
Laird Cregar
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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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Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 1.789 |
Birthday | 1913-07-28 |
Place of Birth | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
Also Known As | Samuel Laird Cregar, Лэйрд Крегар, Лерд Крегар, |

1941

I Wake Up Screaming
6.8/69
A young promoter is accused of the murder of Vicky Lynn, a young actress he "discovered" as a waitress while out with ex-actor Robin Ray and gossip co...
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I Wake Up Screaming

1944

The Lodger
6.3/88
In Victorian era London, the inhabitants of a family home with rented rooms upstairs fear the new lodger is Jack the Ripper.
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The Lodger

1945

Hangover Square
6.8/62
When composer George Harvey Bone wakes with no memory of the previous night and a bloody knife in his pocket, he worries that he has committed a crime...
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Hangover Square

1942

The Black Swan
6.4/84
When notorious pirate Henry Morgan is made governor of Jamaica, he enlists the help of some of his former partners in ridding the Caribbean of buccane...
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The Black Swan

1941

Blood and Sand
6.4/57
Bullfighter Juan Gallardo falls for socialite Dona Sol, turning from the faithful Carmen who nevertheless stands by her man as he continues to face re...
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Blood and Sand

1942

Joan of Paris
6.4/11
An RAF squadron is brought down over occupied France. The flyers get to Paris in spite of the fact that the youngest, Baby, is injured. He must be hid...
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Joan of Paris

1942

This Gun for Hire
6.9/168
Sadistic killer-for-hire Philip Raven becomes enraged when his latest job is paid off in marked bills. Vowing to track down his double-crossing boss,...
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This Gun for Hire

1943

Heaven Can Wait
6.922/224
Spoiled playboy Henry van Cleve dies and arrives at the entrance to Hell, a final destination he is sure he deserves after living a life of profligacy...
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Heaven Can Wait

1942

Rings on Her Fingers
6.5/11
Susan Miller works behind the girdle counter in a department store and dreams about the beautiful clothes and glamour she can never hope to have. Ente...
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Rings on Her Fingers

1941

Hudson's Bay
6.2/9
Highly fictionalized early history of Canada. Trapper/explorer Radisson imagines an empire around Hudson's Bay. He befriends the Indians, fights the F...
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Hudson's Bay

1941

Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
0/0
This edition of Screen Snapshots has more of a vaudeville flavor as opposed to Ralph Staub's usual candid-camera at home with the stars offerings. Ken...
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Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1

1943

Holy Matrimony
6.7/12
An artist returning from years abroad takes the identity of his dead valet and gets married, but then there are complications.
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Holy Matrimony

1942

Ten Gentlemen from West Point
5.8/5
This historical drama tells the story of the first class to graduate from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. In the early 19th Century, Congress...
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Ten Gentlemen from West Point

1943

Hello, Frisco, Hello
6.2/30
In turn-of-the-century San Francisco, an ambitious vaudevillian takes his quartet from a honky tonk to the big time, while spurning the love of his tr...
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Hello, Frisco, Hello

1941

Charley's Aunt
5.8/6
In 1890, two students at Oxford force their rascally friend and fellow student to pose as an aunt from Brazil--where the nuts come from.
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Charley's Aunt

2007

The Tragic Mask: The Laird Cregar Story
7/1
A biography of the short-lived character actor Laird Cregar.
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The Tragic Mask: The Laird Cregar Story

2007

Man In the Attic: The Making of "The Lodger"
7/1
This short documentary takes a look at the making of Twentieth Century Fox's 1944 film "The Lodger".
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Man In the Attic: The Making of "The Lodger"

2021

Fat Chance
0/0
Hollywood noir icon Laird Cregar's inner turmoil as a black-on-grey delirium of shadows and spectres. An avant-garde film-historical essay.
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