Lawrence Gray Biography
Lawrence Gray (July 28, 1898 – February 2, 1970) was an American actor of the 1920s and 1930s.
Biography
Born in San Francisco in 1898, Gray served during World War I 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 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film musical Children of Pleasure, alongside Wynne Gibson, and was also involved with the film score. That same year he also starred in the Vitaphone film musicals Sunny and Spring is Here.
He died on February 2, 1970, in Mexico City at the age of 71.
Selected filmography
Lobby card with Olive Borden and Gray in Pajamas (1927)- The Dressmaker from Paris (1925)
- The Coast of Folly (1925)
- Stage Struck (1925)
- Are Parents People? (1925)
- The American Venus (1926)
- The Palm Beach Girl (1926)
- The Untamed Lady (1926)
- Love 'Em and Leave 'Em (1926)
- Kid Boots (1926)
- The Telephone Girl (1927)
- After Midnight (1927)
- The Callahans and the Murphys (1927)
- Convoy (1927)
- Pajamas (1927)
- Diamond Handcuffs (1928)
- Domestic Meddlers (1928)
- Marriage by Contract (1928)
- Love Hungry (1928)
- The Patsy (1928)
- Shadows of the Night (1928)
- It's a Great Life (1929)
- Trent's Last Case (1929)
- The Rainbow (1929)
- Marianne (1929)
- Sunny (1930)
- Spring is Here (1930)
- The Florodora Girl (1930)
- Man of the World (1931)
- Dizzy Dames (1935)
- Danger Ahead (1935)
- Timber War (1935)
- In Paris, A.W.O.L. (1936)
External links and sources
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lawrence Gray.- Lawrence Gray at IMDb
- Lawrence Gray at the Internet Broadway Database
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