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

  • Falcon Crest

    Falcon Crest

  • The Virginian

    The Virginian

  • The Virginian

    The Virginian

  • Love, American Style

    Love, American Style

  • Naked City

    Naked City

  • Daniel Boone

    Daniel Boone

  • Burke's Law

    Burke's Law

  • Ben Casey

    Ben Casey

  • The Steve Allen Show

    The Steve Allen Show

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

  • Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

    Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

  • Run for Your Life

    Run for Your Life

  • Kraft Suspense Theatre

    Kraft Suspense Theatre

  • God's Little Acre

    God's Little Acre

  • CHiPs

    CHiPs

  • Human Experiments

    Human Experiments

  • Terror Night

    Terror Night

  • The Secret of NIMH

    The Secret of NIMH

  • Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

    Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

  • The Sicilian

    The Sicilian

  • Biohazard

    Biohazard

  • Blood Red

    Blood Red

  • Riverboat

    Riverboat

  • Hateman

    Hateman

  • Psychic Killer

    Psychic Killer

  • The Dynamite Brothers

    The Dynamite Brothers

  • Deadlock

    Deadlock

  • Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

    Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

  • Haunted

    Haunted

  • And Hope to Die

    And Hope to Die

  • Young Rebels

    Young Rebels

  • The Outsider

    The Outsider

  • S.W.A.T.

    S.W.A.T.

  • Mongrel

    Mongrel

  • The Glove

    The Glove

  • The Shooters

    The Shooters

  • The Power

    The Power

  • Hollywood Cop

    Hollywood Cop

  • Johnny Nobody

    Johnny Nobody

  • Death Dimension

    Death Dimension

  • Nightfall

    Nightfall

  • The Green Berets

    The Green Berets

  • The Quest

    The Quest

  • The Bad Bunch

    The Bad Bunch

  • The Man Who Would Not Die

    The Man Who Would Not Die

  • Suicide Commando

    Suicide Commando

  • Night Shadow

    Night Shadow

  • $weepstake$

    $weepstake$

  • Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round

    Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round

  • Battle Cry

    Battle Cry

  • Bog

    Bog

  • Angel Unchained

    Angel Unchained

  • What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?

    What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?

  • The Day They Robbed the Bank of England

    The Day They Robbed the Bank of England

  • Vultures

    Vultures

  • The Siege of Pinchgut

    The Siege of Pinchgut

  • Riot on Sunset Strip

    Riot on Sunset Strip

  • We're No Angels

    We're No Angels

  • Mission to Glory: A True Story

    Mission to Glory: A True Story

  • Seven Alone

    Seven Alone

  • The Violent Ones

    The Violent Ones

  • Evils of the Night

    Evils of the Night

  • The Naked and the Dead

    The Naked and the Dead

  • The Executioner Part II

    The Executioner Part II

  • Shock 'Em Dead

    Shock 'Em Dead

  • Welcome to Hard Times

    Welcome to Hard Times

  • The Lucifer Complex

    The Lucifer Complex

  • Three Stripes in the Sun

    Three Stripes in the Sun

  • Musketeers of the Sea

    Musketeers of the Sea

  • Let's Do It Again

    Let's Do It Again

  • Flesh and Bullets

    Flesh and Bullets

  • The Great Skycopter Rescue

    The Great Skycopter Rescue

  • Crime of Crimes

    Crime of Crimes

  • To Kill a Stranger

    To Kill a Stranger

  • Miss Sadie Thompson

    Miss Sadie Thompson

  • The Marrying Kind

    The Marrying Kind

  • Gone with the West

    Gone with the West

  • Nightmare in the Sun

    Nightmare in the Sun

  • Pat and Mike

    Pat and Mike

  • Kill a Dragon

    Kill a Dragon

  • Saturday's Hero

    Saturday's Hero

  • Men in War

    Men in War

  • Don't Go Near the Park

    Don't Go Near the Park

  • The Centerfold Girls

    The Centerfold Girls

  • The Barefoot Mailman

    The Barefoot Mailman

  • 3-D Rarities

    3-D Rarities

  • A Torn Page of Glory

    A Torn Page of Glory

  • Hollywood Preview

    Hollywood Preview

  • The Houndcats

    The Houndcats

  • Women in White

    Women in White

  • Star Slammer

    Star Slammer

  • Sylvia

    Sylvia

  • When I Am King

    When I Am King

  • My True Story

    My True Story

  • Haunts

    Haunts

  • Inside Out

    Inside Out

  • Promise Him Anything

    Promise Him Anything

  • Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie

    Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie

  • 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

  • Sweet Savage

    Sweet Savage