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  Marc Lawrence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Marc Lawrence (February 17, 1910 – November 28, 2005), born Max Goldsmith, was an American character actor who specialized in underworld types.
Lawrence's pock-marked complexion and brooding appearance made him a natural for heavies, and he played scores of gangsters and mob bosses over the next six decades.
Lawrence was also the subject of a novel, "The Beautiful and the Profane", published 2002.
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 Operation Telic: Details of British Casualties
Marc, 26, son of George and Ann, grew up in Westgate-on-Sea, Kent, and was educated at Chatham House Grammar School and the University of Plymouth.
From an early age Marc was interested in sailing, diving, windsurfing, in fact anything connected with the sea, and when he was at university in Plymouth he decided to join the Royal Navy.
Marc's sister Jayne described her brother as a "happy man with a ready smile".
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 The Official Marc Lawrence Website
Marc Lawrence has been responsible in one way or another for more elements of emotion in the entertainment media than the average viewer could possibly be aware.
It was in television that Lawrence first really had the opportunity to expose a side of his character that was rarely evident in his foreboding movie roles; his sense of humor.
Off-screen, Lawrence is equally fascinated by and adept at comedy as well as drama; a face he has clearly demonstrated in several TV episodes.
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 Guardian | Marc Lawrence
If actor Marc Lawrence, who has died aged 95, had been better looking, he would not have had such a long career as one of cinema's most recognisable baddies, playing countless underworld types from the 1930s into the next century.
Lawrence was born in the Bronx, New York, as Max Goldsmith, the son of a Russian father and Polish mother.
Lawrence continued to appear in small roles, such as the old motel owner in Robert Rodriguez's vampire-biker movie From Dusk till Dawn (1996).
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 Marc Lawrence
Though usually limited to villainy, Lawrence was not always confined to urban roles, as witness his successful portrayals of a mountaineer in Shepherd of the Hills (1942) and a western saddle tramp in The Ox-Bow Incident (1943).
During the House UnAmerican Activities Committee investigations of the 1950s, Lawrence reluctantly offered testimony implicating several of his coworkers as alleged communist sympathizers; the experience virtually destroyed his American career and left him embittered and defensive (he would always refuse to be interviewed by historians of the "Blacklist" era, referring to them as "ghouls").
Lawrence was forced to seek out work in Europe, where he'd emerge in the early 1960s as a director of crime films and spaghetti westerns.
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 Marc Lawrence - Memory Alpha   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Marc Lawrence (17 February 1910 – 28 November 2005) was a character actor who guest-starred on Star Trek: The Next Generation, playing the role of Volnoth in the third season episode "The Vengeance Factor".
Lawrence has appeared in over 200 films and television series dating back to 1932.
His brooding, sinister appearance often got him cast in the role of villains, especially gangsters and mob bosses - roles which he played throughout his entire career, from his uncredited appearance in 1932's If I Had a Million to the 1996 TV movie Gotti.
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 STARTREK.COM : Article
Marc Lawrence, a character actor who played two guest roles on Star Trek, died on Sunday of natural causes at the age of 95.
With his piercing eyes, pockmarked face and brooding air, Lawrence was a go-to guy for gangster roles in Hollywood, from Edward G. Robinson's henchman Ziggy in "Key Largo" in 1948, to mafia kingpin Carlo Gambino in HBO's "Gotti" in 1996.
One of Lawrence's most memorable lines over his seven-decade career was as an unnamed character in the 1971 James Bond film "Diamonds are Forever." He was the Slumber Inc. henchman who tossed Plenty O'Toole (Lana Wood) through a high-rise hotel window into a pool.
www.startrek.com /startrek/view/news/article/14894.html   (293 words)

  
 Marc Lawrence (1910-2005)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Actor Marc Lawrence, 95, died of heart failure in Palm Springs, Calif., on Nov. 27.
Lawrence's career came to an abrupt halt in 1951, when he was subpoenaed by the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) while filming the Bob Hope vehicle My Favorite Spy.
Following a nervous breakdown, Lawrence, a former member of the Communist Party, named names - including those of actors Karen Morley, Sterling Hayden (who had starred in The Asphalt Jungle), Academy Award-winner Anne Revere, and Larry Parks, but was fllisted in Hollywood all the same.
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 Honorary Academy Awards Nomination : Marc Lawrence   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Marc began his career in 1932, has played roles upwards to the present -- and in between, acted with virtually every movie great, from Abbott & Costello to John Wayne.
Marc Lawrence is one of those actors that can make any scene no matter how poor the script come alive by his arresting prescence.
I was deeply saddened by the death of the great character actor Marc Lawrence, an event that was largely ignored by the mainstream media.
www.oscarworld.net /awardlobby_read.asp?LobbyId=3436   (585 words)

