlbro jousts with bachelor Julian (George Brent) who is stubbornly in love with the hostess, John Wray in charge of the gambling, in The Rich Are Always With Us, 1932.

Cat And The Canary, The (1939) -- (Movie Clip) Is He A Dangerous Maniac? After the reading of their ancestor's will in his bayou home, Bob Hope as Wally, with Nydia Westman, George Zucco the lawyer, John Beal, Elizabeth Patterson, Paulette Goddard who got the money, Douglass Montgomery and John Wray, the guard bringing scary news, in the horror spoof The Cat And The Canary, 1939.

Match King, The (1932) -- (Movie Clip) Give Me A Match Slick opening setting out the world-wide import of events depicted, then credits, then the introduction of Warren William as immigrant "Paul Kroll," modeled on the infamous swindler Ivar Kreuger, in Warner Bros.' The Match King, 1932.

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