Laird Cregar

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia   Laird Cregar July 28 1913 December 9 1944 was an American film actor Samuel Laird Cregar was the youngest of six sons of Edward Matthews Cregar a cricketer and member of a team called the Gentlemen of Philadelphia They toured internationally in the late 1890s and early 1900s Lairds mother was the former Elizabeth Smith Laird Cregar was educated at Winchester College in England spending his summers as a page boy and bit player with the StratforduponAvon theatrical troupe Upon completing his schooling Cregar won a scholarship at Californias Pasadena Playhouse supporting himself as a nightclub bouncer when funds ran out So broke that at times he had to sleep in his car Cregar forced Hollywood to pay attention to him by staging his own oneman show in which he portrayed Oscar Wilde Description above from the Wikipedia article Laird Cregar licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia