Acting
Aldo Ray
Aldo Ray was born in the borough of Pen Argyl, in Northampton County, Pennsylvania on 25 September 1926. He attended the University of California at Berkeley, served as a US Navy frogman during WWII and saw action on Iwo Jima. While constable of Crockett, California, he drove his brother Guido to an audition for the film Idols in the Dust (1951). Director David Miller hired him for a small role as a cynical football player. Ray's husky frame, thick neck and raspy voice made him perfect for playing tough sexy roles. He was the star of George Cukor's The Marrying Kind (1952) and starred opposite Rita Hayworth in Miss Sadie Thompson (1953). Ray was the none-too-bright boxer in Cukor's Pat and Mike (1952) and an escaped convict in 'Michael Curtiz"s We're No Angels (1955). His career started downhill in the 1970s, with him appearing in a string of low-budget films as a character actor. His last film was Shock 'Em Dead (1991). Ray was married three times, with one daughter Claire born in 1951 to his first wife Shirley Green whom he married on on 20 June 1947. Ray was then briefly married to actress Jeff Donnell and then had two sons and a daughter with his third wife, Johanna Ray, one of whom is the actor Eric DaRe. Aldo Ray died of throat cancer on 27 March 1991.
Filmography
3-D Rarities
Film · 2015
Shock 'Em Dead
Film · 1991
Terror Night
Film · 1989
Crime of Crimes
Film · 1989
Young Rebels
Film · 1989
The Shooters
Film · 1989
Night Shadow
Film · 1989
Blood Red
Film · 1989
Drug Runners
Film · 1988
Hollywood Cop
Film · 1987
Hateman
Film · 1987
The Sicilian
Film · 1987
Terror on Alcatraz
Film · 1986
Star Slammer
Film · 1986
To Kill a Stranger
Film · 1986
Biohazard
Film · 1985
Evils of the Night
Film · 1985
Flesh and Bullets
Film · 1985
Frankenstein's Brain
Film · 1985
Sam Fuller & the Big Red One
Film · 1984
The Executioner Part II
Film · 1984
Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie
Film · 1984
Vultures
Film · 1983
Dark Sanity
Film · 1982
The Secret of NIMH
Film · 1982
Mongrel
Film · 1982
When I Am King
Film · 1982
Falcon Crest
Series · 1981
The Great Skycopter Rescue
Film · 1980
The Glove
Film · 1979
Human Experiments
Film · 1979
Sweet Savage
Film · 1979
Bog
Film · 1979
Don't Go Near the Park
Film · 1979
Women in White
Series · 1979
$weepstake$
Series · 1979
Death Dimension
Film · 1978
The Lucifer Complex
Film · 1978
Mission to Glory: A True Story
Film · 1977
Haunted
Film · 1977
CHiPs
Series · 1977
Haunts
Film · 1976
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
Film · 1976
The Quest
Series · 1976
Inside Out
Film · 1975
Gone with the West
Film · 1975
The Man Who Would Not Die
Film · 1975
Psychic Killer
Film · 1975
Promise Him Anything
Film · 1975
Paesano
Film · 1975
S.W.A.T.
Series · 1975
The Centerfold Girls
Film · 1974
The Dynamite Brothers
Film · 1974
Seven Alone
Film · 1974
The Bad Bunch
Film · 1973
And Hope to Die
Film · 1972
The Houndcats
Series · 1972
Angel Unchained
Film · 1970
Deadlock
Film · 1969
Love, American Style
Series · 1969
The Green Berets
Film · 1968
The Power
Film · 1968
Suicide Commando
Film · 1968
A Torn Page of Glory
Film · 1968
The Outsider
Series · 1968
Kill a Dragon
Film · 1967
Riot on Sunset Strip
Film · 1967
The Violent Ones
Film · 1967
Welcome to Hard Times
Film · 1967
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
Film · 1966
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
Film · 1966
Sylvia
Film · 1965
Nightmare in the Sun
Film · 1965
Run for Your Life
Series · 1965
Daniel Boone
Series · 1964
Burke's Law
Series · 1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Series · 1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Series · 1963
Musketeers of the Sea
Film · 1962
The Virginian
Series · 1962
The Virginian
Series · 1962
Johnny Nobody
Film · 1961
Ben Casey
Series · 1961
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
Film · 1960
The Siege of Pinchgut
Film · 1959
Riverboat
Series · 1959
Bonanza
Series · 1959
God's Little Acre
Film · 1958
The Naked and the Dead
Film · 1958
Naked City
Series · 1958
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Series · 1958
Men in War
Film · 1957
Nightfall
Film · 1956
The Steve Allen Show
Series · 1956
We're No Angels
Film · 1955
Battle Cry
Film · 1955
Three Stripes in the Sun
Film · 1955
Hollywood Preview
Series · 1955
Miss Sadie Thompson
Film · 1953
Let's Do It Again
Film · 1953
Pat and Mike
Film · 1952
The Marrying Kind
Film · 1952
Saturday's Hero
Film · 1951
The Barefoot Mailman
Film · 1951
My True Story
Film · 1951
The Ed Sullivan Show
Series · 1948