John Griffith Wray (August 30, 1881 â€" July 15, 1929) was an American
stage actor and director who later became a noted Hollywood silent
film director. He worked on 19 films between 1913 and 1929 that
included Anna Christie (1923) and Human Wreckage (1923), Dorothy
Davenport's story about her husband Wallace Reid's drug addiction and
death.Wray was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and died in Los
Angeles, California. By 1912 Wray was a leading actor and stage
director with the World's Fair Stock Company's yearlong Hawaiian tour.
He married actress Virginia Brissac in Santa Ana, California, on June
29, 1915, and became the step-father of screenwriter Ardel Wray. The
couple divorced in 1927. In October 1928, less than a year before his
death, Wray married Bradley King, a Hollywood screenwriter.
stage actor and director who later became a noted Hollywood silent
film director. He worked on 19 films between 1913 and 1929 that
included Anna Christie (1923) and Human Wreckage (1923), Dorothy
Davenport's story about her husband Wallace Reid's drug addiction and
death.Wray was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and died in Los
Angeles, California. By 1912 Wray was a leading actor and stage
director with the World's Fair Stock Company's yearlong Hawaiian tour.
He married actress Virginia Brissac in Santa Ana, California, on June
29, 1915, and became the step-father of screenwriter Ardel Wray. The
couple divorced in 1927. In October 1928, less than a year before his
death, Wray married Bradley King, a Hollywood screenwriter.
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