Lawrence Gray

Lawrence Gray

Born: July 28, 1898
Died: February 2, 1970
in San Francisco, California, USA
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Lawrence Gray (July 28, 1898 – February 2, 1970) was an American actor of the 1920s and 1930s. Gray began in the technical side of films at the Lasky Studios, but later decided on an acting career. He appeared in over 40 films between 1925 and 1936. Gray spent much of his career in vaudeville.

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In Paris, A.W.O.L.
Title: In Paris, A.W.O.L.
Character: Buddy
Released: April 1, 1936
Type: Movie
Three vaudeville actors after being suspected of a jewel theft and going off to war in 1917 are reconciled in 1917.
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A Face in the Fog
Title: A Face in the Fog
Character: Peter Fortune
Released: February 1, 1936
Type: Movie
A mysterious killer known as The Fiend uses an unusual bullet as his trademark for his murders.
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Timber War
Title: Timber War
Character: Larry Keane
Released: November 20, 1935
Type: Movie
The owners of a lumber mill hire an investigator to find out who is sabotaging their mill.
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The Old Homestead
Title: The Old Homestead
Character: Bob Shackleforth
Released: October 5, 1935
Type: Movie
A New York radio talent scout turns up at a barn dance.
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Danger Ahead
Title: Danger Ahead
Character: Jerry Mason
Released: August 1, 1935
Type: Movie
Captain Matthews is paid 40,000 dollars in cash by Nick Conrad for his shipment of silk from China. About 15 seconds after he gets the cash, he's lured away on a false pretence and robbed by Conrad's henchmen. Newspaper reporter Jerry Mason witnesses the robbery and steals the cash from Conrad.
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Dizzy Dames
Title: Dizzy Dames
Character: Terry Ramsey
Released: May 29, 1935
Type: Movie
A musical comedy in a theatrical boarding house.
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Here Comes the Groom
Title: Here Comes the Groom
Character: Marvin Hale
Released: June 21, 1934
Type: Movie
Piccolo player Mike Scanlon loses his girl due to his unexciting lifestyle, so he decides to commit a robbery to gain notoriety. But the robbery goes awry and Mike finds himself on the run from the police, pretending to be a famous singer whose gimmick is wearing a mask in public.
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Golden Harvest
Title: Golden Harvest
Character: Hugh Jackson
Released: September 21, 1933
Type: Movie
A play by Nina Wilcox Putnam was the source for the empire-building drama Golden Harvest. Ambitious grain trader Chris Martin corners the wheat market and becomes a millionaire. Outgrowing his humble farm beginnings, Chris makes a bid for respectability by marrying Chicago socialite Cynthia Flint.
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Hello Pop
Title: Hello Pop
Character: Singer
Released: September 16, 1933
Type: Movie
A stage director is trying to put on a musical/comedy revue, but has to contend with temperamental musicians, an inept stage crew and his three idiot sons.
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The She-Wolf
Title: The She-Wolf
Released: May 1, 1931
Type: Movie
An unprincipled female financier tries to get even with a rival railroad buyer.
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Man of the World
Title: Man of the World
Character: Frank Reynolds
Released: March 24, 1931
Type: Movie
A young American girl visits Paris accompanied by her fiancee and her wealthy uncle. There she meets and is romanced by a worldly novelist; what she doesn't know is that he is a blackmailer who is using her to get to her uncle.
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Going Wild
Title: Going Wild
Character: Jack Lane
Released: December 21, 1930
Type: Movie
Rollo and Lane just happen to be tossed off the train at White Beach where Robert Story -Air ace and writer- is supposed to stop. It is a case of mistaken identity as no one knows what Story looks like. So they get free room and meals at the Palm Inn and everything is going well until they want Story to fly in the race on Saturday. Rollo has never even be up in a plane, never mind fly one, so he must figure a way out. But the girls have everything bet on his winning the race. Written by Tony Fontana
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Sunny
Title: Sunny
Character: Tom Warren
Released: November 9, 1930
Type: Movie
A showgirl falls for a society boy but has to win over his family.
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An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
Title: An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
Character: Self
Released: August 1, 1930
Type: Movie
Mr. and Mrs. Warner Bros. Pictures and their precocious offspring, Little Miss Vitaphone, host a dinner in honor of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee, attended by most of the major players and song writers under contract to WB at that time.
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The Florodora Girl
Title: The Florodora Girl
Character: Jack Vibart
Released: May 31, 1930
Type: Movie
A chorus girl gets bad advice from her fellow chorines in handling a rich suitor who assumes she is a gold digger.
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Children of Pleasure
Title: Children of Pleasure
Character: Danny Regan
Released: April 26, 1930
Type: Movie
A successful songwriter, dazzled by high society, falls for a society girl who is just playing around.
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Spring Is Here
Title: Spring Is Here
Character: Steve Alden
Released: April 13, 1930
Type: Movie
Musical about two sisters in love with the same man.
