Jack La Rue, Onslow Stevens and Dorothy Tree in The Bridge of Sighs (1936)
Caption: Jack La Rue, Onslow Stevens and Dorothy Tree in The Bridge of Sighs (1936)
Actor
Born: May 3, 1902
Star sign: Taurus
Height: 5' 11½" (1.82 m)
Known for: A Farewell to Arms (1932), Captains Courageous (1937), Road to Utopia (1945), My Favorite Brunette (1947)
Source: IMDB
Discovered on Broadway by director Howard Hawks, La Rue was originally brought to Hollywood to play a gangster in Scarface (1932). He lost that role to George Raft, and similarly was replaced by Humphrey Bogart in the film version of The Petrified Forest (1936). Eventually, he became well-known to movie-goers as a mean, sexy gangster type in ...