Birthday
1910/02/17
Day of death
2005/11/27 (95 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also know as
F.A. Foss, Marc Laurence, Marc C. Lawrence, Mark Lawrence, Max Goldsmith
Marc Lawrence was an American character actor who specialized in underworld types. In 1930, Lawrence befriended another young actor, John Garfield. The two appeared in a number of plays before Lawrence was given a film contract with Columbia Pictures. Lawrence appeared in films beginning in 1931. Garfield followed, starting his film career in 1938. Lawrence's pock-marked complexion, brooding appearance and New York street-guy accent made him a natural for heavies, and he played scores of gangst...Read more
(1995) Four Rooms
as Sam the Bellhop
(1943) The Ox-Bow Incident
as Jeff Farnley
(1971) Diamonds Are Forever
as Slumber Inc. Attendant
(1974) The Man with the Golden Gun
as Rodney
(1996) From Dusk Till Dawn
as Old Timer
(1976) Marathon Man
as Erhard
(2003) Looney Tunes: Back in Action
as Acme VP, Stating the Obvious
(1945) Life with Blondie
as Pete
(2001) The Shipping News
as Cousin Nolan
(1948) Key Largo
as Ziggy
(1986) The Big Easy
as Vinnie 'The Cannon' DiMotti
(1980) Super Fuzz
as Torpedo
(1944) The Princess and the Pirate
as Pedro
(1949) Jigsaw
as Angelo Agostini
(1983) Thieves and Robbers
as Salvatore Licuti
(1947) I Walk Alone
as Nick Palestro
(1939) Dust Be My Destiny
as Venetti
(1938) Convicted
as Milton Militis
(1938) Charlie Chan in Honolulu
as Johnny McCoy
(1943) Hit the Ice
as Phil
(1936) Charlie Chan at the Opera
as Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
(1945) Dillinger
as Doc Madison
(1945) Flame of Barbary Coast
as Joe Disko, Gambler
(1939) Blind Alley
as Buck
(1948) Out of the Storm
as Red Stubbins
(1950) Black Hand
as Caesar Xavier Serpi
(1977) A Piece of the Action
as Louie
(1941) Hold That Ghost
as Charlie Smith
(1956) Helen of Troy
as Diomedes
(1941) The Shepherd of the Hills
as Pete Matthews
(1933) Lady for a Day
as Nick, a Mug at Reception (uncredited)
(1946) Blonde Alibi
as Joe DeRita
(1978) Foul Play
as Rupert Stiltskin
(1946) Cloak and Dagger
as Luigi
(1940) Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum
as Steve McBirney
(1937) Charlie Chan on Broadway
as Thomas Mitchell
(1942) This Gun for Hire
as Tommy
(1950) The Asphalt Jungle
as Cobby
(1953) Funniest Show on Earth
as Il proprietario del circo
(1942) Nazi Agent
as Joe Aiello
(1979) Hot Stuff
as Carmine
(1957) Kill Her Gently
as William Connors
(1943) Submarine Alert
as Vincent Bela
(1992) Ruby
as Santos Alicante
(1967) Custer of the West
as The gold miner
(1963) Johnny Cool
as Johnny Colini
(1940) Brigham Young
as Prosecutor
(1941) Sundown
as Abdi Hammud
(1941) Tall, Dark and Handsome
as Louie
(1945) Club Havana
as Joe Reed
(1968) Krakatoa, East of Java
as Jacobs
(1941) Lady Scarface
as Lefty Landers
(1973) Daddy's Deadly Darling
as Zambrini
(1951) My Favorite Spy
as Ben Ali
(1980) Cataclysm
as Abraham Weiss / Dieter
(1942) Eyes of the Underworld
as Gordon Finch
(1941) The Monster and the Girl
as Sleeper
(1968) King of Kong Island
as Albert Muller
(1938) I Am the Law
as Eddie Girard
(1938) While New York Sleeps
as Happy Nelson
(1966) Savage Pampas
as Sargent Barril
(1949) Tough Assignment
as Vince
(1970) The Kremlin Letter
as The Priest
(1932) If I Had a Million
as Henchman of Mike the Gangster (uncredited)
(1937) Racketeers in Exile
as 'Blackie' White
(1942) Call of the Canyon
as Horace Dunston
(1940) The Golden Fleecing
as 'Happy' Dugan
(1937) Counsel for Crime
as Edwin Mitchell
(1936) Blackmailer
as Pinky (uncredited)
(1937) The Shadow
as Kid Crow
(1938) Who Killed Gail Preston?
