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Marc Lawrence

Marc Lawrence

Birthday: 1910-02-17 | Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA

Marc Lawrence (December 17, 1909 – November 28, 2005) was an American character actor who specialized in underworld types. He has also been credited as F. A. Foss, Marc Laurence and Marc C. Lawrence. 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.[6] 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). One of his last roles was as Mr. Zeemo in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Badda-Bing Badda-Bang", which aired in February 1999. Previously he played the elderly Gatherer Volnoth in the 1989 Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Vengeance Factor". Description above from the Wikipedia article Marc Lawrence, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1992
Ruby

as    Santos Alicante

1987
The Big Easy

as    Vinnie 'The Cannon' DiMotti

1980
Cataclysm

as    Abraham Weiss / Dieter

1980
Super Fuzz

as    Torpedo

1978
Foul Play

as    Rupert Stiltskin

1978
Goin' Coconuts

as    Webster

1976
Marathon Man

as    Erhard

1974
The Man with the Golden Gun

as    Rodney

1968
King of Kong Island

as    Albert Muller

1968
Custer of the West

as    The gold miner

1967
Savage Pampas

as    Sargent Barril

1963
Johnny Cool

as    Johnny Colini

1958
Kill Her Gently

as    William Connors

1951
Hurricane Island

as    Angus Macready (uncredited)

1950
Black Hand

as    Caesar Xavier Serpi

1950
The Asphalt Jungle

as    Cobby

1950
The Desert Hawk

as    Samad

1949
Jigsaw

as    Angelo Agostini

1949
1949
Tough Assignment

as    Vince

1948
Out of the Storm

as    Red Stubbins

1946
Blonde Alibi

as    Joe DeRita

1946
Cloak and Dagger

as    Luigi

1945
Don't Fence Me In

as    Clifford Anson

1945
Dillinger

as    Doc Madison

1945
Club Havana

as    Joe Reed

1944
The Princess and the Pirate

as    Pedro

1944
Tampico

as    Valdez