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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.
Known For
Heaven Can Wait
as His Excellency
The Black Swan
as Captain Henry Morgan
Blood and Sand
as Natalio Curro
This Gun for Hire
as Willard Gates
I Wake Up Screaming
as Police Insp. Ed Cornell
The Lodger
as Mr. Slade
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
as Maj. Sam Carter
Hangover Square
as George Harvey Bone
Rings on Her Fingers
as Warren
Holy Matrimony
as Clive Oxford
