Nat Carr
Nat Carr | |
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| File:Nat Carr in Bank Alarm (cropped).jpg Carr in Bank Alarm (1937) | |
| Born | Natan Krechevsky August 12, 1886 |
| Died | July 6, 1944 (aged 57) Hollywood, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1923–1941 |
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Nat Carr (August 12, 1886 – July 6, 1944, born Natan Krechevsky[citation needed] ) was an American character actor of the silent and early talking picture eras. During his eighteen-year career, Carr appeared in over 100 films, most of them features.
Life and career
[edit | edit source]Carr entered the film industry in the 1925 film, His People, in the featured role of Chaim Barowitz.[1] Although he may have appeared in an earlier film, 1923's Little Johnny Jones.[2] He appeared in the featured role of Levi in The Jazz Singer in 1927.[3] In 1929 Carr co-wrote the story (with Mark Sandrich) for the film, The Talk of Hollywood, in which he also starred.[4] In the comedy short Traffic Tangle (1930), Carr starred as a father who tries to take his family out for a drive in his new car, but he has a run-in with an irritable traffic cop.[5] Other notable films in which he appeared include: as a waiter in Raoul Walsh's 1939 crime drama, The Roaring Twenties, starring James Cagney, Priscilla Lane, and Humphrey Bogart;[6] in the role of Crocker in the 1939 Western, Dodge City, starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland;[7] as one of the doctors in the Bette Davis tour de force, Dark Victory, which also starred Bogart and George Brent;[8] and as one of the reporters in the 1941 war classic, Sergeant York, starring Gary Cooper.[9] Carr's final screen performance was as a tourist in the 1941 comedy-mystery, Passage from Hong Kong.[10]
Carr died on July 6, 1944, in Hollywood, California. He was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.[11]
Partial filmography
[edit | edit source]- Little Johnny Jones (1923)
- His People (1925)
- The Mystery Club (1926)
- Watch Your Wife (1926)
- Kosher Kitty Kelly (1926)
- Millionaires (1926)
- Her Big Night (1926)
- Private Izzy Murphy (1926)
- Madonna of the Sleeping Cars (1928)
- The Talk of Hollywood (1929)
- Two Plus Fours (1930)
- 50 Million Frenchmen (1931)
- Union Depot (1932)
- The Man from Arizona (1932)
- Big Time or Bust (1933)
- I Can't Escape (1934)
- Marrying Widows (1934)
- Red Blood of Courage (1935)
- Bank Alarm (1937)
- Everybody's Hobby (1939)
- Granny Get Your Gun (1940)
- King of the Lumberjacks (1940)
References
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External links
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- Nat Carr at IMDb
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