Marc Lawrence
Known for: Acting
Born: February 17, 1910
Died: November 27, 2005
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Marc Lawrence was an American character actor who specialized in underworld types. 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. 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Marc Lawrence, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
172 movies · 42 TV shows, newest first
6.4
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
2003
6.4
The Shipping News
2001
7.5
Inside 'Diamonds Are Forever'
2000
6.1
End of Days
1999
6.6
Gotti
1996
7.1
From Dusk Till Dawn
1996
5.9
Four Rooms
1995
7.8
ER
1994
7.9
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
6.7
Newsies
1992
5.5
Ruby
1992
6.6
The Linguini Incident
1991
5.3
Donor
1990
7.7
Shannon's Deal
1990
4.9
Blood Red
1989
8.4
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
6.2
The Big Easy
1986
4.5
Night Train to Terror
1985
6.1
Thieves and Robbers
1983
7.5
The A-Team
1983
10.0
Terror at Alcatraz
1982
6.5
Super Fuzz
1980
4.2
Cataclysm
1980
3.5
Swap Meet
1979
7.0
Hot Stuff
1979
4.3
Goin' Coconuts
1978
6.3
Foul Play
1978
5.8
A Piece of the Action
1977
6.8
CHiPs
1977
7.2
Marathon Man
1976
7.0
Wonder Woman
1975
6.6
Switch
1975
9.0
Switch
1975
6.5
Baretta
1975
6.5
The Man with the Golden Gun
1974
6.5
Frasier, the Sensuous Lion
1973
5.2
Daddy's Deadly Darling
1973
5.0
Honor Thy Father
1973
6.9
The Rookies
1972
10.0
In Pursuit of Treasure
1972
6.4
Diamonds Are Forever
19716.5
The Partners
1971
6.3
Nichols
1971
7.2
McCloud
1970
5.9
The Kremlin Letter
1970
5.7
Dream No Evil
1970NR
Il killer
1969
5.8
Krakatoa, East of Java
1969
3.3
King of Kong Island
1968
6.2
The Doris Day Show
1968
6.7
Here's Lucy
1968
6.0
Custer of the West
1967
6.8
Mannix
1967
5.7
Loose in the Trigger
1967
7.2
The Rat Patrol
1966
5.3
Savage Pampas
1966
7.0
Johnny Tiger
1966
5.9
2 Mobsters Against Al Capone
1966
7.0
7 Golden Monks
1966
3.0
Nightmare in the Sun
1965
NR
Recoil
19635.9
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
5.3
Johnny Cool
1963
5.9
Petticoat Junction
1963
8.3
Arrest and Trial
1963
6.8
Mister Ed
1961
NR
The Roaring 20's
1960
6.7
The Detectives
1959
8.0
The Untouchables
1959
7.5
Bonanza
1959
6.5
The Deputy
1959
10.0
The Troubleshooters
1959
5.2
Johnny Staccato
1959
6.3
Tightrope
1959
NR
Old Man
1958
7.2
77 Sunset Strip
1958
6.0
Lawman
1958
7.3
Days of Wine and Roses
1958
7.1
The Rifleman
1958
6.0
Bronco
1958
6.6
Peter Gunn
1958
5.7
Kill Her Gently
1957
7.0
Maverick
1957
5.4
M Squad
1957
6.6
Wagon Train
1957
6.8
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
6.2
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
7.5
Playhouse 90
1956
6.3
Helen of Troy
1956
6.2
Funniest Show on Earth
19536.5
Trouble for the Legion
1953
8.0
Noi peccatori
1953
6.4
Jolanda, the Daughter of the Black Corsair
1953
7.0
I tre corsari
1952
5.7
Girls Marked Danger
1952
7.0
Tormento del passato
1952
7.2
Vacation with a Gangster
1952
10.0
Brothers of Italy
1952
6.0
My Favorite Spy
1951
6.0
Hurricane Island
1951
6.1
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
