Laird Cregar (1914–1944)

Actor

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Seemingly suave, cultivated actor by nature, definitely huge in both talent and girth, and capable ...

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Died: (age 30)

Photos

  • Veronica Lake, Laird Cregar, and Marc Lawrence in This Gun for Hire (1942)
  • Tyrone Power and Laird Cregar in The Black Swan (1942)
  • Fortunio Bonanova and Laird Cregar in The Black Swan (1942)
  • Laird Cregar, Alice Faye, and John Payne in Hello Frisco, Hello (1943)
  • Ward Bond, Laird Cregar, Alice Faye, June Havoc, Jack Oakie, Frank Orth, and John Payne in Hello Frisco, Hello (1943)
  • Laird Cregar and Doris Lloyd in The Lodger (1944)

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Filmography

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Videos

Awards

2 wins.

Did You Know

Trivia

He appeared in 3 movies with George Sanders: The Black Swan (1942), The Lodger (1944) and Hangover Square (1945).

Quotes

(In an interview after the release of "The Lodger) Lots of people get a great kick out of evil efficiently wrought, and they write in and pat me on the back. Then, too, there are the righteous people who think I'm actually the kind of person I ...

Trademark

Scene-stealing performances as extremely unconventional characters

Nickname

Sam

Personal Details

Born

Samuel Laird Cregar

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Died

(age 30)
Los Angeles, California, USA

Height:

6' 3" (1.91 m)

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