Laird Cregar

Career overview

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Name: Laird Cregar (Samuel Laird Cregar).
Born: July 28, 1913, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Died: December 9, 1944 (age 31).
Father: Edward Matthews Cregar (cricketer, Gentlemen of Philadelphia).
Mother: Elizabeth Smith.
Education: Winchester College in England.
Early experience: Page boy and bit player with the Stratford-upon-Avon theatrical troupe during summers.
Training: Scholarship at California's Pasadena Playhouse.
Financial struggles: Worked as a nightclub bouncer; sometimes slept in his car.
Known for: Acting.
Known credits: 18.
Paragraph 1: Early Life and Training.
Laird Cregar, born Samuel Laird Cregar on July 28, 1913, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was the youngest of six sons to Edward Matthews Cregar and Elizabeth Smith. During his education at Winchester College in England, Cregar spent his summers working as a page boy and bit player with the Stratford-upon-Avon theatrical troupe. Following his schooling, he attended the Pasadena Playhouse in California on a scholarship. During this period, he worked as a nightclub bouncer to support himself, at times sleeping in his car due to financial difficulties.
Paragraph 2: Professional Career and Death.
Cregar is recognized for his work as an American film actor with 18 known credits. His professional life in the film industry was cut short when he died on December 9, 1944, at the age of 31.
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Laird Cregar, born Samuel Laird Cregar on July 28, 1913, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was the youngest of six sons born to Edward Matthews Cregar and Elizabeth Smith. His father, Edward Matthews Cregar, was a cricketer and a member of a team known as the Gentlemen of Philadelphia, which toured internationally during the late 1890s and early 1900s. Cregar received his education at Winchester College in England. While attending school there, he spent his summers working as a page boy and a bit player with the Stratford-upon-Avon theatrical troupe.

After completing his schooling, Cregar earned a scholarship to the Pasadena Playhouse in California. To support himself when his funds were exhausted, he worked as a nightclub bouncer, and he occasionally had to sleep in his car due to being broke. Cregar is known for his work in acting and has 18 known credits. His career as an American film actor ended with his death on December 9, 1944, at the age of 31.
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Name: Samuel Laird Cregar (Yes)
Birth: July 28, 1913, Philadelphia (Yes