Marc Lawrence
Biography
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).
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Acting (167 movies)
Four Rooms
1995
The Ox-Bow Incident
1943
The Man with the Golden Gun
1974
Diamonds Are Forever
1971
From Dusk Till Dawn
1996
Marathon Man
1976
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
2003
Life with Blondie
1945
The Shipping News
2001
Key Largo
1948
The Big Easy
1986
Super Fuzz
1980
The Princess and the Pirate
1944
Jigsaw
1949
Thieves and Robbers
1983
I Walk Alone
1947
Dust Be My Destiny
1939
Convicted
1938
Charlie Chan in Honolulu
1938
Hit the Ice
1943
Charlie Chan at the Opera
1936
Dillinger
1945
Flame of Barbary Coast
1945
Blind Alley
1939
Out of the Storm
1948
Black Hand
1950
A Piece of the Action
1977
Hold That Ghost
1941
Helen of Troy
1956
The Shepherd of the Hills
1941
Lady for a Day
1933
Blonde Alibi
1946
Foul Play
1978
Cloak and Dagger
1946
Charlie Chan on Broadway
1937
Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum
1940
This Gun for Hire
1942
The Asphalt Jungle
1950
Nazi Agent
1942
Funniest Show on Earth
1953
Hot Stuff
1979
Kill Her Gently
1957
Submarine Alert
1943
Ruby
1992
Custer of the West
1967
Johnny Cool
1963
Brigham Young
1940
Sundown
1941
Tall, Dark and Handsome
1941
Club Havana
1945
Krakatoa, East of Java
1968
Lady Scarface
1941
Daddy's Deadly Darling
1973
My Favorite Spy
1951
Cataclysm
1980
Eyes of the Underworld
1942
The Monster and the Girl
1941
King of Kong Island
1968
I Am the Law
1938
While New York Sleeps
1938
Savage Pampas
1966
Tough Assignment
1949
The Kremlin Letter
1970
If I Had a Million
1932
Racketeers in Exile
1937
Call of the Canyon
1942
The Golden Fleecing
1940
Counsel for Crime
1937
Blackmailer
1936
The Shadow
1937
Who Killed Gail Preston?
1938
White Woman
1933
Love on a Bet
1936
Calaboose
1943
Sergeant Madden
1939
The Housekeeper's Daughter
1939
In Pursuit of Treasure
1972
Dr. Socrates
1935
Night Waitress
1936
Jolanda, the Daughter of the Black Corsair
1953
I tre corsari
1952
Girls Marked Danger
1952
Beware Spooks!
1939
What Price Vengeance
1937
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
1942
Rainbow Island
1944
The Spider's Web
1938
Hurricane Island
1951
S.O.S Tidal Wave
1939
The Man Who Talked Too Much
1940
Brothers of Italy
1952
2 Mobsters Against Al Capone
1966
Captain from Castile
1947
Gotti
1996
Terror at Alcatraz
1982
Desire
1936
Tampico
1944
Frasier, the Sensuous Lion
1973
Johnny Tiger
1966
Robin Hood of El Dorado
1936
Directing (2 movies)
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Nightmare in the Sun | 1965 | Writer |
| Daddy's Deadly Darling | 1973 | Writer |
| Daddy's Deadly Darling | 1973 | Producer |