1950
5.4
The Desert Hawk
1950
7.5
The Asphalt Jungle
1950
6.2
Black Hand
1950
6.8
Tough Assignment
1949
6.1
Calamity Jane and Sam Bass
1949
5.0
Jigsaw
1949
5.4
Studio One
1948
7.3
Out of the Storm
1948
7.5
Key Largo
1948
6.6
I Walk Alone
1947
7.2
Captain from Castile
1947
6.5
Unconquered
1947
8.0
Joe Palooka in the Knockout
1947
6.0
Yankee Fakir
1947
6.5
Cloak and Dagger
1946
5.9
Inside Job
1946
6.2
The Virginian
1946
4.8
Blonde Alibi
1946
6.7
Life with Blondie
1945
5.9
Club Havana
1945
5.8
Don't Fence Me In
1945
5.5
Flame of Barbary Coast
1945
5.9
Dillinger
1945
6.9
The Princess and the Pirate
1944
7.5
Rainbow Island
1944
6.7
Tampico
1944
4.8
Submarine Alert
1943
6.0
Hit the Ice
1943
7.7
The Ox-Bow Incident
1943
7.0
Calaboose
1943
6.3
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
1942
5.6
Eyes of the Underworld
1942
8.5
Call of the Canyon
1942
7.0
This Gun for Hire
1942
5.8
Yokel Boy
1942
6.6
Nazi Agent
1942
5.5
Sundown
19417.0
Gangs Of The City
1941
5.4
Lady Scarface
1941
7.0
A Dangerous Game
1941
6.6
Blossoms in the Dust
1941
6.8
Hold That Ghost
1941
6.6
The Shepherd of the Hills
1941
5.4
The Man Who Lost Himself
1941
5.7
The Monster and the Girl
1941
6.1
Tall, Dark and Handsome
1941
4.6
Brigham Young
1940
7.7
Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum
1940
6.8
The Great Profile
1940
5.9
The Golden Fleecing
1940
6.4
The Man Who Talked Too Much
1940
9.0
Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!
1940
6.8
Johnny Apollo
1940
6.2
Invisible Stripes
1939
4.6
The Housekeeper's Daughter
1939
8.5
Beware Spooks!
1939
6.5
Dust Be My Destiny
1939
7.7
Think First
1939
6.8
S.O.S Tidal Wave
1939
6.0
Blind Alley
1939
7.3
Ex-Champ
1939
7.7
Code of the Streets
1939
7.0
Romance of the Redwoods
1939
7.5
Sergeant Madden
1939
6.6
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
1939
6.7
Homicide Bureau
1939
6.5
Charlie Chan in Honolulu
1938
6.2
There's That Woman Again
1938
7.0
While New York Sleeps
1938
5.8
Adventure in Sahara
1938
6.5
The Spider's Web
1938
7.1
I Am the Law
1938
6.3
Convicted
1938
7.0
Squadron of Honor
1938
6.5
Who Killed Gail Preston?
1938
7.0
Penitentiary
1938
7.0
The Shadow
1937
5.8
Murder in Greenwich Village
1937
6.8
Counsel for Crime
1937
7.1
Charlie Chan on Broadway
1937
5.5
A Dangerous Adventure
1937
6.5
It Can't Last Forever
1937
7.0
What Price Vengeance
1937
6.7
San Quentin
1937
6.3
Criminals of the Air
1937
6.0
I Promise to Pay
1937
10.0
Motor Madness
1937
7.5
Racketeers in Exile
1937
6.4
Night Waitress
1936
6.8
Charlie Chan at the Opera
1936
10.0
The Cowboy Star
1936
6.5
Blackmailer
1936
7.5
The Final Hour
1936
6.3
Counterfeit
1936
7.0
Desire
1936
7.0
Road Gang
1936
5.2
Robin Hood of El Dorado
1936
7.0
Love on a Bet
1936
10.0
Don't Gamble with Love
1936
6.8
3 Kids and a Queen
1935
6.6
Dr. Socrates
1935
7.3
Little Big Shot
1935
5.8
Don't Bet on Blondes
1935
8.0
The Arizonian
1935
6.5
After the Dance
1935
8.0
Men of the Hour
1935
6.6
'G' Men
1935
7.2
Go Into Your Dance
1935
6.8
Strangers All
1935
5.8
White Woman
1933
7.1
Lady for a Day
1933
5.6
Gambling Ship
1933
6.5
If I Had a Million
1932