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Samuel Laird Cregar (known professionally as Laird Cregar, July 28, 1913 – December 9, 1944) was an American stage and film actor. Cregar was best known for his villainous performances in films such as I Wake Up Screaming (1941), This Gun For Hire (1942) and The Lodger (1944).
Laird Cregar. Actor: The Lodger. Seemingly suave, cultivated actor by nature, definitely huge in both talent and girth, and capable of playing much older than he was, Hollywood of the early '40s tragically lost Laird Cregar before it could fully comprehend on how to best utilize his obvious gifts.
- January 1, 1
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- January 1, 1
- Los Angeles, California, USA
Laird Cregar. Actor: The Lodger. Seemingly suave, cultivated actor by nature, definitely huge in both talent and girth, and capable of playing much older than he was, Hollywood of the early '40s tragically lost Laird Cregar before it could fully comprehend on how to best utilize his obvious gifts.
- July 28, 1914
- December 9, 1944
Jul 22, 2021 · Hot Corn Confidential #5 – The Death of a Latin lover | Roman Novarro. Laird Cregar and the tragic end of one of Hollywood's lost character actor, including the murder of his friend David Bacon.
- John Bleasdale
Aug 19, 2019 · The book is smart, revealing, amusing and compassionate towards Cregar. The book is up-front about his homosexuality, and the descriptions of his mesmerizing performances are spot-on. Cregar is the kind of actor who, when he pops up in films, is larger than life. In size too- he was 6’ 3” and weighed 300 lbs.
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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.
