Marc Lawrence
Acting • Born 1910-02-17 – Died 2005-11-27
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Marc Lawrence, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
219 credits
Four Rooms
Movie • 1995
Sam the Bellhop
The Ox-Bow Incident
Movie • 1943
Jeff Farnley
The Man with the Golden Gun
Movie • 1974
Rodney
Diamonds Are Forever
Movie • 1971
Slumber Inc. Attendant
From Dusk Till Dawn
Movie • 1996
Old Timer
Marathon Man
Movie • 1976
Erhard
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
Movie • 2003
Acme VP, Stating the Obvious
Life with Blondie
Movie • 1945
Pete
The Shipping News
Movie • 2001
Cousin Nolan
Key Largo
Movie • 1948
Ziggy
The Big Easy
Movie • 1986
Vinnie 'The Cannon' DiMotti
Super Fuzz
Movie • 1980
Torpedo
The Princess and the Pirate
Movie • 1944
Pedro
Jigsaw
Movie • 1949
Angelo Agostini
Thieves and Robbers
Movie • 1983
Salvatore Licuti
I Walk Alone
Movie • 1947
Nick Palestro
Dust Be My Destiny
Movie • 1939
Venetti
Convicted
Movie • 1938
Milton Militis
Charlie Chan in Honolulu
Movie • 1938
Johnny McCoy
Hit the Ice
Movie • 1943
Phil
Charlie Chan at the Opera
Movie • 1936
Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Dillinger
Movie • 1945
Doc Madison
Flame of Barbary Coast
Movie • 1945
Joe Disko, Gambler
Blind Alley
Movie • 1939
Buck
Out of the Storm
Movie • 1948
Red Stubbins
Black Hand
Movie • 1950
Caesar Xavier Serpi
A Piece of the Action
Movie • 1977
Louie
Hold That Ghost
Movie • 1941
Charlie Smith
Helen of Troy
Movie • 1956
Diomedes
The Shepherd of the Hills
Movie • 1941
Pete Matthews
Lady for a Day
Movie • 1933
Nick, a Mug at Reception (uncredited)
Blonde Alibi
Movie • 1946
Joe DeRita
Foul Play
Movie • 1978
Rupert Stiltskin
Cloak and Dagger
Movie • 1946
Luigi
Charlie Chan on Broadway
Movie • 1937
Thomas Mitchell
Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum
Movie • 1940
Steve McBirney
This Gun for Hire
Movie • 1942
Tommy
The Asphalt Jungle
Movie • 1950
Cobby
Nazi Agent
Movie • 1942
Joe Aiello
Funniest Show on Earth
Movie • 1953
Il proprietario del circo
Hot Stuff
Movie • 1979
Carmine
Kill Her Gently
Movie • 1957
William Connors
Submarine Alert
Movie • 1943
Vincent Bela
Ruby
Movie • 1992
Santos Alicante
Custer of the West
Movie • 1967
Gold Miner
Johnny Cool
Movie • 1963
Johnny Colini
Brigham Young
Movie • 1940
Prosecutor
Sundown
Movie • 1941
Abdi Hammud
Tall, Dark and Handsome
Movie • 1941
Louie
Club Havana
Movie • 1945
Joe Reed
Krakatoa, East of Java
Movie • 1969
Jacobs
Lady Scarface
Movie • 1941
Lefty Landers
Daddy's Deadly Darling
Movie • 1973
Zambrini
My Favorite Spy
Movie • 1951
Ben Ali
Cataclysm
Movie • 1980
Abraham Weiss / Dieter
Eyes of the Underworld
Movie • 1942
Gordon Finch
The Monster and the Girl
Movie • 1941
Sleeper
King of Kong Island
Movie • 1968
Albert Muller
I Am the Law
Movie • 1938
Eddie Girard
While New York Sleeps
Movie • 1938
Happy Nelson
Savage Pampas
Movie • 1966
Sargent Barril
Tough Assignment
Movie • 1949
Vince
The Kremlin Letter
Movie • 1970
The Priest
If I Had a Million
Movie • 1932
Henchman of Mike the Gangster (uncredited)
Racketeers in Exile
Movie • 1937
'Blackie' White
Call of the Canyon
Movie • 1942
Horace Dunston
The Golden Fleecing
Movie • 1940
'Happy' Dugan
Counsel for Crime
Movie • 1937
Edwin Mitchell
Blackmailer
Movie • 1936
Pinky (uncredited)
The Shadow
Movie • 1937
Kid Crow
Who Killed Gail Preston?
