- Born
- Died
- Birth nameGaspere Biondolillo
- Nickname
- The Latin Lover
- Height5′ 11½″ (1.82 m)
- Discovered on Broadway by director Howard Hawks, La Rue was originally brought to Hollywood to play a gangster in Scarface (1932). He lost that role to George Raft, and similarly was replaced by Humphrey Bogart in the film version of The Petrified Forest (1936). Eventually, he became well-known to movie-goers as a mean, sexy gangster type in sadistic roles like Miriam Hopkins' abductor in The Story of Temple Drake (1933). Film audiences, who loved to loathe him on-screen, were occasionally surprised by his being cast against type in such movies as A Farewell to Arms (1932). His final film was in the low-budget film Paesano: A Voice in the Night (1975).- IMDb Mini Biography By: Tom Shorthouse & MO840
- SpousesAnne Giordano(August 20, 1962 - February 14, 1967) (annulled)Violet Edith von Rosenberg(September 1948 - 1955) (annulled)Constance Deighton Simpson(September 22, 1938 - December 16, 1946) (divorced)
- Children
- Following his death, he was interred at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California.
- Father of actor Jack La Rue Jr.
- Born on exactly the same date as Walter Slezak.
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