Laird Cregar
Biography
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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.
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Filmography
Fat Chance
2021
as Self (archive footage)
The Tragic Mask: The Laird Cregar Story
2007
as Self (archive footage)
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Man In the Attic: The Making of "The Lodger"
2007
as Self (archive footage)
Hangover Square
1945
as George Harvey Bone
The Lodger
1944
as Mr. Slade
Holy Matrimony
1943
as Clive Oxford
Heaven Can Wait
1943
as His Excellency
Hello, Frisco, Hello
1943
as Sam Weaver
The Black Swan
1942
as Captain Henry Morgan
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
1942
as Maj. Sam Carter
This Gun for Hire
1942
as Willard Gates
Rings on Her Fingers
1942
as Warren
Joan of Paris
1942
as Herr Funk
I Wake Up Screaming
1941
as Police Insp. Ed Cornell
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
1941
as Self
Charley's Aunt
1941
as Sir Francis Chesney
Blood and Sand
1941
as Natalio Curro
Hudson's Bay
1940
as Gooseberry