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Laird Cregar
Actor
Died December 9, 1944 (31 years)
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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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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
| 1945 | Hangover Square · as George Harvey Bone |
| 1944 | The Lodger · as Mr. Slade |
| 1943 | Holy Matrimony · as Clive Oxford |
| 1943 | Heaven Can Wait · as His Excellency |
| 1943 | Hello Frisco, Hello · as Sam Weaver |
| 1942 | The Black Swan · as Captain Henry Morgan |
| 1942 | This Gun for Hire · as Willard Gates |
| 1942 | Ten Gentlemen from West Point · as Maj. Sam Carter |
| 1942 | Rings on Her Fingers · as Warren |
| 1942 | Joan of Paris · as Herr Funk |
| 1941 | I Wake Up Screaming · as Police Insp. Ed Cornell |
| 1941 | Charley's Aunt · as Sir Francis Chesney |
| 1941 | Blood and Sand · as Natalio Curro |
| 1940 | Hudson's Bay · as Gooseberry |
| 1940 | Granny Get Your Gun · as Court Clerk |