Aldo Ray
Acting
- Born:
- 1926-09-25
- Died:
- 1991-03-27
- Place of birth:
- 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.
Known For
Filmography
3-D Rarities
Shock 'Em Dead
Young Rebels
Terror Night
Night Shadow
Blood Red
Crime of Crimes
The Shooters
Drug Runners
The Sicilian
Hollywood Cop
Hateman
Star Slammer
To Kill a Stranger
Terror on Alcatraz
Evils of the Night
Biohazard
Flesh and Bullets
Frankenstein's Brain
The Executioner Part II
Sam Fuller & the Big Red One
Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie
Vultures
Mongrel
When I Am King
The Secret of NIMH
Dark Sanity
Falcon Crest
The Great Skycopter Rescue
The Glove
Human Experiments
Sweet Savage
Bog
Don't Go Near the Park
Women in White
$weepstake$
Death Dimension
The Lucifer Complex
CHiPs
Haunted
Mission to Glory: A True Story
Haunts
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
The Quest
Paesano
Psychic Killer
Inside Out
Gone with the West
The Man Who Would Not Die
Promise Him Anything
S.W.A.T.
Seven Alone
The Centerfold Girls
The Dynamite Brothers
The Bad Bunch
And Hope to Die
The Houndcats
Angel Unchained
Love, American Style
Deadlock
Suicide Commando
The Outsider
The Green Berets
The Power
A Torn Page of Glory
Kill a Dragon
The Violent Ones
Welcome to Hard Times
Riot on Sunset Strip
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
Run for Your Life
Nightmare in the Sun
Sylvia
Daniel Boone
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Burke's Law
The Virginian
Musketeers of the Sea
Ben Casey
Johnny Nobody
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
Riverboat
Bonanza
The Siege of Pinchgut
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Naked City
God's Little Acre
The Naked and the Dead
Men in War
Nightfall
The Steve Allen Show
Three Stripes in the Sun
Hollywood Preview
We're No Angels
Battle Cry
Miss Sadie Thompson
Let's Do It Again
Pat and Mike
The Marrying Kind
The Barefoot Mailman
My True Story
Saturday's Hero
The Ed Sullivan Show