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Marc Lawrence

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Marc Lawrence (December 17, 1909 – November 28, 2005) was an American character actor who specialized in underworld types. He has also been credited as F. A. Foss, Marc Laurence and Marc C. Lawrence. 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.[6] 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). One of his last roles was as Mr. Zeemo in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Badda-Bing Badda-Bang", which aired in February 1999. Previously he played the elderly Gatherer Volnoth in the 1989 Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Vengeance Factor". Description above from the Wikipedia article Marc Lawrence, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Feb 17, 1910 In New York City, New York, U.S.
Movie/TV Credits:
187
First Appeared:
In the movie If I Had a Million 1932-11-18
Latest Project:
Movie Looney Tunes: Back in Action 2003-11-14
Known For
Poster of Wonder Woman
Poster of 7 Golden Monks
Poster of I tre corsari
Poster of The Cowboy Star
Filmography
Movie Looney Tunes: Back in Action Acme VP, Stating the Obvious 2003-11-14
Movie The Shipping News Cousin Nolan 2001-12-18
Movie Inside 'Diamonds Are Forever' 2000-10-17
Movie End of Days Old Man 1999-11-24
Movie From Dusk Till Dawn Motel Owner 1996-01-19
Movie Gotti Carlo Gambino 1996-08-17
Movie Four Rooms Sam the Bellhop 1995-12-09
Series ER Unknown 1994-09-19
Movie Ruby Santos Alicante 1992-03-27
Movie Newsies Kloppman 1992-04-10
Series Shannon's Deal Unknown 1990-04-16
Movie Donor Ben Beloit 1990-12-09
Movie Blood Red Michael Fazio 1989-08-18
Series Star Trek: The Next Generation Volnath 1987-09-28
Movie The Big Easy Vinnie 'The Cannon' DiMotti 1986-11-27
Movie Night Train to Terror Mr. Weiss / Dieter (segment "The Case of Claire Hansen") 1985-05-01
Movie Thieves and Robbers Salvatore Licuti 1983-02-11
Movie Terror at Alcatraz Daniel Ginelli 1982-07-04
Movie Cataclysm Abraham Weiss / Dieter 1980-01-01
Movie Super Fuzz Torpedo 1980-09-18
Movie Hot Stuff Carmine 1979-08-10
Movie Swap Meet Mr. Booth 1979-09-21
Movie Foul Play Rupert Stiltskin 1978-07-14
Movie Goin' Coconuts Webster 1978-10-06
Movie A Piece of the Action Louie 1977-10-07
Series CHiPs Unknown 1977-09-15
Movie Marathon Man Erhard 1976-10-08
Series Baretta Unknown 1975-01-17
Series Switch Unknown 1975-09-09
Series Wonder Woman Unknown 1975-11-07
Movie The Man with the Golden Gun Rodney 1974-12-01
Movie Honor Thy Father Stefano Magaddino 1973-03-01
Movie Frasier, the Sensuous Lion Chiarelli 1973-06-19
Movie Daddy's Deadly Darling Zambrini 1973-05-25
Series The Rookies Unknown 1972-09-11
Movie Diamonds Are Forever Slumber Inc. Attendant 1971-12-14
Series The Partners Unknown 1971-09-18
Movie The Kremlin Letter The Priest 1970-02-01
Movie Dream No Evil The Undertaker 1970-01-01
Series McCloud Unknown 1970-02-17
Series Il killer 1969-04-17
Series Here's Lucy Unknown 1968-09-23
Movie Krakatoa, East of Java Jacobs 1968-12-26
Movie King of Kong Island Albert Muller 1968-09-29
Series Mannix Unknown 1967-09-16
Movie Du mou dans la gâchette Magnum 1967-08-30
Movie Custer of the West The gold miner 1967-11-09
Movie 2 Mobsters Against Al Capone Joe Minasi 1966-03-04
Movie Johnny Tiger William Billie 1966-06-15
