Marc Lawrence

from New York City, New York, USA

Artwork for End of DaysImage of Marc Lawrence

Biography

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).

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Timeline

2003Aged 93

  • Poster for Looney Tunes: Back in Action

    Acme VP, Stating the Obvious

2001Aged 91

  • Poster for The Shipping News

    Cousin Nolan

2000Aged 90

  • Poster for Inside 'Diamonds Are Forever'

    Self

1999Aged 89

  • Poster for End of Days

    Old Man

1996Aged 86

  • Poster for From Dusk Till Dawn

    Old Timer

  • Poster for Gotti

    Carlo Gambino

1995Aged 85

  • Poster for Four Rooms

    Sam the Bellhop

1992Aged 82

  • Poster for Ruby

    Santos Alicante

  • Poster for Newsies

    Kloppman

1991Aged 81

  • Poster for The Linguini Incident

    Bar Patron

1990Aged 80

  • Poster for Donor

    Ben Beloit

1989Aged 79

  • Poster for Blood Red

    Michael Fazio

1986Aged 76

  • Poster for The Big Easy

    Vinnie 'The Cannon' DiMotti

1985Aged 75

  • Poster for Night Train to Terror

    Mr. Weiss / Dieter (segment "The Case of Claire Hansen")

1983Aged 73

  • Poster for Thieves and Robbers

    Salvatore Licuti

1982Aged 72

  • Poster for Terror at Alcatraz

    Daniel Ginelli

1980Aged 70

  • Poster for Cataclysm

    Abraham Weiss / Dieter

  • Poster for Super Fuzz

    Torpedo

1979Aged 69

  • Poster for Hot Stuff

    Carmine

  • Poster for Swap Meet

    Mr. Booth

1978Aged 68

  • Poster for Foul Play

    Rupert Stiltskin

  • Poster for Goin' Coconuts

    Webster

1977Aged 67

  • Poster for A Piece of the Action

    Louie

1976Aged 66

  • Poster for Marathon Man

    Erhard

1975Aged 65

  • Poster for Switch

    Franks

1974Aged 64

  • Poster for The Man with the Golden Gun

    Rodney

1973Aged 63

  • Poster for Honor Thy Father

    Stefano Magaddino

  • Poster for Daddy's Deadly Darling

    Zambrini

  • Poster for Frasier, the Sensuous Lion

    Chiarelli

1972Aged 62

  • Poster for In Pursuit of Treasure

    (Unknown)

1971Aged 61

  • Poster for Diamonds Are Forever

    Slumber Inc. Attendant

1970Aged 60

  • Poster for Dream No Evil

    The Undertaker

  • Poster for The Kremlin Letter

    The Priest

1969Aged 59

  • Poster for Krakatoa, East of Java

    Jacobs

1968Aged 58

  • Poster for King of Kong Island

    Albert Muller

1967Aged 57

  • Poster for Loose in the Trigger

    Magnum

  • Poster for Custer of the West

    Gold Miner

1966Aged 56

  • Poster for 7 Golden Monks

    Lucky Marciano, Capo da banda

  • Poster for 2 Mobsters Against Al Capone

    Joe Minasi

  • Poster for Johnny Tiger

    William Billie

  • Poster for Savage Pampas

    Sargent Barril

1965Aged 55

  • Poster for Nightmare in the Sun

    Writer

1963Aged 53

  • Poster for Johnny Cool

    Johnny Colini

  • Poster for Recoil

    Marcus Maroon

1958Aged 48

  • Poster for Days of Wine and Roses

    Scarface

  • Poster for Old Man

    The Cajun

1957Aged 47

  • Poster for Kill Her Gently

    William Connors

1956Aged 46

  • Poster for Helen of Troy

    Diomedes

1953Aged 43

1952Aged 42

  • Poster for Brothers of Italy

    Capitano March

  • Poster for Vacation with a Gangster

    Jack Menotti

  • Poster for Tormento del passato

    Piero / Andrea Rossi

  • Poster for Girls Marked Danger

    Machedi

  • Poster for I tre corsari

    Van Gould

1951Aged 41

  • Poster for Hurricane Island

    Angus Macready (uncredited)

