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 Lawrences pockmarked complexion brooding appearance and New York streetguy accent made him a natural for heavies and he played scores of gangsters and mob bosses over the next six decades Later Lawrence found himself under scrutiny for his political leanings When called before the House UnAmerican Activities Committee he admitted he had once been a member of the Communist Party He named Sterling Hayden Lionel Stander Anne Revere Larry Parks Karen Morley and Jeff Corey as Communists He was blacklisted and departed for Europe where he continued to make films Following the demise of the blacklist he returned to America and resumed his position as a familiar and talented purveyor of gangland types He played gangsters in two James Bond movies 1971s Diamonds Are Forever opposite Sean Connery and 1974s The Man with the Golden Gun opposite Roger Moore He also portrayed a henchman opposite Laurence Olivier in Marathon Man 1976 and a stereotypical Miami mob boss alongside Jerry Reed and Dom DeLuise in the comedy Hot Stuff 1979 Description above from the Wikipedia article Marc Lawrence licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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