as Frank Daniels
(1933) White Woman
as Connors
(1936) Love on a Bet
as County Fair Barker
(1943) Calaboose
as Sluggsy Baker
(1939) Sergeant Madden
as Piggy
(1939) The Housekeeper's Daughter
as Floyd
(1936) Road Gang
as Prisoner
(1972) In Pursuit of Treasure
as ---
(1935) Dr. Socrates
as Lefty Croger - a Gangster
(1936) Night Waitress
as Dorn
(1952) Girls Marked Danger
as Manfredi
(1952) I tre corsari
as Van Gould
(1953) Jolanda, the Daughter of the Black Corsair
as Van Gould
(1939) Beware Spooks!
as Slick Eastman
(1937) What Price Vengeance
as Pete Brower
(1942) 'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
as McGaffey
(1944) Rainbow Island
as Alcoa
(1938) The Spider's Web
as Steve Harmon
(1951) Hurricane Island
as Angus Macready (uncredited)
(1939) S.O.S Tidal Wave
as Melvin Sutter
(1940) The Man Who Talked Too Much
as Lefty Kyler
(1952) Brothers of Italy
as Capitano March
(1966) 2 Mobsters Against Al Capone
as Joe Minasi
(1947) Captain from Castile
as Corio
(1996) Gotti
as Carlo Gambino
(1982) Terror at Alcatraz
as Daniel Ginelli
(1936) Desire
as Charles - the Valet (uncredited)
(1944) Tampico
as Valdez
(1973) Frasier, the Sensuous Lion
as Chiarelli
(1966) Johnny Tiger
as William Billie
(1936) Robin Hood of El Dorado
as Manuel
(1935) After the Dance
as Tom - a Prisoner
(1939) The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
as Henchman in Trenchcoat (uncredited)
(1975) Switch [Pilot]
as Franks
(1939) Homicide Bureau
as Chuck Brown
(1958) Old Man
as The Cajun
(1935) Strangers All
as Communist Meeting Chairman
(1950) Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
as Frankie
(1945) Don't Fence Me In
as Clifford Anson
(1973) Honor Thy Father
as Stefano Magaddino
(1942) Yokel Boy
as Henchman Trigger
(1941) Gangs Of The City
as Mike
(1979) Swap Meet
as Mr. Booth
(1938) Adventure in Sahara
as Poule
(1946) The Virginian
as Pete
(1947) Yankee Fakir
as Duke
(1935) Little Big Shot
as Doré's Henchman
(1970) Dream No Evil
as The Undertaker
(1938) Squadron of Honor
as Lawlor
(1936) Counterfeit
as Dint Coleman
(1937) A Dangerous Adventure
as Calkins
(1940) Johnny Apollo
as Bates
(1939) Code of the Streets
as Henchman Halstead, aka Denver Collins
(1941) A Dangerous Game
as Joe
(1966) 7 Golden Monks
as Lucky Marciano, Capo da banda
(1939) Romance of the Redwoods
as Joe
(1946) Inside Job
as Donovan
(1936) The Cowboy Star
as Johnny Sampson
(1937) Murder in Greenwich Village
as Rusty Morgan
(1935) The Arizonian
as Henchman Who Pistol-Whipped Clay
(1937) San Quentin
as Venetti
(1933) Gambling Ship
as Chicago Hood (uncredited)
(1940) The Great Profile
as Tony
(1991) The Linguini Incident
as Bar Patron
(1940) Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!
