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Lawrence Gray is a Actor American born on 28 july 1898 at San Francisco (USA)

Lawrence Gray

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Nationality USA
Birth 28 july 1898 at San Francisco (USA)
Death 2 february 1970 (at 71 years) at Mexico City (Mexique)

Lawrence Gray (July 28, 1898 - February 2, 1970 ) was an American actor of the 1920s and 1930s.

During World War I he served in the U. S. Navy and gained a commission. After the war he began in the technical side of films at the Lasky Studios, but later became an extra in crowd scenes and such, and liking the work, decided on a film career. He appeared in over 40 films between 1925 and 1936, although many were B movies.

In 1930 he starred in the MGM film musical Children of Pleasure in which he starred alongside Wynne Gibson and was involved with the film score. He spent much of his career in vaudeville.

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Adolph Zukor
Adolph Zukor
(6 films)
Ford Sterling
Ford Sterling
(6 films)
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Ralph Spence
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Frank Tuttle
Frank Tuttle
(4 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Lawrence Gray (32 films)

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The Shadow of Chikara, 1h54
Origin USA
Genres Horror, Western
Actors Betty Bronson, Joe Don Baker, Sondra Locke, Ford Sterling, Joy N. Houck, Jr., Louise Dresser
Rating54% 2.7072052.7072052.7072052.7072052.707205
Confederate veterans of the last battle of the Civil War set out to find a hidden treasure: diamonds hidden in a cave. However, the soldiers find they are being followed by a mysterious hunter (or hunters) who may have a connection to a mythic eagle spirit.
A Face in the Fog, 1h6
Directed by Robert Hill
Origin USA
Genres Horror, Crime
Actors June Collyer, Lloyd Hughes, Lawrence Gray, Jack Mulhall, Al St. John, Sam Flint
Roles Peter Fortune
Rating45% 2.294082.294082.294082.294082.29408
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Man of the World, 1h12
Directed by Richard Wallace
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors William Powell, Carole Lombard, Wynne Gibson, Lawrence Gray, Guy Kibbee, George Chandler
Roles Frank Reynolds
Rating60% 3.0492553.0492553.0492553.0492553.049255
A young American girl visits Paris accompanied by her fiancé and her wealthy uncle. There she meets and is romanced by a worldly novelist; what she does not know is that he is a blackmailer who is using her to get to her uncle.
Children of Pleasure, 1h10
Directed by Harry Beaumont
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Lawrence Gray, Wynne Gibson, Kenneth Thomson, Lee Kohlmar, May Boley, Benny Rubin
Rating56% 2.8129552.8129552.8129552.8129552.812955
Danny, an acclaimed singer and songwriter, falls in love with a socialite girl who is just playing around. He doesn't realize that his girl-Friday is the one he really loves until it is almost too late. Although he is awestruck by high society, he overhears the girl's admission that she is stringing him along just in time to avoid marriage. Danny is notably Jewish, and among the issues the movie raises is his temptation to assimilate into the larger culture.
Going Wild
Going Wild (1930)
, 1h8
Directed by William A. Seiter
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Aviation films, Musical films
Actors Joe E. Brown, Lawrence Gray, Ona Munson, Walter Pidgeon, Frank McHugh, Johnny Arthur
Roles Jack Lane
Rating57% 2.859932.859932.859932.859932.85993
Rollo Smith (Joe E. Brown) and his friend Jack Lane (Lawrence Gray) are down on their luck and have stowed away on a train, finding a place in the compartment of ace pilot and writer Robert Story (Arthur Hoyt). The conductor (Fred Kelsey) tosses the pair off the train just where the famous writer is supposed to arrive, with Rollo being mistaken for Story.
The Florodora Girl, 1h19
Directed by Harry Beaumont
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Marion Davies, Lawrence Gray, Walter Catlett, Ilka Chase, Vivien Oakland, Jed Prouty
Rating60% 3.0003253.0003253.0003253.0003253.000325
A chorus girl gets bad advice from her fellow chorines in handling a rich suitor who assumes she is a gold-digger. But she assumes he is after "one thing" and is holding out for marriage. After meeting his mother, she learn that her beau is engaged to a society girl. He loses his money and they drift apart. But after making a new fortune, he comes to the theater.
Spring Is Here, 1h9
Directed by John Francis Dillon
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Lawrence Gray, Bernice Claire, Alexander Gray, Louise Fazenda, Ford Sterling, Inez Courtney
Roles Steve Alden
Rating56% 2.8079352.8079352.8079352.8079352.807935
As the film begins, we find Bernice Claire in love with Lawrence Gray. Claire's father, played by Ford Sterling, disapproves of Lawrence but approves another suitor, played by Alexander Gray. Alexander is shy and clumsy while Lawrence is outgoing and romantic. When Bernice returns one night at 5 a.m. with Lawrence, her father orders him to stay away from his daughter. Alexander, being discouraged at being rejected by Bernice, is offered help by Inez Courtney, Bernice's younger sister. Alexander follows her advice and attempts to make Bernice jealous to get her attention. He makes love to several women, including Bernice's mother. The trick works and soon Bernice thinks she is deeply in love with Alexander. Sterling gets into a argument with Lawrence and tells him to leave his house for good. Lawrence returns in the middle of the night to elope with Bernice but Alexander shows up and carries her off for himself. In the morning they are found together in Bernice's room, to the shock of the family, and they eventually reveal to everyone that they have eloped.
Sunny
Sunny (1930)
, 1h18
Directed by William A. Seiter
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Marilyn Miller, Lawrence Gray, Inez Courtney, O. P. Heggie, Barbara Bedford, Clyde Wilfred Cook
Roles Tom Warren
Rating53% 2.669712.669712.669712.669712.66971
Marylin Miller plays the part of an American circus performer, doing her act in a British circus, who is engaged to a man she does not love. A former boyfriend, played by Lawrence Gray, stops by to see her before taking boat back to the United States. Miller realizing that she loves Gray, decides to run away. She embarks on the same boat that Lawrence takes. Her father, who realizes what his daughter has done, reaches the boat just as it is about to leave and manages to board it. While on board, Gray becomes engaged to be married to a wealthy socialite (Barbara Bedford). Miller learns that she will not be allowed to disembark in the United States without a passport. In order to land, Miller marries an American friend, intending to divorce him as soon as she is safely inside the United States. After arrive in the states, Miller tells Gray about her love for him. Bedford overhears them and tells Gray that she will announce their engagement at a party that very night. Disappointed, Miller decides to return to England, but Gray proposes to her just as she is about to leave.
Trent's Last Case, 1h6
Directed by Howard Hawks
Origin USA
Genres Crime
Actors Raymond Hatton, Marceline Day, Raymond Griffith, Donald Crisp, Lawrence Gray, Anita Garvin
Roles Jack Marlowe
Rating65% 3.267073.267073.267073.267073.26707
A leading financier is found dead at his home, leading amateur detective Philip Trent to investigate the case.