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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
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Movies 18
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Fat Chance (2021)
Man In the Attic: The Making of "The Lodger" (2007)
The Tragic Mask: The Laird Cregar Story (2007)
Hangover Square (1945)
The Lodger (1944)
Holy Matrimony (1943)
Heaven Can Wait (1943)
Hello, Frisco, Hello (1943)
The Black Swan (1942)
Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942)
This Gun for Hire (1942)
Rings on Her Fingers (1942)
Joan of Paris (1942)
I Wake Up Screaming (1941)
Charley's Aunt (1941)
Blood and Sand (1941)
Hudson's Bay (1941)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1913-07-28
Deathday1944-12-09 (31 years old)
Birth PlacePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsSamuel Laird Cregar, Лэйрд Крегар, Лерд Крегар
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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