--- name: "John Wray" canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-wray" roles: ["Actor"] born: "12 February 1887" died: "5 April 1940" reviewed_on_fi1m: 3 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-19T23:41:43.120672+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # John Wray Actor. Born 12 February 1887 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Died 5 April 1940. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 12 February 1887, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA - **Died:** 5 April 1940 - **Also known as:** John Griffith Malloy - **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 1 acting, 2 other - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wray_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q912559, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0942046/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2009 ## Streaming the US now - **The Roku Channel:** [*Mr. Deeds Goes to Town*](https://film.one/film/mr-deeds-goes-to-town.md) (82) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography John Wray, also credited as John Griffith Malloy, was an American character actor of stage and screen. He performed in numerous Broadway productions beginning in 1913, including *Hamlet* and *The Merchant of Venice*. Wray moved to Hollywood in the late 1920s with the transition to sound films. His screen roles included Himmelstoss in *All Quiet on the Western Front* (1930), the farmer in *Mr. Deeds Goes to Town* (1936), the warden in *You Only Live Once* (1937), and appearances in *Gone with the Wind* (1939) and *The Cat and the Canary* (1939). He died in Los Angeles in 1940. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, nytimes.com.* ## On Fi1m (3) ### Performed in (1) — the average rests on these - *Mr. Deeds Goes to Town* (1936), Fi1m 82, as Farmer — [page](https://film.one/film/mr-deeds-goes-to-town.md) ### Also credited (2) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited - *Boys Town* (1938), Fi1m 65, as Weasel (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/boys-town.md) - *I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang* (1932), Fi1m 85, as Nordine (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/i-am-a-fugitive-from-a-chain-gang.md) ## Complete filmography (79) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The Doctor Takes a Wife* (1940), as Joe, the Farmer (uncredited) - *Outside the Three-Mile Limit* (1940), as Ship's Captain (uncredited) - *The Man from Dakota* (1940), as Mr. Carpenter - *Swiss Family Robinson* (1940), as Ramsey - *Know Your Money* (1940), as Bowers the Printer - *Remember the Night* (1940), as Hank - *Gone with the Wind* (1939), as Prison Gang Overseer (uncredited) — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/gone-with-the-wind.md) - *The Amazing Mr. Williams* (1939), as Stanley - *The Cat and the Canary* (1939), as Hendricks - *Blackmail* (1939), as Convict Diggs - *Golden Boy* (1939), as Chocolate Drop's Manager - *Smuggled Cargo* (1939), as Chris Hays - *Each Dawn I Die* (1939), as Pete Kassock - *Winter Carnival* (1939), as Poultry Truck Driver - *Almost a Gentleman* (1939), as 'Crack' Williams - *Risky Business* (1939), as Silas - *Pacific Liner* (1939), as Metcalfe - *A Man to Remember* (1938), as Tom Johnson - *Crime Takes a Holiday* (1938), as Howell - *Boys Town* (1938), as Weasel (uncredited) — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/boys-town.md) - *Spawn of the North* (1938), as Dr. Sparks - *Tenth Avenue Kid* (1938), as Joe Turner - *Professor Beware* (1938), as Head Lawyer - *Gangs of New York* (1938), as Maddock - *Making the Headlines* (1938), as Herbert Sandford - *What Price Safety!* (1938), as J. Z. Wray - *The Black Doll* (1938), as Walling - *The Women Men Marry* (1937), as Brother Nameless - *On Such a Night* (1937), as Guard Rumann - *The Devil Is Driving* (1937), as Joe Peters - *Circus Girl* (1937), as Roebling - *Outcast* (1937), as Hank Simmerson - *You Only Live Once* (1937), as Warden Wheeler - *We Who Are About to Die* (1937), as Jerry Daley - *A Man Betrayed* (1936), as Sparks - *Valiant Is the Word for Carrie* (1936), as George Darnley - *The President's Mystery* (1936), as Shane - *The Devil Is a Sissy* (1936), as Priest - *Sworn Enemy* (1936), as Lang, a Gangster - *A Son Comes Home* (1936), as Gas Station Owner - *Poor Little Rich Girl* (1936), as Flagin - *Mr. Deeds Goes to Town* (1936), as Farmer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/mr-deeds-goes-to-town.md) - *Frisco Kid* (1935), as The Weasel - *Bad Boy* (1935), as Fred Larkin - *Atlantic Adventure* (1935), as Mitts Coster - *Stranded* (1935), as Mike Gibbons - *Men Without Names* (1935), as Gangster Sam "Red" Hammond - *Ladies Love Danger* (1935), Actor - *The Great Hotel Murder* (1935), as Feets Moore - *I Am a Thief* (1934), as Antonio Poricci - *I'll Fix It* (1934), as Fletcher - *The Captain Hates the Sea* (1934), as Mr. Jeddock - *Embarrassing Moments* (1934), as Slug - *The Defense Rests* (1934), as Michael Cooney - *Fifteen Wives* (1934), as Jason Getty - *Green Eyes* (1934), as Inspector Crofton - *Most Precious Thing in Life* (1934), as Carter - *The Crosby Case* (1934), as Willie McGuire - *The Big Shakedown* (1934), as Higgins - *Bombay Mail* (1934), as Giovanni Martini - *Lone Cowboy* (1933), as Bill O'Neal - *After Tonight* (1933), as Mitika, the Gypsy Contact - *The Match King* (1932), as Foreman of Janitors - *Central Park* (1932), as Robert Smiley - *The Death Kiss* (1932), as Detective Lieut. Sheehan - *I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang* (1932), as Nordine (uncredited) — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/i-am-a-fugitive-from-a-chain-gang.md) - *Doctor X* (1932), as Dr. Haines - *Miss Pinkerton* (1932), as Hugo - *The Rich Are Always with Us* (1932), as Clark Davis - *The Miracle Man* (1932), as The Frog - *The Mouthpiece* (1932), as Mr. Barton - *High Pressure* (1932), as Jimmy Moore - *The Woman from Monte Carlo* (1932), as Cmdr. Brambourg - *Safe in Hell* (1931), as Eagan - *Silence* (1931), as Harry Silvers - *Quick Millions* (1931), as Kenneth Stone · Additional Dialogue - *The Czar of Broadway* (1930), as Morton Bradstreet - *All Quiet on the Western Front* (1930), as Himmelstoss - *New York Nights* (1929), as Joe Prividi ## Gallery - ![John Wray](https://film.one/media/person/1226333/gallery-326901e1dde9.jpg) John Wray — Unknown photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/John_Wray%2C_Theatre_Magazine_1921-11.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![John Wray](https://film.one/media/person/1226333/gallery-c3ab6d621c28.jpg) John Wray — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/john-wray