Roger Gray

Actor: Roger Gray

Born: May 26, 1887 in Omaha, Nebraska
Died: Jan 20, 1959 in Los Angeles, California
Occupation: Actor
Active: '30s-'40s
Major Genres: Drama, Romance
Career Highlights: Everyman's Law, Hit the Deck
First Major Screen Credit: Hit the Deck (1930)

Biography

A tall (6'2"), gangly supporting actor onscreen from the early '30s, Roger Gray played James Cagney's sailor pal in the "Shanghai Lil" number in Footlight Parade (1933) and was Celano, a Philippine bandit masquerading as a sailor (named "Brooklyn," no less), in Come on Marines (1934). Those were perhaps the highlights of a career mainly constituted by unbilled, bit roles as cops, military officers, small-time gangsters, and even the occasional sheriff (Oh, Susannah!, 1936). Gray made his final screen appearance in yet another unbilled bit part in Gaslight (1944). He also appeared on television in the early '50s, and made his final screen appearance in 1958's Gang War. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide