Aldo Ray
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 25, 1926
- Died
- March 27, 1991 (aged 64)
- Birthplace
- Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
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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Filmography
3-D Rarities
Movie · as Sgt. Phil O'Hara (archive footage)
Shock 'Em Dead
Movie · as Tony
Terror Night
Movie · as Captain Ned
Crime of Crimes
Movie · as Johnson
Young Rebels
Movie · as Sheriff
The Shooters
Movie · as General Makepeace
Night Shadow
Movie · as Gene Krebelski
Blood Red
Movie · as Father Stassio
Drug Runners
Movie · as Victor Lazzaro
Hollywood Cop
Movie · as Mr. Fong
Hateman
Movie · as Sheriff Benny
The Sicilian
Movie · as Don Siano of Bisacquino
Terror on Alcatraz
Movie · as Frank Morris
Star Slammer
Movie · as The Inquisitor
To Kill a Stranger
Movie · as Inspector Benedict
Biohazard
Movie · as General Randolph
Evils of the Night
Movie · as Fred
Flesh and Bullets
Movie · as Police Lieutenant
Frankenstein's Brain
Movie
Sam Fuller & the Big Red One
Movie · as Narrator
The Executioner Part II
Movie · as Police Commissioner
Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie
Movie · as Bürgermeister Niederhangen
Vultures
Movie · as Wally
Dark Sanity
Movie · as Larry Craig
The Secret of NIMH
Movie · as Sullivan (voice)
Mongrel
Movie · as Bouchard
When I Am King
Movie · as The Manager
Falcon Crest
TV · as Phil McLish · 1 ep
The Great Skycopter Rescue
Movie · as Sheriff Burgess
The Glove
Movie · as Tiny
Human Experiments
Movie · as Mat Tibbs
Sweet Savage
Movie · as Banner
Bog
Movie · as Sheriff Neal Rydholm
Don't Go Near the Park
Movie · as Taft
Women in White
TV · as Frederick Thaler · 3 eps
$weepstake$
TV · as Crawford · 1 ep
Death Dimension
Movie · as Verde
The Lucifer Complex
Movie · as Karl Krauss
Mission to Glory: A True Story
Movie · as Mine Boss
Haunted
Movie · as Andrew
CHiPs
TV · 1 ep
Haunts
Movie · as Sheriff Peterson
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
Movie · as Stubby Stebbins
The Quest
TV · as Chippy · 1 ep
Inside Out
Movie · as M.Sgt. Prior
Gone with the West
Movie · as Mimmo, Stage Robber
The Man Who Would Not Die
Movie · as Frank Keefer
Psychic Killer
Movie · as Lt. Dave Anderson
Promise Him Anything
Movie · as Cop
Paesano
Movie · as J. Arthur Cobra
S.W.A.T.
TV · 1 ep
The Centerfold Girls
Movie · as Ed Walker
The Dynamite Brothers
Movie · as Burke
Seven Alone
Movie · as Dr. Dutch
The Bad Bunch
Movie · as Lt. Stans
And Hope to Die
Movie · as Mattone
The Houndcats
TV · 13 eps
Angel Unchained
Movie · as Sheriff
Deadlock
Movie · as Edward Logan
Love, American Style
TV · as Herb · 1 ep
The Green Berets
Movie · as Sgt. Muldoon
The Power
Movie · as Bruce
Suicide Commando
Movie · as Seargent Cloadec
A Torn Page of Glory
Movie · as Major Comack
The Outsider
TV · 1 ep
Kill a Dragon
Movie · as Vigo
Riot on Sunset Strip
Movie · as Lieutenant Walt Lorimer
The Violent Ones
Movie · as Joe Vorzyck
Welcome to Hard Times
Movie · as Man from Bodie
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
Movie · as Sergeant Rizzo
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
Movie · as Eddie Hart
Sylvia
Movie · as Jonas Karoki
Nightmare in the Sun
Movie · as Sheriff
Run for Your Life
TV · as Vince Murdock · 1 ep
Daniel Boone
TV · as Benton · 1 ep
Burke's Law
TV · as Mister Harold · 1 ep
Kraft Suspense Theatre
TV · as Sam Kimber · 1 ep
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV · 1 ep
Musketeers of the Sea
Movie · as Moreau
The Virginian
TV · as Frank Krause, Jacob 'Jake' Walker · 1 ep
Johnny Nobody
Movie · as Mark Wheeler (aka Johnny Nobody)
Ben Casey
TV · 1 ep
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
Movie · as Charles Norgate
The Siege of Pinchgut
Movie · as Matt Kirk
Riverboat
TV · as Hunk Farber · 1 ep
Bonanza
TV · as Heiser · 1 ep
God's Little Acre
Movie · as Bill Thompson
The Naked and the Dead
Movie · as Sam Croft
Naked City
TV · as Elvin Rhodes · 1 ep
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
TV · 1 ep
Men in War
Movie · as Sgt. Montana
Nightfall
Movie · as James Vanning / Art Rayburn
The Steve Allen Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
We're No Angels
Movie · as Albert
Battle Cry
Movie · as Andy Hookens
Three Stripes in the Sun
Movie · as Hugh O'Reilly
Hollywood Preview
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Miss Sadie Thompson
Movie · as Sgt. Phil O'Hara
Let's Do It Again
Movie · as Frank McGraw
Pat and Mike
Movie · as Davie Hucko
The Marrying Kind
Movie · as 'Chet' Keefer
Saturday's Hero
Movie · as Gene Hausler (as Aldo DaRe)
The Barefoot Mailman
Movie · as Theron Henchman (uncredited)
My True Story
Movie · as Mark Foster
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep