Aldo Ray
Born September 25, 1926 (Age: 99)
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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.
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
Shock 'Em Dead
1991
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as Tony
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Age: 64
Young Rebels
1989
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as Sheriff
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Age: 63
Terror Night
1989
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as Captain Ned
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Age: 63
Night Shadow
1989
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as Gene Krebelski
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Age: 62
Blood Red
1989
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as Father Stassio
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Age: 62
The Shooters
1989
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as General Makepeace
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Age: 62
Crime of Crimes
1989
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as Johnson
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Age: 62
Drug Runners
1988
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as Victor Lazzaro
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Age: 61
The Sicilian
1987
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as Don Siano of Bisacquino
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Age: 61
Hollywood Cop
1987
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as Mr. Fong
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Age: 60
Hateman
1987
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as Sheriff Benny
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Age: 60
Evils of the Night
1985
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as Fred
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Age: 59
Biohazard
1985
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as General Randolph
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Age: 58
Flesh and Bullets
1985
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as Police Lieutenant
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Age: 58
When I Am King
1982
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as The Manager
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Age: 55
The Secret of NIMH
1982
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as Sullivan (voice)
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Age: 55
Don't Go Near the Park
1981
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as Taft
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Age: 54
The Great Skycopter Rescue
1980
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as Sheriff Burgess
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Age: 54
Death Dimension
1978
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as Verde
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Age: 51
The Lucifer Complex
1978
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as Karl Krauss
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Age: 51
Seven Alone
1974
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as Dr. Dutch
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Age: 48
The Centerfold Girls
1974
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as Ed Walker
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Age: 47
The Dynamite Brothers
1974
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as Burke
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Age: 47
The Bad Bunch
1973
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as Lt. Stans
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Age: 47
And Hope to Die
1972
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as Mattone
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Age: 45
Deadlock
1969
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as Edward Logan
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Age: 42
Suicide Commando
1968
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as Seargent Cloadec
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Age: 42
The Green Berets
1968
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as Sgt. Muldoon
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Age: 41
A Torn Page of Glory
1968
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as Major Comack
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Age: 41
Nightmare in the Sun
1965
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as Sheriff
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Age: 38
Sylvia
1965
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as Jonas Karoki
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Age: 38
Musketeers of the Sea
1962
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as Moreau
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Age: 35
Johnny Nobody
1961
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as Mark Wheeler (aka Johnny Nobody)
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Age: 35
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
1960
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as Charles Norgate
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Age: 33
The Siege of Pinchgut
1959
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as Matt Kirk
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Age: 32
God's Little Acre
1958
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as Bill Thompson
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Age: 31
The Naked and the Dead
1958
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as Sam Croft
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Age: 31
Nightfall
1956
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as James Vanning / Art Rayburn
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Age: 30
Three Stripes in the Sun
1955
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as Hugh O'Reilly
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Age: 29
We're No Angels
1955
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as Albert
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Age: 28
Battle Cry
1955
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as Andy Hookens
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Age: 28
Miss Sadie Thompson
1953
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as Sgt. Phil O'Hara
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Age: 27
Let's Do It Again
1953
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as Frank McGraw
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Age: 26