  
 Marc A. Lawrence   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
With the implementation of the revision to the regulations at 30 CFR Part 251, Marc Lawrence set the example of instituting a provison into the license agreements for Fairfield Industries.
Lawrence stressed the MMS expertise in GandG data activities, including deep stratigraphic tests, as well as our foundation in prelease regulatory framework.
Lawrence participated in a briefing on new seismic data acquisition techniques for MMS personnel.
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 Marc Lawrence: Gangster Goes West
Longtime actor Marc Lawrence has only one face, but it's the kind of face that could just as easily be expected to come across on a post office wall, as up on a movie screen.
Yet, Lawrence could be just as low-down and dirty dealing in Westerns such as The Ox-Bow Incident, The Virginian, and Custer of the West.
One day, Morris told Lawrence of the difficulty he was having in casting an actor for the part of a mute in an upcoming film.
www.wildestwesterns.com /marc_lawrence.htm   (342 words)

  
 thedesertsun.com | Marc Lawrence, bad guy in dozens of movies, dies at 95   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Marc Lawrence, whose pockmarked face and brooding mannerisms made him a natural for roles as the tough guy, gangster and undertaker in dozens of movies beginning in the 1930s, has died.
Lawrence then departed for Europe, where he took on diverse roles in dozens of Italian movies in the 1960s, also directing crime films and spaghetti westerns.
Lawrence is survived by a daughter, Toni Lawrence, and son, Michael Lawrence, his wife said.
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 Marc Lawrence @ Filmbug
Marc Lawrence sends his character Gracie Hart on a new adventure in his screenplay for Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous, his fourth collaboration with Sandra Bullock.
A Brooklyn native who dropped out of NYU Law School, Lawrence began his career as a writer for television and received Emmy and Humanitas nominations for his work as writer and producer on the NBC series Family Ties.
Additionally, Lawrence wrote the feature films Life With Mikey, which starred Michael J. Fox, and The Out-of-Towners, which starred Goldie Hawn and Steve Martin.
www.filmbug.com /db/292794   (187 words)

  
 Marc Lawrence's Playbook: Free and Guaranteed Picks
If you enjoyed Marc Lawrence's College & NFL Opening Week Game of the Year Winners with Tennessee (+3) over California and Atlanta (+4) over Carolina, you'll love his top rated College Football Underdog Game of the Month going on Saturday's card.
In it's 14th year of national syndication, the Marc Lawrence Against The Spread Radio Show airs every Friday evening at 10:00 PM ET in over 150 radio markets.
SInce the All Star break Marc is 54-30 (plus 74.6 units) on his Late Phone Baseball releases, including 11-0-1 (plus 41.6 units) on his last 12 plays to end the season.
www.playbook.com   (2413 words)

  
 Football Handicapping, Basketball Handicapping and Hockey Handicapping from Marc Lawrence
Marc Lawrence has enjoyed unparalleled success as a sports handicapper since 1975, winning over 300 top-ten documented achievement awards.
There are currently no Guaranteed Picks available from Marc Lawrence.
Close, though, is good for only three things: intimate encounters, horseshoes and hand grenades.
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 Marc Lawrence
A swarthy American character player of more than 120 films since 1932, Marc Lawrence survived the fllist in Hollywood by appearing in films overseas.
When he returned to the USA, his familiar pock-marked face could be seen portraying gangsters and toughs well into the 1990s.
Lawrence was usually cast in support or opposition to major stars, particularly in gangster films and worked alongside the cream of the screen toughs (i.e., Edward G Robinson, Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney, Paul Muni) sometimes taking a bullet for them, but projecting menace and sleaze throughout....
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 Marc Lawrence (I)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
F.A. Foss / Marc Laurence / Marc C. Lawrence
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 Marc Lawrence (II)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
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 Marc D Lawrence
After selling a script to "Family Ties" creator Gary David Goldberg in 1984, Marc Lawrence joined the staff of the beloved sitcom as a writer and later as a producer.
Also the creator of the short-lived series "Pride & Joy" (NBC) and "Monty" (Fox), the screenwriter entered into features with the 1993 comedy "Life with Mikey", starring fellow "Family Ties" alumnus Michael J Fox.
An amiable but largely unsuccessful offering, "Life With Mikey" did not serve to break Lawrence into the big screen big time....
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 Marc Lawrence News
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Allene Arthur with Marc Lawrence at a Palm Springs charity benefit in 1982 thrown by the Variety Club at Canyon Villas.
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 Marc Lawrence Radio Show
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