as Tony
(1937) It Can't Last Forever
as Hoodlum
(1939) Think First
as Joe
(1953) Noi peccatori
as Camillo
(1936) Don't Gamble with Love
as Gambler
(1950) The Desert Hawk
as Samad
(1941) Blossoms in the Dust
as Bert La Verne
(1941) The Man Who Lost Himself
as Frank DeSoto
(1938) There's That Woman Again
as Stevens
(1967) Du mou dans la gâchette
as Magnum
(1937) I Promise to Pay
as Henchman Whitehat
(1935) Go Into Your Dance
as Eddie Logan
(1939) Ex-Champ
as Bill Crosle
(1952) Vacation with a Gangster
as Jack Menotti
(1935) 3 Kids and a Queen
as Gangster
(1985) Night Train to Terror
as Mr. Weiss / Dieter (segment "The Case of Claire Hansen")
(1947) Unconquered
as Medicine Man Sioto
(1935) 'G' Men
as Gangster Killed at Lodge (uncredited)
(1992) Newsies
as Kloppman
(1990) Donor
as Ben Beloit
(1952) Tormento del passato
as Piero / Andrea Rossi
(1999) End of Days
as Old Man
(1936) The Final Hour
as Mike Magellon
(2000) Inside 'Diamonds Are Forever'
as Self
(1947) Joe Palooka in the Knockout
as John Mitchell
(1989) Blood Red
as Michael Fazio
(1939) Invisible Stripes
as Lefty
(1949) Calamity Jane and Sam Bass
as Dean
(1937) Criminals of the Air
as 'Blast' Reardon
(1978) Goin' Coconuts
as Webster
(1935) Don't Bet on Blondes
as Gangster (Uncredited)
(1938) Penitentiary
as Jack Hawkins
(1953) Trouble for the Legion
as Serg. Schwartz
(1958) Days of Wine and Roses
as Scarface
(1961) Mister Ed
as ---
(1977) CHiPs
as Co-Driver
(1972) The Rookies
as ---
(1968) Here's Lucy
as Joe Grapefruit
(1987) Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Volnath
(1975) Baretta
as ---
(1963) Petticoat Junction
as Barney Dawson
(1967) Mannix
as ---
(1975) Wonder Woman
as Mr. Jones
(1959) Johnny Staccato
as ---
(1994) ER
as Mr. Newton
(1975) Switch
as Don Vincenzo
(1971) The Partners
as ---
(1958) Peter Gunn
as ---
(1970) McCloud
as ---
(1957) Richard Diamond, Private Detective
as Vito Doria
(1963) Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as ---
(1957) M Squad
as Vince Cronin
(1990) Shannon's Deal
as ---
(1958) Bronco
as ---
(1958) The Rifleman
as ---
(1966) The Rat Patrol
as Abu Hassan
(1959) The Detectives
as ---
(1956) Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Wade Migill
(1957) Wagon Train
as First Mate Ferris
(1959) The Untouchables
as Luigi Renaldo
(1959) Bonanza
as Red Gaskell
(1971) Nichols
as Prouty
(1968) Here's Lucy
as Rudy
(1969) Il killer
as ---
(1959) The Untouchables
as Mike Genna
(1959) Tightrope
as Frankie Farrell
(1963) Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Orente
(1983) The A-Team
as Sam Marlini
(1956) Playhouse 90
as El Sordo
(1959) The Detectives
as Marcus Maroon
(1958) The Rifleman
as Cougar
(1967) Mannix
as Angelo Palerma
(1993) Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
as Mr. Zeemo
(1963) Arrest and Trial
as Leo Tucci
(1959) The Deputy
as Alvy Burke
(1959) The Detectives
as Ed Watkins
(1959) The Detectives
as Rocco Silvano
(1959) The Troubleshooters
as Bob Blossom