Known For
Acting
Born
Sep 25, 1926
Died
Mar 27, 1991
Place of Birth
Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania, USA
Credits
105 titles
Aldo Ray
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.
Known For
Filmography
3-D Rarities
Sgt. Phil O'Hara (archive footage)
Shock 'Em Dead
Tony
Young Rebels
Sheriff
Terror Night
Captain Ned
Night Shadow
Gene Krebelski
Blood Red
Father Stassio
The Shooters
General Makepeace
Crime of Crimes
Johnson
Drug Runners
Victor Lazzaro
The Sicilian
Don Siano of Bisacquino
Hollywood Cop
Mr. Fong
Hateman
Sheriff Benny
Star Slammer
The Inquisitor
To Kill a Stranger
Inspector Benedict
Terror on Alcatraz
Frank Morris
Evils of the Night
Fred
Biohazard
General Randolph
Flesh and Bullets
Police Lieutenant
Frankenstein's Brain
The Executioner Part II
Police Commissioner
Sam Fuller & the Big Red One
Narrator
Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie
Bürgermeister Niederhangen
Vultures
Wally
Mongrel
Bouchard
When I Am King
The Manager
The Secret of NIMH
Sullivan (voice)
Dark Sanity
Larry Craig
Falcon Crest
Phil McLish
The Great Skycopter Rescue
Sheriff Burgess
The Glove
Tiny
Human Experiments
Mat Tibbs
Sweet Savage
Banner
Bog
Sheriff Neal Rydholm
Don't Go Near the Park
Taft
Women in White
Frederick Thaler
$weepstake$
Crawford
Death Dimension
Verde
The Lucifer Complex
Karl Krauss
CHiPs
Haunted
Andrew
Mission to Glory: A True Story
Mine Boss
Haunts
Sheriff Peterson
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
Stubby Stebbins
The Quest
Chippy
Paesano
J. Arthur Cobra
Psychic Killer
Lt. Dave Anderson
Inside Out
M.Sgt. Prior
Gone with the West
Mimmo, Stage Robber
The Man Who Would Not Die
Frank Keefer
Promise Him Anything
Cop