- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- May 15, 1874
- Place of Birth
- Hampstead, London, England, UK
- Died
- November 28, 1947
Laurence Hanray
Laurence Hanray (16 May 1874 – 28 November 1947), sometimes credited as Lawrence Hanray, was a British film and theatre actor born in London, England. He is also credited as the author of several plays and music hall songs. Laurence Hanray was born Lawrence Henry Jacobs in St John's Wood on 16 May 1874, the son of Angelo Jacobs (c. 1851-1910), a glass manufacturer, and Leah (née Nathan; 1850/1851 - 1946). His father changed his name to Angelo Jacobs Hanray, and with it the family name, after becoming bankrupt in 1897, although Laurence had been using the name Hanray professionally from at least 1892, when he appeared as a member of the Hermann Vezin Theatre Company in supporting roles in Hamlet and Macbeth at Her Majesties Theatre, Dundee. Australian newspapers show he was in Australia and New Zealand from around 1901-04, appearing as Carraway Bones the undertaker in the farce Turned …
Filmography
movieMine Own Executioner
1947 · Dr. Lefage
movieThe Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
1947 · Mr. Gride
Read All About It
1945 · Bostock
movieWaterloo Road
1945
movieLove Story
1944 · Angus Rossiter
movieHotel Reserve
1944 · Police Commissioner
movieOn Approval
1944 · Parkes
movieMy Learned Friend
1943 · Sir Norman
movieLet the People Sing
1942
movieHatter's Castle
1942 · Dr. Lawrie
Old Mother Riley's Circus
1941 · Cheddar, KC
movieQuiet Wedding
1941 · Mr. Williamson
movieThe Ghost of St. Michael's
1941 · Clerk of Court
movie21 Days
1940 · Solicitor
Julius Caesar
1938 · Casca
Many Waters
1938
movieA Royal Divorce
1938 · Klemens von Metternich
movieThe Last Chance
1937 · Mr. Perrin
movieSmash and Grab
1937 · Praskins (as Laurence Hanray)
movieThe Girl in the Taxi
1937 · Charencey
movieKnight Without Armour
1937 · Forrester
movieAction for Slander
1937 · Clerk of Court (as Lawrence Hanray)
movieDark Journey
1937 · Cottin
movieMidnight Menace
1937 · Sir George, Lead Conspirator
movieFire Over England
1937 · French Ambassador
movieIt's Never Too Late to Mend
1937 · Lawyer Crawley
movieMoonlight Sonata
1937 · Mr. Bishop
movieRembrandt
1936 · Heertsbeeke
Someone at the Door
1936 · Poole
movieLonely Road
1936 · Jenkinson, lawyer
movieThe Man Who Could Work Miracles
1936 · Mr. Bamfylde
Beloved Impostor
1936 · Arthur
movieWhom the Gods Love: The Original Story of Mozart and His Wife
1936 · Archbishop of Salzburg
movieThe Three Maxims
1936 · Thomas
Street Song
1935 · Tuttle
movieDrake of England
1935 · Minor role
Adventure Ltd.
1935 · Simon Ledbury
movieMimi
1935 · Barbemouche
movieMurder at Monte Carlo
1935 · Collum
Brewster's Millions
1935 · Grant
movieLorna Doone
1934 · Parson Bowden
movieThe Great Defender
1934 · Parker
movieWhat Happened Then?
1934 · Dr. Bristol
movieChu Chin Chow
1934 · Kasim Baba
movieThose Were the Days
1934 · Wormington
movieThe Rise of Catherine the Great
1934 · Goudovitch
movieThe Private Life of Henry VIII
1933 · Archbishop Cranmer
His Grace Gives Notice
1933 · Mr Greyling
movieLoyalties
1933 · Jacob Twisden
movieThis Week of Grace
1933 · Lawyer Cowlber
movieThe Good Companions
1933 · Mr. James Tarvin
movieThe Man from Toronto
1933 · Duncan
movieThere Goes the Bride
1932 · Police Chief (uncredited)
Leap Year
1932 · Hope
movieWedding Rehearsal
1932 · News editor
movieThat Night in London
1932 · Ribbles
movieLove on Wheels
1932 · Gallop's Commissionaire
movieThe Faithful Heart
1932 · Major Ango
Her Reputation
1931 · Mr. Montgomery
Beyond the Cities
1930 · Gregory Hayes