Laird Cregar
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
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
18
Gender
Male
Birthday
1913-07-28 (111 years old)
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Acting

2021

Fat Chance as Self (archive footage)

2007

Man In the Attic: The Making of "The Lodger" as Self (archive footage)

2007

The Tragic Mask: The Laird Cregar Story as Self (archive footage)

1945

Hangover Square as George Harvey Bone

1944

The Lodger as Mr. Slade

1943

Heaven Can Wait as His Excellency

1943

Hello, Frisco, Hello as Sam Weaver

1943

Holy Matrimony as Clive Oxford

1942

The Black Swan as Captain Henry Morgan

1942

Rings on Her Fingers as Warren

1942

This Gun for Hire as Willard Gates

1942

Ten Gentlemen from West Point as Maj. Sam Carter

1942

Joan of Paris as Herr Funk

1941

Blood and Sand as Natalio Curro

1941

I Wake Up Screaming as Police Insp. Ed Cornell

1941

Hudson's Bay as Gooseberry

1941

Charley's Aunt as Sir Francis Chesney