Laird Cregar
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Laird Cregar (July 28, 1913 – December 9, 1944) was an American film actor. Samuel Laird Cregar was the youngest of six sons of Edward Matthews Cregar, a cricketer and member of a team called the Gentlemen of Philadelphia. They toured internationally in the late 1890s and early 1900s. Laird's mother was the former Elizabeth Smith. Laird Cregar was educated at Winchester College in England, spending his summers as a page boy and bit player with the Stratford-upon-Avon theatrical troupe. Upon completing his schooling, Cregar won a scholarship at California's Pasadena Playhouse, supporting himself as a nightclub bouncer when funds ran out. So broke that at times he had to sleep in his car, Cregar forced Hollywood to pay attention to him by staging his own one-man show, in which he portrayed Oscar Wilde. Description above from the Wikipedia article Laird Cregar, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- 2021 ·Fat Chanceas Self (archive footage)
- 2007 ·The Tragic Mask: The Laird Cregar Storyas Self (archive footage)
- 2007 ·Man In the Attic: The Making of "The Lodger"as Self (archive footage)
- 1945 ·Hangover Squareas George Harvey Bone
- 1944 ·The Lodgeras Mr. Slade
- 1943 ·Holy Matrimonyas Clive Oxford
- 1943 ·Heaven Can Waitas His Excellency
- 1943 ·Hello, Frisco, Helloas Sam Weaver
- 1942 ·The Black Swanas Captain Henry Morgan
- 1942 ·Ten Gentlemen from West Pointas Maj. Sam Carter
- 1942 ·This Gun for Hireas Willard Gates
- 1942 ·Rings on Her Fingersas Warren
- 1942 ·Joan of Parisas Herr Funk
- 1941 ·I Wake Up Screamingas Police Insp. Ed Cornell
- 1941 ·Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1as Self
- 1941 ·Charley's Auntas Sir Francis Chesney
- 1941 ·Blood and Sandas Natalio Curro
- 1941 ·Hudson's Bayas Gooseberry