Marc Lawrence

Marc Lawrence was an American character actor who specialized in underworld types. In 1930, Lawrence befriended another young actor, John Garfield. The two appeared in a number of plays before Lawrence was given a film contract with Columbia Pictures. Lawrence appeared in films beginning in 1931. Garfield followed, starting his film career in 1938. Lawrence's pock-marked complexion, brooding appearance and New York street-guy accent made him a natural for heavies, and he played scores of gangsters and mob bosses over the next six decades. Later, Lawrence found himself under scrutiny for his political leanings. When called before the House Un-American Activities Committee, he admitted he had once been a member of the Communist Party. He named Sterling Hayden, Lionel Stander, Anne Revere, Larry Parks, Karen Morley and Jeff Corey as Communists. He was blacklisted and departed for Europe, where he continued to make films. Following the demise of the blacklist, he returned to America and resumed his position as a familiar and talented purveyor of gangland types. He played gangsters in two James Bond movies: 1971's Diamonds Are Forever opposite Sean Connery, and 1974's The Man with the Golden Gun opposite Roger Moore. He also portrayed a henchman opposite Laurence Olivier in Marathon Man (1976) and a stereotypical Miami mob boss alongside Jerry Reed and Dom DeLuise in the comedy Hot Stuff (1979). Description above from the Wikipedia article Marc Lawrence, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For	Acting
Most Rating	4.588
Birthday	1910-02-17
Place of Birth	New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As	F.A. Foss, Marc Laurence, Marc C. Lawrence, Mark Lawrence, Max Goldsmith,

Four Rooms

The Ox-Bow Incident

Diamonds Are Forever

The Man with the Golden Gun

From Dusk Till Dawn

Marathon Man

Looney Tunes: Back in Action

Life with Blondie

The Shipping News

Key Largo

The Big Easy

Super Fuzz

The Princess and the Pirate

Jigsaw

Thieves and Robbers

I Walk Alone

Dust Be My Destiny

Convicted

Charlie Chan in Honolulu

Hit the Ice

Charlie Chan at the Opera

Dillinger

Flame of Barbary Coast

Blind Alley

Out of the Storm

Black Hand

A Piece of the Action

Hold That Ghost

Helen of Troy

The Shepherd of the Hills

Lady for a Day

Blonde Alibi

Foul Play

Cloak and Dagger

Charlie Chan on Broadway

Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum

This Gun for Hire

The Asphalt Jungle

Funniest Show on Earth

Nazi Agent

Hot Stuff

Kill Her Gently

Submarine Alert

Ruby

Custer of the West

Johnny Cool

Brigham Young

Sundown

Tall, Dark and Handsome

Club Havana

Krakatoa, East of Java

Lady Scarface

Daddy's Deadly Darling

My Favorite Spy

Cataclysm

Eyes of the Underworld

The Monster and the Girl

King of Kong Island

I Am the Law

While New York Sleeps

Savage Pampas

Tough Assignment

The Kremlin Letter

If I Had a Million

Racketeers in Exile

Call of the Canyon

The Golden Fleecing

Counsel for Crime

Blackmailer

Who Killed Gail Preston?

The Shadow

White Woman

Love on a Bet

Calaboose

Sergeant Madden

The Housekeeper's Daughter

Road Gang

In Pursuit of Treasure

Dr. Socrates

Night Waitress