Roger Gray (actor)

{{short description|American actor (1881–1959)}}

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| name = Roger Gray

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1881|5|26}}

| birth_place = Omaha, Nebraska, United States

| death_date = {{death date and age|1959|1|20|1881|5|26}}

| death_place = Los Angeles, California, United States

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| occupation = Actor

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| yearsactive = 1930–1943}}

Roger Gray (May 26, 1881 – January 20, 1959) was an American character who was active in the early years of the talking picture era. Born in Omaha, Nebraska in 1881, he began acting later in life, his first role being featured part in 1930's Hit the Deck.{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=9777 | title=Hit the Deck: Detail View | publisher=American Film Institute | accessdate= November 17, 2014 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141118001305/http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=9777 | archivedate=November 18, 2014}} Over his 14-year career he would have small or featured roles in over 75 films, including such classics as The Merry Widow (1934), Les Misérables (1935), Captains Courageous (1937), The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939), and 1940's Road to Singapore.{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/SearchResult.aspx?s=&Type=CA&Tbl=PN&CatID=&ID=134049&searchedFor=Roger_Gray_&SortType=ASC&SortCol=RELEASE_YEAR | publisher=American Film Institute | title=Roger Gray | accessdate=November 17, 2014}} His final appearance would be in a small role in the 1943 film Redhead from Manhattan.{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=629 | title=Redhead from Manhattan: Detail View | publisher=American Film Institute | accessdate= November 17, 2014 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329150052/http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=629 | archivedate= March 29, 2014}} Married and divorced twice, he died in a Los Angeles hospital, and his body was cremated in the crematorium of Hollywood Memorial Cemetery (now Hollywood Forever Cemetery).