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John Wray

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Choreographer 1887–1940 On stage 19131935

John Wray (born John Griffith Malloy; February 13, 1887 – April 5, 1940) was an American character actor of stage and screen.

On stage 9 productions, 22 years

1913 The Merchant of Venice Harris Theatre · Revival
1917 Richelieu 44th Street Theatre · Revival
1920 The Ouija Board Bijou Theatre · Original · directed by W. H. Gilmore 64 perf.
1921 The Nightcap 39th Street Theatre · Original 96 perf.
1923 Polly Preferred Little Theatre · Original · directed by Winchell Smith 184 perf.
1924 Silence National Theatre · Original 199 perf.
1925 The Enemy Times Square Theatre · Original · directed by Robert Milton 203 perf.
1928 Tin Pan Alley Biltmore Theatre · Original · directed by Lester Lonergan 69 perf.
1935 Achilles Had a Heel 44th Street Theatre · Original · directed by Howard Lindsay 8 perf.

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Worked with more than once3 names

Virginia Lee Moore 2 productions
Grant Mills 2 productions
Flora Sheffield 2 productions

Both names in the same cast list, more than once. It is not evidence of a partnership — a long-running company puts the same forty people together every night — but it is where one would start looking. 3 of these names are not links because we hold no record behind them; the name is set from the identifier and its punctuation may be wrong.

Also credited on1 work

Call Me Mister

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In the literature3 passages

  • 5 “The Marge and Gower Champion Story,” narr. Ed Sullivan, prods. Marlo Lewis and Ed Sullivan, dir. John Wray, Toast of the Town , CBS, WCBS, New York, 14 June 1953—video recording of kinescope from private collection of Marge Champion. Prior to videotape, live programs were preserved via kinescope—a film of the performance as it appeared…ebooks/Gilvey, John Anthony/Before the Parade Passes By_ Gower Champion and the Glorious American Musical - John Anthony Gilvey.txt
  • “The Marge and Gower Champion Story.” With Marge and Gower Champion. Narr. Ed Sullivan. Prods. Marlo Lewis and Ed Sullivan. Dir. John Wray, Toast of the Town, CBS, WCBS, New York, 7 Jun. 1953. Video recording of kinescope from personal library of Marge Champion.ebooks/Gilvey, John Anthony/Before the Parade Passes By_ Gower Champion and the Glorious American Musical - John Anthony Gilvey.txt
  • Duluth, Minnesota Director — John Wray Young Associate Director — Margaret Mary Yous] Dinectheatre-pdfs/sim_theatre-arts_1935-07_19_7.txt

Passages naming this person, found by keyword across 178 books. A keyword match is not a biography, and a common name will pull in the wrong one.

What this page does not know

  • What this person played. No cast list we hold records a character against a performer.
  • Any portrait. 1,626 of 7,139 people have one, so this is the usual case rather than the exception.
  • Which of the credits above the roles on this record — choreographer — apply to. The roles sit on the person and never on a credit, so a director who also acted looks the same here as one who did not.

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