{{short description|American character actor (1886–1944)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2023}} {{Infobox person | name = Nat Carr | image = Nat Carr in Bank Alarm (cropped).jpg | caption = Carr in ''Bank Alarm'' (1937) | birth_date = {{birth date|1886|8|12}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age|1944|7|6|1886|8|12}} | death_place = Hollywood, California, U.S. | resting_place = Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California | birth_name = Natan Krechevsky | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1923–1941 | spouse = | relatives = }}
'''Nat Carr''' (August 12, 1886 – July 6, 1944, was born '''Natan Krechevsky'''in Romny, Ukraine. His father was a Cantor and grocer. The family moved to Winnipeg, Canada in 1887, where they lived until 1896. They then moved to San Francisco where Nat’s father ran a grocery store and Nat and his brother Henry operated a pawn shop. Nat’s older brother was Alexander Carr, actor in stage and film. Nat followed his brother into ahow business, starting in stand-up comedy and later acting the silent and early talking picture eras. During his eighteen-year career, Carr appeared in over 100 films, most of them features.
==Life and career==
Carr entered the cinematic industry in the 1925 film, ''His People'', in the featured role of Chaim Barowitz.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=1511 | title=His People: Detail View | publisher=American Film Institute | accessdate= August 3, 2015}}</ref> Although he may have appeared in an earlier film, 1923's ''Little Johnny Jones''.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=10307 | title=Little Johnny Jones: Detail View | publisher=American Film Institute | accessdate= August 3, 2015}}</ref> He appeared in the featured role of Levi in ''The Jazz Singer'' in 1927.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=1535 | title=The Jazz Singer: Detail View | publisher=American Film Institute | accessdate= August 3, 2015}}</ref> In 1929 Carr co-wrote the story (with Mark Sandrich) for the film, ''The Talk of Hollywood'', in which he also starred.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=12535 | title=The Talk of Hollywood: Detail View | publisher=American Film Institute | accessdate= August 3, 2015}}</ref> Other notable films in which he appeared include: as the captain of waiter in Raoul Walsh's 1939 crime proto-noir, ''The Roaring Twenties'', starring James Cagney, Priscilla Lane, and Humphrey Bogart;<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=4176 | title=The Roaring Twenties: Detail View | publisher=American Film Institute | accessdate= August 3, 2015}}</ref> in the role of Crocker in the 1939 Western, ''Dodge City'', starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland;<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=4691 | title=Dodge City: Detail View | publisher=American Film Institute | accessdate= August 3, 2015}}</ref> as one of the doctors in the Bette Davis tour de force, ''Dark Victory'', which also starred Bogart and George Brent;<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=5039 | title=Dark Victory: Detail View | publisher=American Film Institute | accessdate= August 3, 2015}}</ref> and as one of the reporters in the 1941 war classic, ''Sergeant York'', starring Gary Cooper.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=27041 | title=Sergeant York: Detail View | publisher=American Film Institute | accessdate= August 3, 2015}}</ref> Carr's final screen performance was as a tourist in the 1941 comedy-mystery, ''Passage from Hong Kong''.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=26859 | title=Passage from Hong Kong: Detail View | publisher=American Film Institute | accessdate= August 3, 2015}}</ref>
In 1905, Nat married Gertrude Viola White, who had a few minor roles in film. They had no children. Nat and Alexander Carr’s nephew, Nat Ross, became a film director under their mentorship.
Carr died on July 6, 1944, in Hollywood, California. He was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.<ref>Wilson, Scott. ''Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons'', 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Locations 25047-25048). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition.</ref>
==Partial filmography== {{div col|colwidth=26em}} *''Little Johnny Jones'' (1923) *''His People'' (1925) *''The Mystery Club'' (1926) *''Watch Your Wife'' (1926) *''Kosher Kitty Kelly'' (1926) *''Millionaires'' (1926) *''Her Big Night'' (1926) *''Private Izzy Murphy'' (1926) *''Madonna of the Sleeping Cars'' (1928) *''The Talk of Hollywood'' (1929) *''Two Plus Fours'' (1930) *''50 Million Frenchmen'' (1931) *''Union Depot'' (1932) * ''The Man from Arizona'' (1932) *''Big Time or Bust'' (1933) *''I Can't Escape'' (1934) *''Marrying Widows'' (1934) *''Red Blood of Courage'' (1935) *''Bank Alarm'' (1937) *''Everybody's Hobby'' (1939) *''Granny Get Your Gun'' (1940) *''King of the Lumberjacks'' (1940) {{div col end}}
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==External links== {{Commons category}} *{{IMDb name|0139813}} *{{IBDB name|451052}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Carr, Nat}} Category:1886 births Category:1944 deaths Category:20th-century American male actors Category:American male film actors Category:American male silent film actors Category:Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)