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It's a Great Life
Title: It's a Great Life
Character: Jimmy Dean
Released: December 6, 1929
Type: Movie
Casey and Babe are sisters who work in a department store and each year the store puts on a show. As expected, things are going wrong with every act until Casey comes out to help Babe with her song. They are a hit, but in the final act, Casey again comes out and this time the president sees her act and fires both her and Babe on the spot. Benny is able to book Casey, Babe and Dean into Vaudeville and their act is popular. But before they have their shot at stardom, Dean and Babe leave Casey and the act.
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Marianne
Title: Marianne
Character: Stagg
Released: August 24, 1929
Type: Movie
At the conclusion of World War I, a French girl is romanced by an American doughboy even though she is promised to a French soldier who was sent to the front.
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Trent's Last Case
Title: Trent's Last Case
Character: Jack Marlowe
Released: March 31, 1929
Type: Movie
Who killed the vicious millionaire Sigsbee Manderson? Not that pretty wife of his, surely? Philip Trent investigates.
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The Sin Sister
Title: The Sin Sister
Character: Peter Van Dykeman
Released: February 10, 1929
Type: Movie
Pearl a vaudeville dancer is stranded somewhere in Alaska. With no official place to stay in the vicinity, Pearl is obliged to accept the hospitality of a wealthy family which has itself been stranded in the Great White North. An ill-tempered fur trader and a looney Eskimo both lust after Pearl, but she is rescued by Peter Van Dykeman her hosts' male secretary….
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Shadows of the Night
Title: Shadows of the Night
Character: Jimmy Sherwood
Released: October 26, 1928
Type: Movie
Gray plays a reporter trying to unravel a murder involving organized crime. Lorraine plays the heroine.
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Oh Kay!
Title: Oh Kay!
Character: Jimmy Winter
Released: August 26, 1928
Type: Movie
On the eve of her wedding Lady Kay Rutfield runs off aboard her sloop. A storm carries her out to sea and she is rescued by a passing rumrunner bound for the Long Island Sound. Once they arrive in the States, Kay makes her escape and hides in the deserted mansion of Jimmy Winter. Jimmy is due to marry the following day. He comes home to the mansion unexpectedly, and finds Kay, who persuades him to let her pose for a night as his wife.
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Diamond Handcuffs
Title: Diamond Handcuffs
Character: Larry
Released: May 5, 1928
Type: Movie
German actress Lena Malena starred in this lavishly budgeted and potentially intriguing melodrama about the influence of a valuable gem on its owners.
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The Patsy
Title: The Patsy
Character: Billy Caldwell
Released: April 22, 1928
Type: Movie
Jealous that her older sister Grace has landed handsome and successful Tony Anderson, Patricia Harrington launches an elaborate charm offensive to win his heart. Patricia shrugs off her diffidence and, in the hope that Tony will be drawn to her new persona, tries to carry herself with the self-confidence of the era's silent film stars. When this doesn't have the desired effect, Patricia takes things a step further.
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Love Hungry
Title: Love Hungry
Released: April 8, 1928
Type: Movie
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Ladies Must Dress
Title: Ladies Must Dress
Character: Joe
Released: November 20, 1927
Type: Movie
Joe and Eve are engaged, but Joe cannot help contrasting the drabness of her attire with the dressy clothes of their friends. Eve overhears him talking of this and breaks with him. Then, with the help of her friend, Mazie, she metamorphoses into a ravishing beauty. Joe is remorseful, but the situation is made more complex when he suspects Eve of questionable relations with her boss.
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After Midnight
Title: After Midnight
Character: Joe Miller
Released: August 20, 1927
Type: Movie
When Joe, a hold-up man, tries to rob Mary, a nightclub hostess, she winds winds up knocking him out. She takes pity on him, however, and nurses him back to health. He decides to go straight and marry her. Mary buys a $1000 Liberty Bond as an investment, while Joe saves up and buys a taxi to start his own business. Then Maisie, Mary's wild and money-crazy sister, shows up, which leads to tragedy.
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The Callahans and the Murphys
Title: The Callahans and the Murphys
Released: June 18, 1927
Type: Movie
The story of two feuding Irish immigrant families living in a tenement.
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Convoy
Title: Convoy
Character: Eugene Weyeth
Released: April 24, 1927
Type: Movie
A German spy matches wits with-and pitches woo to- an American secret agent
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The Telephone Girl
Title: The Telephone Girl
Character: Tom Blake
Released: March 26, 1927
Type: Movie
Telephone operator Kitty O'Brien can't help but get involved in the problems of her customers. Right now she is concerning herself with the well-being of Tom Blake, the honest son of crooked political boss Jim Blake.
