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Jack La Rue (born Gaspare Biondolillo; [1] May 3, 1902 – January 11, 1984) was an American film and stage actor. [1] Early life and family. Gaspare Biondolillo was the son of Sicilian immigrants Luigi Biondolillo (1874-1951) and Giuseppa (LoBue) Biondolillo (1879-1970).
Jack La Rue (1902-1984) was a Hollywood actor who played gangsters, villains and Latin lovers in movies and TV shows. He was discovered by Howard Hawks on Broadway and appeared in films like Scarface, The Petrified Forest and The Story of Temple Drake.
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Jack La Rue was a Hollywood actor who played gangsters and villains in films like The Story of Temple Drake and Road to Utopia. He was born in 1902 in New York and died in 1984 in California.
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May 2, 2019 · Here are 10 things you should know about Jack La Rue, born May 3, 1902. He was one of Hollywood's most prolific portrayers of bad guys in the 1930s and '40s....
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Feb 4, 2013 · Jack La Rue was born Gaspere Biondolillo in New York City, New York on May 3, 1902. His acting career began in the early 1920’s when – after graduating from DeWitt Clinton High School – he was offered a role as an extra while working as a piano tuner.
Jack La Rue (born Gaspere Biondolillo) was an American stage, screen, and television actor. La Rue went from high school to his first acting job, in Otis Skinner's road company production of Blood and Sand. He performed in Broadway plays from around 1923 to 1931.
Jan 13, 1984 · The actor Jack LaRue, who appeared in 200 films, often as a villain, suffered a heart attack and died Wednesday at St. John's Hospital. He was 80 years old.
