Aldo Ray
Acting
Born 1926-09-25
Died 1991-03-27
Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania, USA
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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.
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Falcon Crest
Bonanza
The Virginian
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Love, American Style
Naked City
Burke's Law
Daniel Boone
The Steve Allen Show
Run for Your Life
Ben Casey
Kraft Suspense Theatre
The Ed Sullivan Show
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
CHiPs
Riverboat
The Secret of NIMH
$weepstake$
The Outsider
The Quest
S.W.A.T.
The Green Berets
We're No Angels
The Sicilian
The Power
Battle Cry
Death Dimension
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
Seven Alone
Pat and Mike
Vultures
Men in War
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
The Naked and the Dead
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
Miss Sadie Thompson
Human Experiments
God's Little Acre
Nightfall
The Houndcats
Blood Red
Suicide Commando
And Hope to Die
Women in White
Mongrel
The Shooters
Mission to Glory: A True Story
Welcome to Hard Times
Evils of the Night
Sam Fuller & the Big Red One
Nightmare in the Sun
Hollywood Preview
The Glove
The Dynamite Brothers
To Kill a Stranger
Young Rebels
Star Slammer
The Centerfold Girls
Inside Out
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