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Laird Cregar (1914-1944) was an American actor. Cregar was best known for his villainous performances in films such as I Wake Up Screaming (1941) and The Lodger (1944). His IMDb page shows 16 acting credits from 1940 to 1945. This page will rank Laird Cregar movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. To do well in the rankings, a movie needed to do well at the box office, be liked by both critics and audiences and earn some award recognition.
Laird Cregar Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
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| 1943 | Heaven Can Wait (1943) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1941 | Blood and Sand (1941) |  |
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| 1942 | Ten Gentlemen From West Point (1942) | |
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| 1942 | The Black Swan (1942) | |
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| 1944 | The Lodger (1944) | |
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| 1943 | Holy Matrimony (1943) | |
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| 1943 | Hello Frisco, Hello (1943) | |
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| 1941 | I Wake Up Screaming (1941) | |
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| 1941 | Charley's Aunt (1941) | |
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| 1942 | This Gun For Hire (1942) | |
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| 1942 | Rings On Her Fingers (1942) |  |
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| 1945 | Hangover Square (1945) | |
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| 1942 | Joan of Paris (1942) |  |
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| 1940 | Hudson's Bay (1940) | |
Laird Cregar Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort Laird Cregar movies by co-stars of his movies.
- Sort Laird Cregar movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Laird Cregar movies by yearly domestic box office rank
- Sort Laird Cregar movies how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations each Laird Cregar movie received and how many Oscar® wins each Laird Cregar movie won.
- Sort Laird Cregar movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR Score puts box office, reviews, and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | ||||
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| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | B.O. Rank by Year | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | S |
| 1 | Heaven Can Wait (1943) AA Best Picture Nom |
Gene Tierney & Don Ameche |
7.10 | 297.6 | 297.60 | 31 | 77 | 03 / 00 | 98.3 | |
| 2 | Blood and Sand (1941) | Tyrone Power & Rita Hayworth |
5.60 | 252.0 | 252.00 | 18 | 77 | 02 / 01 | 97.0 | |
| 7 | Ten Gentlemen From West Point (1942) | Maureen O'Hara & George Montgomery |
4.60 | 197.0 | 197.00 | 56 | 75 | 01 / 00 | 96.0 | |
| 3 | The Black Swan (1942) | Tyrone Power & Anthony Quinn |
8.60 | 369.5 | 369.50 | 12 | 71 | 03 / 01 | 95.8 | |
| 4 | The Lodger (1944) | Merle Oberon | 6.50 | 252.0 | 252.00 | 43 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 95.6 | |
| 8 | Holy Matrimony (1943) | Monty Woolley | 4.30 | 178.6 | 178.60 | 75 | 73 | 01 / 00 | 93.7 | |
| 5 | Hello Frisco, Hello (1943) | Alice Faye & John Payne |
9.70 | 404.8 | 404.80 | 10 | 64 | 02 / 01 | 93.7 | |
| 9 | I Wake Up Screaming (1941) | Betty Grable & Victor Mature |
4.00 | 180.0 | 180.00 | 46 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 93.5 | |
| 6 | Charley's Aunt (1941) | Jack Benny & Kay Francis |
7.70 | 345.6 | 345.60 | 7 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 93.1 | |
| 10 | This Gun For Hire (1942) | Alan Ladd & Veronica Lake |
3.10 | 131.8 | 131.80 | 89 | 80 | 00 / 00 | 90.5 | |
| 11 | Rings On Her Fingers (1942) | Henry Fonda | 2.90 | 123.2 | 123.20 | 98 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 86.4 | |
| 12 | Hangover Square (1945) | George Sanders & Linda Darnell |
2.80 | 101.8 | 101.80 | 107 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 85.0 | |
| 13 | Joan of Paris (1942) | Alan Ladd & Paul Henreid |
1.40 | 61.9 | 141.60 | 153 | 69 | 01 / 00 | 75.2 | |
| 14 | Hudson's Bay (1940) | Douglas Fairbanks Jr. & Joan Bennett |
1.80 | 79.6 | 79.60 | 115 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 70.3 |
Laird Cregar Adjusted World Wide Box Office Grosses
| Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | World-Wide Box Office Adjusted (mil) | S |
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| Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | World-Wide Box Office Adjusted (mil) | S |
| Joan of Paris (1942) | Alan Ladd & Paul Henreid |
141.60 |
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The great Laird Cregar tried to lose weight too fast and his body couldn’t cope, he died of a heart attack in 1944, aged just 31.
I’ve seen 5 of the 14 films on the chart. They are – Heaven Can Wait (as the Devil), The Lodger, The Black Swan, Blood and Sand and This Gun for Hire, all favorites.
Looking at the chart he appeared in some big hits before his tragic end.
Good stuff Bruce. Vote Up!
Hey Steve…..yep the short, awesome but tragic movie life of Laird Cregar. In photos he reminds me of Raymond Burr. Tally counts: Dan 14, Flora 8, you 5 and me 3. There are a couple of his movies I want to see…yet have never found them to watch…..I Wake Up Screaming and Blood and Sand….which I see you have listed in your favorites list. Good stuff as always.
I have seen 8 of the films listed, including 4 of the top 5.
Favourite Laird Cregar Movies:
Heaven Can Wait (not earlier version of Warren Beatty film of same name)
Blood and Sand
The Black Swan
The Lodger
I Wake Up Screaming
This Gun For Hire
Hangover Square
Other Laird Cregar Movie i Have Seen:
Rings on her Fingers
I was in a hurry this morning when I made this comment. I should have included the following:
The HIGHEST rated movie I have seen is Heaven Can Wait.
The highest rated movie I have NOT seen is Hello, Frisco, Hello.
The LOWEST rated movie I have seen is Hangover Square.
Thus, all the films I have seen have high ratings.
Hey Flora….thanks for the return visit…..I saw Heaven Can Wait many many moons ago. Good stuff!
Hey Flora….as always…thanks for the feedback…Tally counts…Dan has seen all 14 movies listed, you are in second with 8, Steve gets the bronze with 5 and I get the participation award for my 3 seen. I have seen 3 of your favorites. Good stuff as always.
I’ve seen all 14 films listed.
Hey Dan. Good job on seeing all 14 of his movies….he has two uncredited roles…if you have seen Granny Get Your Gun (he played a clerk) and Oh, Johnny How Can You Love (he played Sam) you would have seen everything he ever made on film. I am at 3. With The Black Swan easily being my favorite. Good stuff.
I saw the Black Swan in 1979 at the Regency Revival Theater. They were doing a 20th Century Fox salute.
Alas whilst I have seen Granny Get Your Gun, I have not seen or even heard of Oh, Johnny How Can You Love (sounds like an old song).
Great UMR Page
Thank you Mike