Movie • 1938
Frank Daniels
White Woman
Movie • 1933
Connors
Love on a Bet
Movie • 1936
County Fair Barker
Calaboose
Movie • 1943
Sluggsy Baker
Sergeant Madden
Movie • 1939
Piggy
The Housekeeper's Daughter
Movie • 1939
Floyd
In Pursuit of Treasure
Movie • 1972
Dr. Socrates
Movie • 1935
Lefty Croger - a Gangster
Night Waitress
Movie • 1936
Dorn
Jolanda, the Daughter of the Black Corsair
Movie • 1953
Van Gould
I tre corsari
Movie • 1952
Van Gould
Girls Marked Danger
Movie • 1952
Manfredi
Beware Spooks!
Movie • 1939
Slick Eastman
What Price Vengeance
Movie • 1937
Pete Brower
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
Movie • 1942
McGaffey
Rainbow Island
Movie • 1944
Alcoa
The Spider's Web
Movie • 1938
Steve Harmon
Hurricane Island
Movie • 1951
Angus Macready (uncredited)
S.O.S Tidal Wave
Movie • 1939
Melvin Sutter
The Man Who Talked Too Much
Movie • 1940
Lefty Kyler
Brothers of Italy
Movie • 1952
Capitano March
2 Mobsters Against Al Capone
Movie • 1966
Joe Minasi
Captain from Castile
Movie • 1947
Corio
Gotti
Movie • 1996
Carlo Gambino
Terror at Alcatraz
Movie • 1982
Daniel Ginelli
Desire
Movie • 1936
Charles - the Valet (uncredited)
Tampico
Movie • 1944
Valdez
Frasier, the Sensuous Lion
Movie • 1973
Chiarelli
Johnny Tiger
Movie • 1966
William Billie
Robin Hood of El Dorado
Movie • 1936
Manuel
After the Dance
Movie • 1935
Tom - a Prisoner
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
Movie • 1939
Henchman in Trenchcoat (uncredited)
Switch
Movie • 1975
Franks
Homicide Bureau
Movie • 1939
Chuck Brown
Old Man
Movie • 1958
The Cajun
Strangers All
Movie • 1935
Communist Meeting Chairman
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
Movie • 1950
Frankie
Don't Fence Me In
Movie • 1945
Clifford Anson
Honor Thy Father
Movie • 1973
Stefano Magaddino
Gangs Of The City
Movie • 1941
Mike
Yokel Boy
Movie • 1942
Henchman Trigger
Swap Meet
Movie • 1979
Mr. Booth
Adventure in Sahara
Movie • 1938
Poule
The Virginian
Movie • 1946
Pete
Yankee Fakir
Movie • 1947
Duke
Little Big Shot
Movie • 1935
Doré's Henchman
Dream No Evil
Movie • 1970
The Undertaker
Squadron of Honor
Movie • 1938
Lawlor
Counterfeit
Movie • 1936
Dint Coleman
A Dangerous Adventure
Movie • 1937
Calkins
Johnny Apollo
Movie • 1940
Bates
Code of the Streets
Movie • 1939
Henchman Halstead, aka Denver Collins
A Dangerous Game
Movie • 1941
Joe
7 Golden Monks
Movie • 1966
Lucky Marciano, Capo da banda
Romance of the Redwoods
Movie • 1939
Joe
Inside Job
Movie • 1946
Donovan
The Cowboy Star
Movie • 1936
Johnny Sampson
Murder in Greenwich Village
Movie • 1937
Rusty Morgan
The Arizonian
Movie • 1935
Henchman Who Pistol-Whipped Clay
San Quentin
Movie • 1937
Venetti
Gambling Ship
Movie • 1933
Chicago Hood (uncredited)
The Great Profile
Movie • 1940
Tony
The Linguini Incident
Movie • 1991
Bar Patron
Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!
