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Jack La Rue (May 3, 1902, New York City, New York - January 11, 1984, Santa Monica, California) was a film and stage actor.

He worked on the New York stage; the Internet Broadway Database lists seven Broadway credits for him from 1923 to 1931. He moved to Hollywood, where he appeared in numerous films. Sometimes mistaken for Humphrey Bogart, he played mostly thugs and gangsters.

He is the father of actor Jack La Rue, Jr. La Rue died of a heart attack at the age of 81 and was buried in Culver City, California.

Partial filmography

• Night World (1932) (uncredited)
• Virtue (1932)
• A Farewell to Arms (1932)
• Christopher Strong (1933)
• The Story of Temple Drake (1933)
• To the Last Man (1933)
• Special Agent (1935)
• Remember Last Night? (1935)
• Captains Courageous (1937)
• Charlie Chan in Panama (1940)
• The Sea Hawk (1940)
• Footsteps in the Dark (1941)
• The Desert Song (1943)
• The Spanish Main (1945)
• Dakota (1945)
• Road to Utopia (1946)
• Murder in the Music Hall (1946)
• My Favorite Brunette (1947)
• For Heaven's Sake (1950)
• Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964)

External links

• Jack La Rue at the Internet Movie Database
• Jack La Rue at the Internet Broadway Database
• Jack La Rue at Find a Grave