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In 1944, Laird Cregar played Jack the Ripper in The Lodger, giving one of the most haunting performances in Hollywood history. It was the climax of a strange celebrity that saw the young American actor–who stood 6′ 3″ and weighed more than 300 pounds–earn distinction as a portrayer of psychopaths
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