1874-05-15 ( 150 years old ) in Hampstead, London, England, UK
Laurence Hanray (16 May 1874 – 28 November 1947), sometimes credited as Lawrence Hanray, was a British film and theatre actor born in London, England. He is also credited as the author of several plays and music hall songs.
Laurence Hanray was born Lawrence Henry Jacobs in St John's Wood on 16 May 1874, the son of Angelo Jacobs (c. 1851-1910), a glass manufacturer, and Leah (née Nathan; 1850/1851 - 1946).
His father changed his name to Angelo Jacobs Hanray, and with it the family name, after becoming bankrupt in 1897, although Laurence had been using the name Hanray professionally from at least 1892, when he appeared as a member of the Hermann Vezin Theatre Company in supporting roles in Hamlet and Macbeth at Her Majesties Theatre, Dundee.
Australian newspapers show he was in Australia and New Zealand from around 1901-04, appearing as Carraway Bones the undertaker in the farce Turned Up at the Theatre Royal, Perth, in May 1901, and subsequently at most of the main cities until June 1904. Travel records show him departing Sydney for Auckland in August 1901, and sailing from Sydney for London on 7 October 1904. He then resumed touring in Britain. In the 1911 census, Laurence Hanray (36), actor, is listed as residing at the Woolton Hall Hydropathic Hotel, Much Woolton, Lancashire, England.
Hanray married Dorothy Mary Chambers Farnsworth (1884-1918) in the Birkenhead district during the first quarter of 1914. She petitioned for divorce in 1917, but then died suddenly in London on 16 August 1918. Hanray married Lois Grace Heatherley (1892-1966) in Paddington during the same quarter his first wife died. Lois was also an actress and performed with Laurence at the Booth Theatre, Broadway, in 1921. They were also together in The Faithful Heart, she as Ginger and Laurence as Major Lestrade, at the Comedy Theatre, Haymarket. Travel records then show the couple arriving in New York in September 1922. He appeared in John Galsworthy's play Loyalties at the Gaeity Theatre on Broadway. They arrived in Liverpool in May 1923. The couple also played together in Escape at the Booth Theatre, Broadway in 1927, she as Miss Grace and he in multiple roles (the Fellow Convict, the Old Gentleman and the Farmer).
Laurence and Lois had a daughter, Ursula Susan Edith Hanray, on 16 November 1923. According to travel records, the family visited America from September 1927. Laurence also went on his own to Canada in September 1931, and also during 1939-1940. Ursula became a child actress, playing the title role in the first televised production of Alice Through The Looking Glass in 1937, and the young Queen Victoria in a London theatre in 1940.
Hanray worked almost up to his death; The Times reported in early September 1947 that he was to appear in a play at Dunfermline Abbey Theatre. He died at age 73 on 28 November 1947, following an operation at the Middlesex Hospital, London. Lois Grace Hanray died aged 74 on 25 April 1966.
Movies
Mine Own Executioner
1947-11-22
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
1947-03-12
Read All About It
1945-04-08
Waterloo Road
1945-02-05
Love Story
1944-11-20
Hotel Reserve
1944-06-01
On Approval
1944-05-22
My Learned Friend
1943-10-25
Hatter's Castle
1942-02-02
Old Mother Riley's Circus
1941-12-10
Quiet Wedding
1941-04-19
The Ghost of St. Michael's
1941-04-01
21 Days Together
1940-01-07
Julius Caesar
1938-12-09
Many Waters
1938-10-17
A Royal Divorce
1938-09-21
The Last Chance
1937-11-11
Smash and Grab
1937-09-20
The Girl in the Taxi
1937-09-02
Knight Without Armour
1937-07-23
Action for Slander
1937-07-21
Dark Journey
1937-07-02
Midnight Menace
1937-05-04
Fire Over England
1937-03-05
It's Never Too Late to Mend
1937-03-01
Moonlight Sonata
1937-02-11
Rembrandt
1936-11-06
Someone at the Door
1936-09-28
Lonely Road
1936-08-23
The Man Who Could Work Miracles
1936-07-23
Beloved Impostor
1936-07-20
The Three Maxims
1936-01-01
Street Song
1935-09-16
Drake of England
1935-05-16
Adventure Ltd.
1935-03-31
Mimi
1935-03-28
Murder at Monte Carlo
1935-01-01
Brewster's Millions
1935-01-01
Lorna Doone
1934-12-09
The Great Defender
1934-11-26
What Happened Then?
1934-09-24
Chu Chin Chow
1934-05-01
Those Were the Days
1934-04-02
The Rise of Catherine the Great
1934-02-09
The Private Life of Henry VIII
1933-08-17
His Grace Gives Notice
1933-07-22
Loyalties
1933-07-02
This Week of Grace
1933-06-30
The Good Companions
1933-02-28
The Man from Toronto
1933-01-01
There Goes the Bride
1932-10-25
Leap Year
1932-10-11
Wedding Rehearsal
1932-10-01
That Night in London
1932-08-01
Love on Wheels
1932-07-26
The Faithful Heart
1932-05-01
Her Reputation
1931-07-21
Beyond the Cities
1930-11-18
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