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Ankles Preferred
Title: Ankles Preferred
Character: Barney
Released: February 27, 1927
Type: Movie
Nora, a department store clerk, is determined to succeed on the basis of her brain power despite her attractive ankles. She gets a job as model at the shop of McGuire and Goldberg, and they announce that Nora may be given a trip abroad if she persuades their financer to lend the partners additional funds. The financer, Hornsbee, becomes presumptuous, leading to an encounter between him and Barney, Nora's young suitor; and she is ultimately glad to accept Barney's modest attentions.
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Everybody's Acting
Title: Everybody's Acting
Character: Ted Potter
Released: October 4, 1926
Type: Movie
Doris Poole, whose parents were theatrical people, was orphaned as a child, and four members of the troupe adopted and raised her. When grown, she has become the leading lady in a San Francisco stock-company. She meets and falls in love with Ted, the millionaire son of a rich widow, but she thinks he is only a tax-cab driver. His mother objects to the romance and looks into Doris' past. She learns that her father had murdered, in a fit of jealousy, her mother, and tells Doris what she has found out. The four actors who had raised her had never told her how she happened to become an orphan. They persuade Ted's mother to send him on a voyage to the Orient in order to get him away from Doris. But they neglected to tell the mother they had also booked passage for Doris on the same ship.
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Kid Boots
Title: Kid Boots
Character: Tom Sterling
Released: October 3, 1926
Type: Movie
A salesman is helped out of a jam with an angry customer by a wealthy playboy. In return, he agrees to help the playboy get a divorce from his wife, only to find himself falling for the girlfriend of the customer who got him in trouble in the first place.
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The Palm Beach Girl
Title: The Palm Beach Girl
Character: Jack Trotter
Released: May 17, 1926
Type: Movie
Emily Bennett, arriving in Palm Beach on a train, puts her head out of the window and her face is smudged black from the locomotive's coal smoke. She is mistaken for a black girl and this embarrasses her two aunts who are hoping to join the Palm Beach social set. She later fails to impress playboy Jack Trotter when she bungles the christening of his motor-boat. Late she runs into some bootleggers who are loading liquor onto Jack's boat with intent to steal the boat. They have no wish of anyone knowing their intentions, so they kidnap Emily. As it turns out, the gangsters would have been better off by just leaving Emily where she was.
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Love 'Em and Leave 'Em
Title: Love 'Em and Leave 'Em
Character: Bill Billingsley
Released: March 19, 1926
Type: Movie
Mame Walsh promised their mother on her deathbed to look after little sister Janie. But Janie helps herself to everything of her sister's, be it her clothes or her men - even the money entrusted to her by fellow employees at the store they work at. Regardless, Mame can't break her promise. So when it comes to getting Janie out of trouble, big sister comes to the rescue.
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The Untamed Lady
Title: The Untamed Lady
Character: Larry Gastlen
Released: March 14, 1926
Type: Movie
A spoiled rich girl is brought down to earth by the man who loves her.
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The American Venus
Title: The American Venus
Character: Chip Armstrong
Released: January 31, 1926
Type: Movie
A lost film - Mary Gray, whose father manufactures cold cream, is engaged to sappy Horace Niles, the son of Hugo Niles, the elder Gray's most competitive rival in the cosmetics business. Chip Armstrong, a hot-shot public relations man, quits the employ of Hugo Niles and goes to work for Gray, persuading Mary to enter the Miss America contest at Atlantic City, with the intention of using her to endorse her father's cold cream should she win. Mary breaks her engagement with Horace. When it appears that she will win the contest, Hugo lures her home on the pretext that her father is ill, and she misses the contest. Chip and Mary return to Atlantic City, discovering that the new Miss America has told the world that she owes all her success to Gray's cold cream. On this note, Chip and Mary decide to get married.
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Stage Struck
Title: Stage Struck
Character: Orme Wilson
Released: November 16, 1925
Type: Movie
Daydreaming waitress Jennie Hagen fantasizes about becoming a famous actress, while in reality she and her cook boyfriend, Orme Wilson, hope to one day own their own diner. Although Orme loves Jennie, he also has a weakness for stage stars -- so when a riverboat theatrical crew comes to their town, he is smitten by lead actress Lillian Lyons. Desperate to keep Orme, Jennie insists on going onstage to best Lillian, but is soon out of her depth.
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The Coast of Folly
Title: The Coast of Folly
Character: Bather
Released: September 21, 1925
Type: Movie
Silent film drama...
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Are Parents People?
Title: Are Parents People?
Character: Dr. Dacer
Released: July 14, 1925
Type: Movie
The teenage daughter of a wealthy couple is horrified to find out that her parents, who spend most of their time fighting with each other, are planning to divorce. She schemes to get them back together by pretending to fall for a dimwitted actor, hoping that her parents will unite to prevent the "romance".
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The Dressmaker from Paris
Title: The Dressmaker from Paris
Character: Allan Stone
Released: March 30, 1925
Type: Movie
An American soldier falls in love with a French maiden but their romance is thwarted when the Yanks return home. Years later she comes to America to put on a fashion show and find her long lost lover.