Acting
Charles Ray
From Wikipedia Charles Edgar Ray (March 15, 1891 – November 23, 1943) was an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter. Ray rose to fame during the mid-1910s portraying young wholesome hicks in silent comedy films. Ray was born in Jacksonville, Illinois and moved to Springfield as a child where he attended elementary school. He then moved to Arizona for a time before finally relocating to Los Angeles where he finished his education. He initially began his career on the stage before working for director Thomas H. Ince as a film extra in December 1912. He appeared in several bit parts before moving on to supporting roles. Ray's break came in 1915 when he appeared opposite Frank Keenan in the historical war drama The Coward. Ray's popularity increased after appearing in a series of films which cast him in juvenile roles, primarily young hicks or "country bumpkins" that foiled the plans of thieves or con men. In March 1917, he signed with Paramount Pictures and resumed working with director Thomas H. Ince. By 1920, he was earning a reported $11,000 a week. Around this time, he left Paramount after studio head Adolph Zukor refused to give him a pay raise. Zukor later wrote in his autobiography The Public Is Never Wrong, that Ray's ego had gotten out of hand and that Ray "...was headed for trouble and did not care to be with him when he found it." After leaving Paramount, Ray formed his own production company, Charles Ray Productions, and also used his fortune to purchase a studio in Los Angeles where he began producing and shooting his own films. On November 23, 1943, Ray died of a mouth and throat infection at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Los Angeles for which he had been hospitalized six weeks prior. For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Charles Ray has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame located at 6355 Hollywood Boulevard.
Filmography
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Film · 1961
Slightly Dangerous
Film · 1943
Mrs. Miniver
Film · 1942
Rio Rita
Film · 1942
The Mad Martindales
Film · 1942
The Lady from Cheyenne
Film · 1941
The Man Who Lost Himself
Film · 1941
Appointment for Love
Film · 1941
Hollywood Boulevard
Film · 1936
Welcome Home
Film · 1935
Just My Luck
Film · 1935
The Camera Speaks
Film · 1934
By Your Leave
Film · 1934
Ticket to a Crime
Film · 1934
Ladies Should Listen
Film · 1934
School for Girls
Film · 1934
Stars of Yesterday
Film · 1931
The House That Shadows Built
Film · 1931
The Garden of Eden
Film · 1928
The Count of Ten
Film · 1928
Getting Gertie's Garter
Film · 1927
Vanity
Film · 1927
The American
Film · 1927
Nobody's Widow
Film · 1927
Sweet Adeline
Film · 1926
The Fire Brigade
Film · 1926
The Auction Block
Film · 1926
Paris
Film · 1926
Percy
Film · 1925
Bright Lights
Film · 1925
Some Pun'kins
Film · 1925
Dynamite Smith
Film · 1924
The Courtship of Miles Standish
Film · 1923
The Girl I Loved
Film · 1923
Gas, Oil and Water
Film · 1922
The Deuce of Spades
Film · 1922
A Tailor-Made Man
Film · 1922
Alias Julius Caesar
Film · 1922
Smudge
Film · 1922
The Old Swimmin' Hole
Film · 1921
Scrap Iron
Film · 1921
Two Minutes to Go
Film · 1921
45 Minutes from Broadway
Film · 1920
A Village Sleuth
Film · 1920
Alarm Clock Andy
Film · 1920
An Old Fashioned Boy
Film · 1920
Homer Comes Home
Film · 1920
Paris Green
Film · 1920
Peaceful Valley
Film · 1920
The Sheriff's Son
Film · 1919
The Busher
Film · 1919
Bill Henry
Film · 1919
Greased Lightning
Film · 1919
Hay Foot, Straw Foot
Film · 1919
The Egg Crate Wallop
Film · 1919
The Girl Dodger
Film · 1919
Crooked Straight
Film · 1919
Red Hot Dollars
Film · 1919
The Family Skeleton
Film · 1918
Playing the Game
Film · 1918
Staking His Life
Film · 1918
The Claws of the Hun
Film · 1918
His Own Home Town
Film · 1918
String Beans
Film · 1918
The Hired Man
Film · 1918
A Nine O'Clock Town
Film · 1918
The Law of the North
Film · 1918
The Weaker Sex
Film · 1917
The Son of His Father
Film · 1917
Sudden Jim
Film · 1917
The Millionaire Vagrant
Film · 1917
The Clodhopper
Film · 1917
Back of the Man
Film · 1917
The Pinch Hitter
Film · 1917
His Mother's Boy
Film · 1917
Skinner's Dress Suit
Film · 1917
The Wolf Woman
Film · 1916
Home
Film · 1916
Honor Thy Name
Film · 1916
The Dividend
Film · 1916
Plain Jane
Film · 1916
Peggy
Film · 1916
The Deserter
Film · 1916
The Honorable Algy
Film · 1916
A Corner in Colleens
Film · 1916
The Grudge
Film · 1915
The Conversion of Frosty Blake
Film · 1915
The Renegade
Film · 1915
The Cup of Life
Film · 1915
The Forbidden Adventure
Film · 1915
The Coward
Film · 1915
The Lure of Woman
Film · 1915
In the Tennessee Hills
Film · 1915
The Gangsters and the Girl
Film · 1914
The City of Darkness
Film · 1914
For Her Brother's Sake
Film · 1914
The Boomerang
Film · 1913
The Transgressor
Film · 1913
Old Mammy's Secret Code
Film · 1913
For Mother's Sake
Film · 1913
The Grey Sentinel
Film · 1913
The Quakeress
Film · 1913
The Buried Past
Film · 1913