Movie 7 Golden Monks Lucky Marciano, Capo da banda 1966-02-08
Movie Savage Pampas Sargent Barril 1966-07-07
Series The Rat Patrol Unknown 1966-09-12
Series Petticoat Junction Unknown 1963-09-24
Movie Johnny Cool Johnny Colini 1963-10-02
Series Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre Unknown 1963-10-04
Series Mister Ed Unknown 1961-01-05
Series Tightrope Unknown 1959-09-08
Series Johnny Staccato Unknown 1959-09-10
Series The Detectives Unknown 1959-10-16
Series Peter Gunn Unknown 1958-09-22
Series Bronco Unknown 1958-09-23
Series The Rifleman Unknown 1958-09-30
Movie Days of Wine and Roses Scarface 1958-10-02
Series Richard Diamond, Private Detective Unknown 1957-07-01
Movie Kill Her Gently William Connors 1957-12-01
Series M Squad Unknown 1957-09-20
Movie Helen of Troy Diomedes 1956-01-26
Series Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Unknown 1956-10-05
Movie Jolanda, the Daughter of the Black Corsair Van Gould 1953-02-05
Movie Noi peccatori Camillo 1953-03-21
Movie Trouble for the Legion Serg. Schwartz 1953-08-27
Movie Funniest Show on Earth Il proprietario del circo 1953-11-12
Movie Brothers of Italy Capitano March 1952-01-01
Movie Vacation with a Gangster Jack Menotti 1952-03-22
Movie Girls Marked Danger Manfredi 1952-09-25
Movie I tre corsari Van Gould 1952-10-16
Movie Hurricane Island Angus Macready (uncredited) 1951-07-16
Movie My Favorite Spy Ben Ali 1951-12-25
Movie Black Hand Caesar Xavier Serpi 1950-03-12
Movie The Desert Hawk Samad 1950-08-05
Movie The Asphalt Jungle Cobby 1950-05-12
Movie Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion Frankie 1950-08-05
Movie Jigsaw Angelo Agostini 1949-03-11
Movie Tough Assignment Vince 1949-11-15
Movie Calamity Jane and Sam Bass Dean 1949-09-20
Movie Key Largo Ziggy 1948-07-16
Movie Out of the Storm Red Stubbins 1948-09-11
Movie Yankee Fakir Duke 1947-04-01
Movie Joe Palooka in the Knockout John Mitchell 1947-09-20
Movie Captain from Castile Corio 1947-12-25
Movie Unconquered Medicine Man Sioto 1947-10-10
Movie I Walk Alone Nick Palestro 1947-12-31
Movie The Virginian Pete 1946-05-05
Movie Blonde Alibi Joe DeRita 1946-03-01
Movie Inside Job Donovan 1946-06-14
Movie Cloak and Dagger Luigi 1946-09-28
Movie Dillinger Doc Madison 1945-04-25
Movie Don't Fence Me In Clifford Anson 1945-10-20
Movie Flame of Barbary Coast Joe Disko, Gambler 1945-05-28
Movie Life with Blondie Pete 1945-12-13
Movie Club Havana Joe Reed 1945-11-23
Movie Tampico Valdez 1944-04-10
Movie The Princess and the Pirate Pedro 1944-11-17
Movie Rainbow Island Alcoa 1944-10-05
Movie Calaboose Sluggsy Baker 1943-01-29
Movie The Ox-Bow Incident Jeff Farnley 1943-03-11
Movie Submarine Alert Vincent Bela 1943-06-28
Movie Hit the Ice Phil - Silky's Henchman 1943-06-02
Movie Nazi Agent Joe Aiello 1942-03-01
Movie This Gun for Hire Tommy 1942-04-24
Movie Yokel Boy Henchman Trigger 1942-03-13
Movie Call of the Canyon Horace Dunston 1942-08-17
Movie Eyes of the Underworld Gordon Finch 1942-10-02
Movie 'Neath Brooklyn Bridge McGaffey 1942-11-20
Movie The Shepherd of the Hills Pete Matthews 1941-07-18
Movie The Man Who Lost Himself Frank DeSoto 1941-03-21
Movie The Monster and the Girl Sleeper 1941-02-28
Movie Tall, Dark and Handsome Louie 1941-01-24
Movie Hold That Ghost Charlie Smith 1941-08-08
Movie Gangs Of The City Mike 1941-10-30
Movie Blossoms in the Dust Bert La Verne 1941-08-15
