Aldo Ray
Known for Acting · 104 credits
- 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
TV Shows (22)
Falcon Crest
1981
as Phil McLish
Love, American Style
1969
as Herb
The Virginian
1962
as Frank Krause / Jacob 'Jake' Walker
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
Ben Casey
1961
Naked City
1958
as Elvin Rhodes
Daniel Boone
1964
as Benton
Run for Your Life
1965
as Vince Murdock
Burke's Law
1963
as Mister Harold
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
The Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Sam Kimber
CHiPs
1977
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Riverboat
1959
as Hunk Farber
The Outsider
1968
S.W.A.T.
1975
$weepstake$
1979
as Crawford
The Quest
1976
as Chippy
Hollywood Preview
1955
as Self
The Houndcats
1972
Women in White
1979
as Frederick Thaler
Movies (82)
The Secret of NIMH
1982
as Sullivan (voice)
The Green Berets
1968
as Sgt. Muldoon
Battle Cry
1955
as Andy Hookens
Young Rebels
1989
as Sheriff
The Sicilian
1987
as Don Siano of Bisacquino
We're No Angels
1955
as Albert
Terror Night
1989
as Captain Ned
The Power
1968
as Bruce
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
1966
as Sergeant Rizzo
Sylvia
1965
as Jonas Karoki
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
1966
as Eddie Hart
Nightfall
1956
as James Vanning / Art Rayburn
Men in War
1957
as Sgt. Montana
The Centerfold Girls
1974
as Ed Walker
Vultures
1983
as Wally
Musketeers of the Sea
1962
as Moreau
God's Little Acre
1958
as Bill Thompson
Blood Red
1989
as Father Stassio
Evils of the Night
1985
as Fred
Angel Unchained
1970
as Sheriff
Miss Sadie Thompson
1953
as Sgt. Phil O'Hara
Inside Out
1975
as M.Sgt. Prior
Gone with the West
1975
as Mimmo, Stage Robber
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
1976
as Stubby Stebbins
And Hope to Die
1972
as Mattone
Star Slammer
1986
as The Inquisitor
Haunts
1976
as Sheriff Peterson
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
1960
as Charles Norgate
Nightmare in the Sun
1965
as Sheriff
Human Experiments
1979
as Mat Tibbs
The Dynamite Brothers
1974
as Burke
The Glove
1979
as Tiny
Pat and Mike
1952
as Davie Hucko
Psychic Killer
1975
as Lt. Dave Anderson
The Naked and the Dead
1958
as Sam Croft
Death Dimension
1978
as Verde
Welcome to Hard Times
1967
as Man from Bodie
Johnny Nobody
1961
as Mark Wheeler (aka Johnny Nobody)
Haunted
1977
as Andrew
The Siege of Pinchgut
1959
as Matt Kirk
Seven Alone
1974
as Dr. Dutch
The Marrying Kind
1952
as 'Chet' Keefer
Let's Do It Again
1953
as Frank McGraw
Mission to Glory: A True Story
1977
as Mine Boss
Shock 'Em Dead
1991
as Tony
The Barefoot Mailman
1951
as Theron Henchman (uncredited)
Mongrel
1982
as Bouchard
Riot on Sunset Strip
1967
as Lieutenant Walt Lorimer
3-D Rarities
2015
as Sgt. Phil O'Hara (archive footage)
Flesh and Bullets
1985
as Police Lieutenant
Saturday's Hero
1951
as Gene Hausler (as Aldo DaRe)
Night Shadow
1989
as Gene Krebelski
Hollywood Cop
1987
as Mr. Fong
Frankenstein's Brain
1985
Biohazard
1985
as General Randolph
Deadlock
1969
as Edward Logan
Sam Fuller & the Big Red One
1984
as Narrator
To Kill a Stranger
1986
as Inspector Benedict
Three Stripes in the Sun
1955
as Hugh O'Reilly
The Man Who Would Not Die
1975
as Frank Keefer
Kill a Dragon
1967
as Vigo
The Shooters
1989
as General Makepeace
The Great Skycopter Rescue
1980
as Sheriff Burgess
Don't Go Near the Park
1981
as Taft
The Executioner Part II
1984
as Police Commissioner
Hateman
1987
as Sheriff Benny
Suicide Commando
1968
as Seargent Cloadec
Bog
1979
as Sheriff Neal Rydholm
Crime of Crimes
1989
as Johnson
Drug Runners
1988
as Victor Lazzaro
Paesano
1975
as J. Arthur Cobra
The Lucifer Complex
1978
as Karl Krauss
The Bad Bunch
1973
as Lt. Stans
Terror on Alcatraz
1986
as Frank Morris
Promise Him Anything
1975
as Cop
Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie
1984
as Bürgermeister Niederhangen
The Violent Ones
1967
as Joe Vorzyck
My True Story
1951
as Mark Foster
A Torn Page of Glory
1968
as Major Comack
Dark Sanity
1982
as Larry Craig
When I Am King
1982
as The Manager
Sweet Savage
1979
as Banner
About Aldo Ray
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 Cu… With 104 credits spanning from 1948 to 2015, Aldo Ray has appeared in 82 films and 22 TV shows.
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- The Secret of NIMH (1982) — as Sullivan (voice)
- The Green Berets (1968) — as Sgt. Muldoon
- Battle Cry (1955) — as Andy Hookens
- Young Rebels (1989) — as Sheriff
- The Sicilian (1987) — as Don Siano of Bisacquino
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