Marc Lawrence

Known for ActingBorn 1910-02-17Died 2005-11-27New 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Terror at Alcatraz

In Pursuit of Treasure

The Troubleshooters

Brothers of Italy

Motor Madness

The Cowboy Star

Don't Gamble with Love

Switch

Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Call of the Canyon

Beware Spooks!

Arrest and Trial

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

ER

Shannon's Deal

The Untouchables

Noi peccatori

I tre corsari

Inside 'Diamonds Are Forever'

Joe Palooka in the Knockout

The Arizonian

Men of the Hour

The A-Team

Playhouse 90

The Ox-Bow Incident

Bonanza

Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum

Code of the Streets

Think First

The Asphalt Jungle

Key Largo

From Dusk Till Dawn

Rainbow Island

Marathon Man

Sergeant Madden

McCloud

Racketeers in Exile

The Final Hour

Days of Wine and Roses

Hot Stuff

Out of the Storm

The Rat Patrol

Wonder Woman

Ex-Champ

Vacation with a Gangster

Little Big Shot

The Rifleman