Aldo Ray

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

103

Gender

Male

Birthday

1926-09-25

Day of death

1991-03-27 (64 years old)

Place of Birth

Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania, USA

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

  • The Virginian

    The Virginian

  • The Virginian

    The Virginian

  • Love, American Style

    Love, American Style

  • Falcon Crest

    Falcon Crest

  • Daniel Boone

    Daniel Boone

  • Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

    Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

  • Naked City

    Naked City

  • Ben Casey

    Ben Casey

  • Burke's Law

    Burke's Law

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

  • The Steve Allen Show

    The Steve Allen Show

  • Run for Your Life

    Run for Your Life

  • Kraft Suspense Theatre

    Kraft Suspense Theatre

  • Riverboat

    Riverboat

  • Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

    Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

  • The Secret of NIMH

    The Secret of NIMH

  • CHiPs

    CHiPs

  • Haunted

    Haunted

  • The Outsider

    The Outsider

  • The Great Skycopter Rescue

    The Great Skycopter Rescue

  • S.W.A.T.

    S.W.A.T.

  • And Hope to Die

    And Hope to Die

  • The Bad Bunch

    The Bad Bunch

  • Human Experiments

    Human Experiments

  • The Glove

    The Glove

  • $weepstake$

    $weepstake$

  • Biohazard

    Biohazard

  • The Violent Ones

    The Violent Ones

  • Blood Red

    Blood Red

  • The Green Berets

    The Green Berets

  • Sylvia

    Sylvia

  • The Day They Robbed the Bank of England

    The Day They Robbed the Bank of England

  • The Executioner Part II

    The Executioner Part II

  • Deadlock

    Deadlock

  • Shock 'Em Dead

    Shock 'Em Dead

  • We're No Angels

    We're No Angels

  • The Sicilian

    The Sicilian

  • Musketeers of the Sea

    Musketeers of the Sea

  • The Quest

    The Quest

  • Young Rebels

    Young Rebels

  • Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round

    Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round

  • Johnny Nobody

    Johnny Nobody

  • The Man Who Would Not Die

    The Man Who Would Not Die

  • Hollywood Cop

    Hollywood Cop

  • Evils of the Night

    Evils of the Night

  • Welcome to Hard Times

    Welcome to Hard Times

  • The Dynamite Brothers

    The Dynamite Brothers

  • The Lucifer Complex

    The Lucifer Complex

  • Terror Night

    Terror Night

  • The Barefoot Mailman

    The Barefoot Mailman

  • Flesh and Bullets

    Flesh and Bullets

  • God's Little Acre

    God's Little Acre

  • Death Dimension

    Death Dimension

  • Haunts

    Haunts

  • What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?

    What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?

  • Nightmare in the Sun

    Nightmare in the Sun

  • Nightfall

    Nightfall

  • Riot on Sunset Strip

    Riot on Sunset Strip

  • Hateman

    Hateman

  • Let's Do It Again

    Let's Do It Again

  • Crime of Crimes

    Crime of Crimes

  • Psychic Killer

    Psychic Killer

  • Hollywood Preview

    Hollywood Preview

  • Pat and Mike

    Pat and Mike

  • Saturday's Hero

    Saturday's Hero

  • Inside Out

    Inside Out

  • The Naked and the Dead

    The Naked and the Dead

  • Bog

    Bog

  • To Kill a Stranger

    To Kill a Stranger

  • The Marrying Kind

    The Marrying Kind

  • Women in White

    Women in White

  • Night Shadow

    Night Shadow

  • Miss Sadie Thompson

    Miss Sadie Thompson

  • Three Stripes in the Sun

    Three Stripes in the Sun

  • Gone with the West

    Gone with the West

  • Battle Cry

    Battle Cry

  • 3-D Rarities

    3-D Rarities

  • The Power

    The Power

  • The Shooters

    The Shooters

  • Kill a Dragon

    Kill a Dragon

  • Suicide Commando

    Suicide Commando

  • Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

    Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

  • The Houndcats

    The Houndcats

  • Men in War

    Men in War

  • Seven Alone

    Seven Alone

  • A Torn Page of Glory

    A Torn Page of Glory

  • Vultures

    Vultures

  • Mongrel

    Mongrel

  • Angel Unchained

    Angel Unchained

  • The Centerfold Girls

    The Centerfold Girls

  • Mission to Glory: A True Story

    Mission to Glory: A True Story

  • Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie

    Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie

  • Star Slammer

    Star Slammer

  • The Siege of Pinchgut

    The Siege of Pinchgut

  • Don't Go Near the Park

    Don't Go Near the Park

  • Dark Sanity

    Dark Sanity

  • Sam Fuller & the Big Red One

    Sam Fuller & the Big Red One

  • Drug Runners

    Drug Runners

  • Terror on Alcatraz

    Terror on Alcatraz

  • Promise Him Anything

    Promise Him Anything

  • My True Story

    My True Story

  • When I Am King

    When I Am King

  • Sweet Savage

    Sweet Savage