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Profile of Laird Cregar
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Laird Cregar |
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28th July 1914 |
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
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Laird Cregar (28 July 1914-9 December 1944) was an American actor. Cregar was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and died of a heart attack in Los Angeles, California. His funeral eulogy was delivered by Vincent Price.
Cregar supported himself as a bouncer early in his career. The formally-trained actor and son of a rich Philadelphian, sometimes had to sleep in a car due to lack of money before his acting career took off.
Best remembered as the title character in The Lodger. Seldom weighing less than 300 pounds (136 kg) throughout his adult life, Cregar came to a tragic end because of his obsession to become a slim, what he called a "beautiful man". His rapid loss of 100 pounds (45 kg) may have contributed to the deadly heart attack.
Partial Filmography
- I Wake Up Screaming (1941)
- This Gun for Hire (1942)
- The Black Swan (1942)
- Heaven Can Wait (1943)
- The Lodger (1944)
- Hangover Square (1945)
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