Actor

Laird Cregar

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Movies: 17Series: 0

TMDB ID: 80726

IMDb ID: nm0187284

Known for: Acting

Born: July 28, 1913

Died: December 9, 1944

Age: 31

Place of birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1940 - 2021

Years active: 82

Average TMDB rating: 6.68

Wikidata: Q918677

Also known as

Samuel Laird Cregar • Лэйрд Крегар • Лерд Крегар

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Biography

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. 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.