Ira Lazar — The Cat and the Canary Character Profile

About Ira Lazar

The physician legally tasked with evaluating Annabelle West's mental fitness. Her sanity is the central condition of the first will, making his potential diagnosis a crucial plot point that Wilder aims to manipulate by fabricating signs of madness.

Character Facts

Played by

Lucien Littlefield

Appears in

The Cat and the Canary (1927)

Role

Minor

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