Aldo Ray
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Sep 25, 1926
- Died
- Mar 27, 1991 (aged 64)
- Place of birth
- Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania, USA
- Credits
- 105
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.
Known for
Filmography
3-D Rarities
2015Movie
Sgt. Phil O'Hara (archive footage)
Shock 'Em Dead
1991Movie
Tony
Young Rebels
1989Movie
Sheriff
Terror Night
1989Movie
Captain Ned
Night Shadow
1989Movie
Gene Krebelski
Blood Red
1989Movie
Father Stassio
Crime of Crimes
1989Movie
Johnson
The Shooters
1989Movie
General Makepeace
Drug Runners
1988Movie
Victor Lazzaro
The Sicilian
1987Movie
Don Siano of Bisacquino
Hollywood Cop
1987Movie
Mr. Fong
Hateman
1987Movie
Sheriff Benny
Star Slammer
1986Movie
The Inquisitor
To Kill a Stranger
1986Movie
Inspector Benedict
Terror on Alcatraz
1986Movie
Frank Morris
Evils of the Night
1985Movie
Fred
Biohazard
1985Movie
General Randolph
Flesh and Bullets
1985Movie
Police Lieutenant
Frankenstein's Brain
1985Movie
The Executioner Part II
1984Movie
Police Commissioner
Sam Fuller & the Big Red One
1984Movie
Narrator
Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie
1984Movie
Bürgermeister Niederhangen
Vultures
1983Movie
Wally
Mongrel
1982Movie
Bouchard
When I Am King
1982Movie
The Manager
The Secret of NIMH
1982Movie
Sullivan (voice)
Dark Sanity
1982Movie
Larry Craig
Falcon Crest
1981TV
Phil McLish
The Great Skycopter Rescue
1980Movie
Sheriff Burgess
The Glove
1979Movie
Tiny
Human Experiments
1979Movie
Mat Tibbs
Sweet Savage
1979Movie
Banner
Bog
1979Movie
Sheriff Neal Rydholm
Don't Go Near the Park
1979Movie
Taft
Women in White
1979TV
Frederick Thaler
$weepstake$
1979TV
Crawford
Death Dimension
1978Movie
Verde
The Lucifer Complex
1978Movie
Karl Krauss
CHiPs
1977TV
Haunted
1977Movie
Andrew
Mission to Glory: A True Story
1977Movie
Mine Boss
Haunts
1976Movie
Sheriff Peterson
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
1976Movie
Stubby Stebbins
The Quest
1976TV
Chippy
Paesano
1975Movie
J. Arthur Cobra
Psychic Killer
1975Movie
Lt. Dave Anderson
Inside Out
1975Movie
M.Sgt. Prior
Gone with the West
1975Movie
Mimmo, Stage Robber
The Man Who Would Not Die
1975Movie
Frank Keefer
Promise Him Anything
1975Movie
Cop
S.W.A.T.
1975TV
Seven Alone
1974Movie
Dr. Dutch
The Centerfold Girls
1974Movie
Ed Walker
The Dynamite Brothers
1974Movie
Burke
The Bad Bunch
1973Movie
Lt. Stans
And Hope to Die
1972Movie
Mattone
The Houndcats
1972TV
Angel Unchained
1970Movie
Sheriff
Love, American Style
1969TV
Herb
Deadlock
1969Movie
Edward Logan
Suicide Commando
1968Movie
Seargent Cloadec
The Outsider
1968TV
The Green Berets
1968Movie
Sgt. Muldoon
The Power
1968Movie
Bruce
A Torn Page of Glory
1968Movie
Major Comack
Kill a Dragon
1967Movie
Vigo
The Violent Ones
1967Movie
Joe Vorzyck
Welcome to Hard Times
1967Movie
Man from Bodie
Riot on Sunset Strip
1967Movie
Lieutenant Walt Lorimer
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
1966Movie
Eddie Hart
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
1966Movie
Sergeant Rizzo
Run for Your Life
1965TV
Vince Murdock
Nightmare in the Sun
1965Movie
Sheriff
Sylvia
1965Movie
Jonas Karoki
Daniel Boone
1964TV
Benton
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963TV
Sam Kimber
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963TV
Burke's Law
1963TV
Mister Harold
The Virginian
1962TV
Frank Krause, Jacob 'Jake' Walker
Musketeers of the Sea
1962Movie
Moreau
Ben Casey
1961TV
Johnny Nobody
1961Movie
Mark Wheeler (aka Johnny Nobody)
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
1960Movie
Charles Norgate
Riverboat
1959TV
Hunk Farber
Bonanza
1959TV
Heiser
The Siege of Pinchgut
1959Movie
Matt Kirk
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958TV
Naked City
1958TV
Elvin Rhodes
God's Little Acre
1958Movie
Bill Thompson
The Naked and the Dead
1958Movie
Sam Croft
Men in War
1957Movie
Sgt. Montana
Nightfall
1956Movie
James Vanning / Art Rayburn
The Steve Allen Show
1956TV
Self
Three Stripes in the Sun
1955Movie
Hugh O'Reilly
Hollywood Preview
1955TV
Self
We're No Angels
1955Movie
Albert
Battle Cry
1955Movie
Andy Hookens
Miss Sadie Thompson
1953Movie
Sgt. Phil O'Hara
Let's Do It Again
1953Movie
Frank McGraw
Pat and Mike
1952Movie
Davie Hucko
The Marrying Kind
1952Movie
'Chet' Keefer
The Barefoot Mailman
1951Movie
Theron Henchman (uncredited)
My True Story
1951Movie
Mark Foster
Saturday's Hero
1951Movie
Gene Hausler (as Aldo DaRe)
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948TV
Self