Movie • 1940
Tony
It Can't Last Forever
Movie • 1937
Hoodlum
Noi peccatori
Movie • 1953
Camillo
Think First
Movie • 1939
Joe
Don't Gamble with Love
Movie • 1936
Gambler
The Desert Hawk
Movie • 1950
Samad
Blossoms in the Dust
Movie • 1941
Bert La Verne
The Man Who Lost Himself
Movie • 1941
Frank DeSoto
There's That Woman Again
Movie • 1938
Stevens
Loose in the Trigger
Movie • 1967
Magnum
I Promise to Pay
Movie • 1937
Henchman Whitehat
Go Into Your Dance
Movie • 1935
Eddie Logan
Ex-Champ
Movie • 1939
Bill Crosle
Vacation with a Gangster
Movie • 1952
Jack Menotti
3 Kids and a Queen
Movie • 1935
Gangster
Night Train to Terror
Movie • 1985
Mr. Weiss / Dieter (segment "The Case of Claire Hansen")
Unconquered
Movie • 1947
Medicine Man Sioto
'G' Men
Movie • 1935
Gangster Killed at Lodge (uncredited)
Newsies
Movie • 1992
Kloppman
Donor
Movie • 1990
Ben Beloit
Tormento del passato
Movie • 1952
Piero / Andrea Rossi
End of Days
Movie • 1999
Old Man
The Final Hour
Movie • 1936
Mike Magellon
Inside 'Diamonds Are Forever'
Movie • 2000
Self
Joe Palooka in the Knockout
Movie • 1947
John Mitchell
Invisible Stripes
Movie • 1939
Lefty
Blood Red
Movie • 1989
Michael Fazio
Calamity Jane and Sam Bass
Movie • 1949
Dean
Criminals of the Air
Movie • 1937
'Blast' Reardon
Goin' Coconuts
Movie • 1978
Webster
Don't Bet on Blondes
Movie • 1935
Gangster (Uncredited)
Penitentiary
Movie • 1938
Jack Hawkins
Trouble for the Legion
Movie • 1953
Serg. Schwartz
Days of Wine and Roses
Movie • 1958
Scarface
Road Gang
Movie • 1936
Pete
Men of the Hour
Movie • 1935
Joe
Motor Madness
Movie • 1937
Gus Slater
Recoil
Movie • 1963
Marcus Maroon
Mister Ed
TV • 1961
Spike the Bank Robber
CHiPs
TV • 1977
Co-Driver
The Rookies
TV • 1972
Here's Lucy
TV • 1968
Joe Grapefruit
Star Trek: The Next Generation
TV • 1987
Volnath
Baretta
TV • 1975
Petticoat Junction
TV • 1963
Barney Dawson
Wonder Woman
TV • 1975
Mr. Jones
Johnny Staccato
TV • 1959
ER
TV • 1994
Mr. Newton
Switch
TV • 1975
Don Vincenzo
The Partners
TV • 1971
Kelso
Peter Gunn
TV • 1958
McCloud
TV • 1970
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
TV • 1957
Vito Doria
M Squad
TV • 1957
Vince Cronin
Shannon's Deal
TV • 1990
Abe the Just
Bronco
TV • 1958
The Rat Patrol
TV • 1966
Abu Hassan
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV • 1956
Wade Migill
Wagon Train
TV • 1957
First Mate Ferris
The Untouchables
TV • 1959
Luigi Renaldo
Bonanza
TV • 1959
Red Gaskell
Nichols
TV • 1971
Prouty
Here's Lucy
TV • 1968
Rudy
Il killer
TV • 1969
The Untouchables
TV • 1959
Mike Genna
Tightrope
TV • 1959
Frankie Farrell
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV • 1963
Orente
The A-Team
TV • 1983
Sam Marlini
Playhouse 90
TV • 1956
El Sordo
The Detectives
TV • 1959
Marcus Maroon
The Rifleman
TV • 1958
Cougar
Mannix
TV • 1967
Angelo Palerma
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
TV • 1993
Mr. Zeemo
Arrest and Trial
TV • 1963
Leo Tucci
The Deputy
TV • 1959
Alvy Burke
The Detectives
TV • 1959
Ed Watkins
The Detectives
TV • 1959
Rocco Silvano
The Troubleshooters
TV • 1959
Bob Blossom
The Doris Day Show
TV • 1968
Frankie Fury
Mannix
TV • 1967
Ty Webber
Mannix
TV • 1967
Al Stanik
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV • 1963
Plato Atutle
The Untouchables
TV • 1959
Enrico Rossi
Lawman
TV • 1958
Frank Walker
The Rifleman
TV • 1958
Gavin
Studio One
TV • 1948
Cow Nelson