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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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Born:
Jul 28, 1913 In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
16
First Appeared:
In the movie Hudson's Bay 1941-01-03
Latest Project:
Movie The Tragic Mask: The Laird Cregar Story 2007-10-09
Known For
Poster of The Lodger
Poster of Holy Matrimony
Poster of The Black Swan
Poster of Hudson's Bay
Filmography
Movie Man In the Attic: The Making of "The Lodger" Self (archive footage) 2007-10-09
Movie The Tragic Mask: The Laird Cregar Story Self (archive footage) 2007-10-09
Movie Hangover Square George Harvey Bone 1945-02-07
Movie The Lodger Mr. Slade 1944-01-19
Movie Hello, Frisco, Hello Sam Weaver 1943-03-26
Movie Holy Matrimony Clive Oxford 1943-08-24
Movie Heaven Can Wait His Excellency 1943-08-05
Movie Joan of Paris Herr Funk 1942-01-20
Movie Rings on Her Fingers Warren 1942-03-20
Movie The Black Swan Captain Henry Morgan 1942-12-04
Movie This Gun for Hire Willard Gates 1942-04-24
Movie Ten Gentlemen from West Point Maj. Sam Carter 1942-06-26
Movie Hudson's Bay Gooseberry 1941-01-03
Movie Blood and Sand Natalio Curro 1941-05-30
Movie I Wake Up Screaming Police Insp. Ed Cornell 1941-10-31
Movie Charley's Aunt Sir Francis Chesney 1941-08-01