Known For
Acting
Born
Jul 28, 1913
Died
Dec 09, 1944
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Credits
18 titles
Laird Cregar
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Fat Chance
Self (archive footage)
Man In the Attic: The Making of "The Lodger"
Self (archive footage)
The Tragic Mask: The Laird Cregar Story
Self (archive footage)
Hangover Square
George Harvey Bone
The Lodger
Mr. Slade
Holy Matrimony
Clive Oxford
Heaven Can Wait
His Excellency
Hello, Frisco, Hello
Sam Weaver
The Black Swan
Captain Henry Morgan
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
Maj. Sam Carter
This Gun for Hire
Willard Gates
Rings on Her Fingers
Warren
Joan of Paris
Herr Funk
I Wake Up Screaming
Police Insp. Ed Cornell
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
Self
Charley's Aunt
Sir Francis Chesney
Blood and Sand
Natalio Curro
Hudson's Bay
Gooseberry