Portrait of Laird Cregar

Acting

Laird Cregar

Career

Active from 1940 to 1945, busiest in 1942 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles
5
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score69/100
Highest rated
Poster for This Gun for Hire
This Gun for Hire
GoodWatch score84/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 11 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Laird Cregar Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.5, average 5.4
  • Family Dynamics
    3.0, average 4.8
  • Coming of Age
    1.2, average 3.0
  • Tech & Humanity
    0.3, average 1.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Drama 4
  • Film Noir 3
  • Classic Hollywood 3
  • Psychological Thriller 2
  • Suspenseful 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

14
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1940s

14 titles Β· average score 70
Hangover Square
Hangover Square (1945)
GoodWatch score 71

as George Harvey Bone

The Lodger
The Lodger (1944)
GoodWatch score 67

as Mr. Slade

Holy Matrimony
Holy Matrimony (1943)
GoodWatch score 70

as Clive Oxford

Heaven Can Wait
Heaven Can Wait (1943)
GoodWatch score 80

as His Excellency

Hello, Frisco, Hello
Hello, Frisco, Hello (1943)
GoodWatch score 61

as Sam Weaver

The Black Swan
The Black Swan (1942)
GoodWatch score 75

as Captain Henry Morgan

This Gun for Hire
This Gun for Hire (1942)
GoodWatch score 84

as Willard Gates

Rings on Her Fingers
Rings on Her Fingers (1942)
GoodWatch score 64

as Warren

Ten Gentlemen from West Point
Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942)
GoodWatch score 62

as Maj. Sam Carter

Joan of Paris
Joan of Paris (1942)
GoodWatch score 63

as Herr Funk

I Wake Up Screaming
I Wake Up Screaming (1941)
GoodWatch score 77

as Police Insp. Ed Cornell

Hudson's Bay
Hudson's Bay (1940)
GoodWatch score 61

as Gooseberry