Arnold Gray

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Arnold Gray (also: Arnold Gregg , Arnold R. Samberg , born April 20, 1899 in Toledo , Ohio , † May 2 or 3, 1936 in Alpine , California ) was an American film actor.

Life

Arnold Gray was born as Arnold Ray Samberg, his father was called Ray Thomas Samberg, his mother Julia Marie, geb. Holback or Halbach. He had a brother named Harold Samberg and an aunt named Edith J. Buckman. He received his education in Toledo, Ohio. The Los Angeles Herald reported on its front page on April 13, 1921, that Gray had married the silent film star Anna Zacsek the previous December . Further newspaper reports confirmed this marriage.

In 1932 he married the actress Josefina Ramos , a double from Dolores del Río . Gray also worked temporarily as a double for Joel McCrea , who also financed the vehicle in which Gray brought his sick wife to California in the spring of 1936: The couple drove to California in 1936 because Josefina Ramos suffered from tuberculosis . Arnold Gray and his wife died there a few days in a row, Gray from a heart attack , Ramos from her illness. They received a double burial in Los Angeles at Hollywood Forever Cemetery .

Career

Arnold Gray was listed as an actor under the name Arnold Gregg from 1920 to 1926. He got his first film role at the age of 21; he starred in The Broken Gate from 1920 with Bessie Barriscale and Joseph Kilgour . This was followed by roles in Love's Protégé , White Youth and in 1926 in The Power of the Weak .

As Arnold Gray he played in films such as The Flame of the Yukon (1926), West of Broadway , The Slingshot Kid (1927), Fangs of Fate (1928), The Dentist (1932) and Luana or Bird of Paradise (1932) ; The blonde, blue-eyed actor apparently had his breakthrough with The Flame of the Yukon .

In The Phantom Broadcast from 1932 he played the heartless Grant Murdock, who, as an alleged radio singer, charms numerous women and is ultimately gunned down by a jealous friend. This was followed by roles in The Mummy (1932), The Lost Squadron (1932), Graf Zaroff - Genie des Bad (1932), King Kong and the White Woman (1933), Sailor be Good! (1933), The Most Precious Thing in Life (1934), Finishing School (1934), Twentieth Century (1934), The Nut Farm (1935), The Spanish Cape Mystery (1935), She (1935) and Too Many Parents ( 1936).

Web links

Commons : Arnold Gray  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information about the family on www.myheritage.de
  2. ↑ Relationship information according to the Los Angeles Times of May 5, 1936, quoted at www.findagrave.com
  3. ↑ illustration of the title page on socalarchhistory.blogspot.com
  4. ↑ See e.g. B. The Evening News , Harrisburg (Pennsylvania), May 4, 1921, p. 12 ( digitized version )
  5. ↑ Edwin M. Bradley: Unsung Hollywood Musicals of the Golden Era. McFarland, 2016, ISBN 978-1-476-62400-6 , p. 170 ( limited preview in Google book search).
  6. ^ A b Allan R. Ellenberger: Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries. McFarland, 2001, ISBN 978-0-786-45019-0 , p. 129 ( limited preview in Google book search)
  7. ^ Scott Wilson: Resting Places. McFarland, 2016, ISBN 978-1-476-62599-7 , p. 294 ( limited preview in Google Book Search)
  8. ↑ George A. Katchmer: A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses. McFarland, 2015, ISBN 978-1-476-60905-8 , p. 141 ( limited preview in Google book search)
  9. ↑ According to www.bfi.org.uk
  10. ^ Filmography according to www.moviebreak.de
  11. ^ Peter Shelley: Frances Farmer. McFarland, 2014, ISBN 978-0-786-45777-9 , p. 69 ( limited preview in Google Book Search)
personal data
SURNAME Gray, Arnold
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gregg, Arnold; Samberg, Arnold Ray; Samberg, Arnold R.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH April 20, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH Toledo , Ohio
DATE OF DEATH May 2, 1936 or May 3, 1936
Place of death Alpine , California