Jack La Rue

🎂 Data nașterii: 1902-05-03 (New York City, New York, USA)

Jack La Rue (born Gaspere Biondolillo) was an American stage, screen, and television actor. La Rue went from high school to his first acting job, in Otis Skinner's road company production of Blood and Sand. He performed in Broadway plays from around 1923 to 1931. According to La Rue, while appearing in Mae West's play Diamond Lil, he was spotted by Howard Hawks, who offered him a part in the film Scarface, starring Paul Muni. He moved to Hollywood, where he appeared in numerous films. However, Scarface was not one of them. La Rue stated in a newspaper article that, after four days, Hawks had to replace him with George Raft because La Rue was taller than Muni and had a more powerful voice. Later, however, Raft turned down the role of the despicable villain in The Story of Temple Drake, fearing it would damage his screen image, so the part went to La Rue. Sometimes mistaken for Humphrey Bogart, he played thugs and gangsters for the most part. However, director Frank Borzage atypically cast him as a priest in the 1932 version of A Farewell to Arms simply because, according to newspaper columnist Hubbard Keavy, he was "tired of seeing conventional characters". La Rue stated he turned down a role in The Godfather and many parts in the television series The Untouchables because of the way they portrayed Italian-Americans. La Rue died of a heart attack at Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica, California, at the age of 81. He was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, California.

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42nd Street

Radio Patrol

American Empire

Adio arme

Fugitive from a Prison Camp

Man Against Woman

The Story of Temple Drake

Cornered

Road to Utopia

No Orchids for Miss Blandish

Three on a Match

Blessed Event

Footsteps in the Dark

Charlie Chan in Panama

The King On Main Street

Captains Courageous

Robin and the 7 Hoods

My Favorite Brunette

Paper Bullets

A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen

The Spanish Cape Mystery

The Gang's All Here

Special Agent

Gambling Ship

The Kennel Murder Case

Night World

Remember Last Night?

Virtue

The Spanish Main

For Heaven's Sake

Terror Aboard

Hard Guy

Highways by Night

The Payoff

Little Big Shot

For Those Who Think Young

Murder in the Music Hall

The Mouthpiece

Secret of the Chateau

Forgotten Girls

Trapped by G-Men

The Girl in 419

East of the River

Murder in Soho

The Girl from Monterrey

A Scream in the Dark

To the Last Man

That I May Live

Headline Shooter

Dangerous Passage

Good Dame

Machine Gun Mama

Under the Pampas Moon

X Marks the Spot

Straight Is the Way

The Desert Song

Dancing Pirate

Valley of the Giants

Follow the Leader

The Last Ride

Yellow Cargo

Born to Fight

The Bridge of Sighs

It Couldn't Have Happened (But It Did)

Ellis Island

Mind Your Own Business

Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen

Dangerous Holiday

Her Husband Lies

Robin Hood of Monterey

Under the Big Top

Leave It to the Irish

Lawyer Man

Follow the Leader

You Can't Beat the Law

His Night Out

The Fighting Rookie

The Spy in the Green Hat