  • Poster for My Favorite Spy

    Ben Ali

1950Aged 40

  • Poster for Black Hand

    Caesar Xavier Serpi

  • Poster for The Asphalt Jungle

    Cobby

  • Poster for The Desert Hawk

    Samad

  • Poster for Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion

    Frankie

1949Aged 39

  • Poster for Jigsaw

    Angelo Agostini

  • Poster for Calamity Jane and Sam Bass

    Dean

  • Poster for Tough Assignment

    Vince

1948Aged 38

  • Poster for Key Largo

    Ziggy

  • Poster for Out of the Storm

    Red Stubbins

1947Aged 37

  • Poster for Yankee Fakir

    Duke

  • Poster for Joe Palooka in the Knockout

    John Mitchell

  • Poster for Unconquered

    Medicine Man Sioto

  • Poster for Captain from Castile

    Corio

  • Poster for I Walk Alone

    Nick Palestro

1946Aged 36

  • Poster for Blonde Alibi

    Joe DeRita

  • Poster for The Virginian

    Pete

  • Poster for Inside Job

    Donovan

  • Poster for Cloak and Dagger

    Luigi

1945Aged 35

  • Poster for Dillinger

    Doc Madison

  • Poster for Flame of Barbary Coast

    Joe Disko, Gambler

  • Poster for Don't Fence Me In

    Clifford Anson

  • Poster for Club Havana

    Joe Reed

  • Poster for Life with Blondie

    Pete

1944Aged 34

  • Poster for Tampico

    Valdez

  • Poster for Rainbow Island

    Alcoa

  • Poster for The Princess and the Pirate

    Pedro

1943Aged 33

  • Poster for Calaboose

    Sluggsy Baker

  • Poster for The Ox-Bow Incident

    Jeff Farnley

  • Poster for Hit the Ice

    Phil

  • Poster for Submarine Alert

    Vincent Bela

1942Aged 32

  • Poster for Nazi Agent

    Joe Aiello

  • Poster for Yokel Boy

    Henchman Trigger

  • Poster for This Gun for Hire

    Tommy

  • Poster for Call of the Canyon

    Horace Dunston

  • Poster for Eyes of the Underworld

    Gordon Finch

  • Poster for 'Neath Brooklyn Bridge

    McGaffey

1941Aged 31

  • Poster for Tall, Dark and Handsome

    Louie

  • Poster for The Monster and the Girl

    Sleeper

  • Poster for The Man Who Lost Himself

    Frank DeSoto

  • Poster for The Shepherd of the Hills

    Pete Matthews

  • Poster for Hold That Ghost

    Charlie Smith

  • Poster for Blossoms in the Dust

    Bert La Verne

  • Poster for A Dangerous Game

    Joe

  • Poster for Lady Scarface

    Lefty Landers

  • Gangs Of The City

    Mike

  • Poster for Sundown

    Abdi Hammud

1940Aged 30

  • Poster for Johnny Apollo

    Bates

  • Poster for Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!

    Tony

  • Poster for The Man Who Talked Too Much

    Lefty Kyler

  • Poster for The Golden Fleecing

    'Happy' Dugan

  • Poster for The Great Profile

    Tony

  • Poster for Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum

    Steve McBirney

  • Poster for Brigham Young

    Prosecutor

1939Aged 29

  • Poster for Homicide Bureau

    Chuck Brown

  • Poster for The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt

    Henchman in Trenchcoat (uncredited)

  • Poster for Sergeant Madden

    Piggy

  • Poster for Romance of the Redwoods

    Joe

  • Poster for Code of the Streets

    Henchman Halstead, aka Denver Collins

  • Poster for Ex-Champ

    Bill Crosle

  • Poster for Blind Alley

    Buck

  • Poster for S.O.S Tidal Wave

    Melvin Sutter

  • Poster for Think First

    Joe

  • Poster for Dust Be My Destiny

    Venetti

  • Poster for Beware Spooks!

    Slick Eastman

  • Poster for The Housekeeper's Daughter

    Floyd

  • Poster for Invisible Stripes

    Lefty

1938Aged 28

  • Poster for Penitentiary

    Jack Hawkins

  • Poster for Who Killed Gail Preston?

    Frank Daniels

  • Poster for Squadron of Honor

    Lawlor

  • Poster for Convicted

    Milton Militis

  • Poster for I Am the Law

    Eddie Girard

  • Poster for The Spider's Web

    Steve Harmon

  • Poster for Adventure in Sahara

    Poule

  • Poster for While New York Sleeps

    Happy Nelson

  • Poster for There's That Woman Again

    Stevens

  • Poster for Charlie Chan in Honolulu

    Johnny McCoy

1937Aged 27

  • Poster for Racketeers in Exile

    'Blackie' White

  • Poster for Motor Madness

    Gus Slater

  • Poster for I Promise to Pay

    Henchman Whitehat

  • Poster for Criminals of the Air

    'Blast' Reardon

  • Poster for San Quentin

    Venetti

  • Poster for What Price Vengeance

    Pete Brower

  • Poster for It Can't Last Forever

    Hoodlum

  • Poster for A Dangerous Adventure

    Calkins

  • Poster for Charlie Chan on Broadway

    Thomas Mitchell

  • Poster for Counsel for Crime

    Edwin Mitchell

  • Poster for Murder in Greenwich Village

    Rusty Morgan

  • Poster for The Shadow

    Kid Crow

1936Aged 26

  • Poster for Don't Gamble with Love

    Gambler

  • Poster for Love on a Bet

    County Fair Barker

  • Poster for Robin Hood of El Dorado

    Manuel

  • Poster for Road Gang

    Pete

  • Poster for Desire

    Charles - the Valet (uncredited)

  • Poster for Counterfeit

    Dint Coleman

  • Poster for The Final Hour

    Mike Magellon

  • Poster for Blackmailer

    Pinky (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Cowboy Star

    Johnny Sampson

  • Poster for Charlie Chan at the Opera

    Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)

  • Poster for Night Waitress

    Dorn

1935Aged 25

  • Poster for Strangers All

    Communist Meeting Chairman

  • Poster for Go Into Your Dance

    Eddie Logan

  • Poster for 'G' Men

    Gangster Killed at Lodge (uncredited)

  • Poster for Men of the Hour

    Joe

  • Poster for After the Dance

    Tom - a Prisoner

  • Poster for The Arizonian

    Henchman Who Pistol-Whipped Clay

  • Poster for Don't Bet on Blondes

    Gangster (Uncredited)

  • Poster for Little Big Shot

    Doré's Henchman

  • Poster for Dr. Socrates

    Lefty Croger - a Gangster

  • Poster for 3 Kids and a Queen

    Gangster

1933Aged 23

  • Poster for Gambling Ship

    Chicago Hood (uncredited)

  • Poster for Lady for a Day

    Nick, a Mug at Reception (uncredited)

  • Poster for White Woman

    Connors

1932Aged 22

  • Poster for If I Had a Million

    Henchman of Mike the Gangster (uncredited)