Movie Lady Scarface Lefty Landers 1941-09-26
Movie Sundown Abdi Hammud 1941-10-31
Movie A Dangerous Game Joe 1941-08-21
Movie Love, Honor and Oh-Baby! Tony Luffo 1940-06-07
Movie Johnny Apollo Bates 1940-04-19
Movie The Golden Fleecing 'Happy' Dugan 1940-08-16
Movie The Man Who Talked Too Much Lefty Kyler 1940-07-16
Movie The Great Profile Tony 1940-08-30
Movie Brigham Young Prosecutor 1940-09-27
Movie Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum Steve McBirney 1940-09-06
Movie Code of the Streets Henchman Halstead, aka Denver Collins 1939-04-13
Movie Ex-Champ Bill Crosle 1939-05-11
Movie Blind Alley Buck 1939-05-11
Movie The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt Henchman in Trenchcoat 1939-01-27
Movie Homicide Bureau Chuck Brown 1939-01-05
Movie Sergeant Madden Piggy 1939-03-24
Movie Romance of the Redwoods Joe 1939-03-29
Movie Invisible Stripes Lefty 1939-12-30
Movie S.O.S Tidal Wave Melvin Sutter 1939-06-02
Movie Beware Spooks! Slick Eastman 1939-10-24
Movie The Housekeeper's Daughter Floyd 1939-10-26
Movie Dust Be My Destiny Venetti 1939-09-16
Movie Think First Joe 1939-09-08
Movie Convicted Milton Militis 1938-08-18
Movie Squadron of Honor Lawlor 1938-06-28
Movie Who Killed Gail Preston? Frank Daniels 1938-02-24
Movie I Am the Law Eddie Girard 1938-08-25
Movie Adventure in Sahara Poule 1938-11-15
Movie The Spider's Web Steve Harmon 1938-10-21
Movie Charlie Chan in Honolulu Johnny McCoy 1938-12-30
Movie There's That Woman Again Stevens 1938-12-24
Movie While New York Sleeps Happy Nelson 1938-12-16
Movie What Price Vengeance Pete Brower 1937-05-25
Movie San Quentin Venetti 1937-05-24
Movie Racketeers in Exile 'Blackie' White 1937-03-30
Movie It Can't Last Forever Hoodlum 1937-07-15
Movie Criminals of the Air 'Blast' Reardon 1937-04-29
Movie I Promise to Pay Henchman Whitehat 1937-04-21
Movie A Dangerous Adventure Calkins 1937-07-21
Movie Murder in Greenwich Village Rusty Morgan 1937-11-03
Movie The Shadow Kid Crow 1937-12-22
Movie Charlie Chan on Broadway Thomas Mitchell 1937-09-22
Movie Counsel for Crime Edwin Mitchell 1937-10-14
Movie Road Gang Prisoner 1936-03-28
Movie Robin Hood of El Dorado Manuel 1936-03-17
Movie Don't Gamble with Love Gambler 1936-02-28
Movie Desire Charles - the Valet (uncredited) 1936-04-11
Movie Love on a Bet County Fair Barker 1936-03-06
Movie Counterfeit Dint Coleman 1936-05-25
Movie Charlie Chan at the Opera Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed) 1936-12-04
Movie Night Waitress Dorn 1936-12-18
Movie The Cowboy Star Johnny Sampson 1936-11-20
Movie The Final Hour Mike Magellon 1936-07-07
Movie 'G' Men Gangster Killed at Lodge (uncredited) 1935-05-04
Movie Strangers All Communist Meeting Chairman 1935-04-01
Movie After the Dance Tom - a Prisoner 1935-06-25
Movie Go Into Your Dance Eddie Logan 1935-04-20
Movie Don't Bet on Blondes Gangster (Uncredited) 1935-07-13
Movie The Arizonian Henchman Who Pistol-Whipped Clay 1935-06-27
Movie Dr. Socrates Lefty Croger - a Gangster 1935-10-19
Movie 3 Kids and a Queen Gangster 1935-10-21
Movie Little Big Shot Doré's Henchman 1935-09-07
Movie Gambling Ship Chicago Hood (uncredited) 1933-06-23
Movie Lady for a Day Nick, a Mug at Reception (uncredited) 1933-09-13
Movie White Woman Connors 1933-11-10
Movie If I Had a Million Henchman of Mike the Gangster (uncredited) 1932-11-18