Marc Lawrence was an American character actor who specialized in criminal types. In 1930, Lawrence befriended another young actor, John Garfield. Both appeared in a number of plays before Lawrence secured a contract to film with Columbia Pictures. Lawrence began appearing in films in 1931; Garfield followed him, beginning his film career in 1938. A pockmarked face, sullen appearance, and a New York street accent made Lawrence a natural villain, and over the next six decades he played numerous gangsters and mob bosses. Later, Lawrence came under scrutiny because of his political views. Summoned to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee, he admitted that 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 he went to Europe, where he continued to appear in films. After the blacklist was lifted, he returned to America and resumed his career as a familiar and talented performer of gangster types. He played gangsters in two James Bond films: Diamonds Are Forever (1971) with Sean Connery and The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) with Roger Moore. He also portrayed a villain's 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).

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