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

  • The Steve Allen Show

    The Steve Allen Show

  • Run for Your Life

    Run for Your Life

  • Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

    Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

  • Daniel Boone

    Daniel Boone

  • Ben Casey

    Ben Casey

  • Burke's Law

    Burke's Law

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

  • Kraft Suspense Theatre

    Kraft Suspense Theatre

  • Hateman

    Hateman

  • Suicide Commando

    Suicide Commando

  • Death Dimension

    Death Dimension

  • Nightfall

    Nightfall

  • We're No Angels

    We're No Angels

  • Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

    Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

  • CHiPs

    CHiPs

  • The Bad Bunch

    The Bad Bunch

  • Battle Cry

    Battle Cry

  • The Dynamite Brothers

    The Dynamite Brothers

  • The Power

    The Power

  • Riverboat

    Riverboat

  • Seven Alone

    Seven Alone

  • Saturday's Hero

    Saturday's Hero

  • Biohazard

    Biohazard

  • 3-D Rarities

    3-D Rarities

  • S.W.A.T.

    S.W.A.T.

  • Mongrel

    Mongrel

  • The Outsider

    The Outsider

  • Deadlock

    Deadlock

  • Musketeers of the Sea

    Musketeers of the Sea

  • Terror Night

    Terror Night

  • Riot on Sunset Strip

    Riot on Sunset Strip

  • Vultures

    Vultures

  • Evils of the Night

    Evils of the Night

  • The Secret of NIMH

    The Secret of NIMH

  • The Quest

    The Quest

  • $weepstake$

    $weepstake$

  • The Shooters

    The Shooters

  • Nightmare in the Sun

    Nightmare in the Sun

  • Psychic Killer

    Psychic Killer

  • The Sicilian

    The Sicilian

  • The Green Berets

    The Green Berets

  • Hollywood Preview

    Hollywood Preview

  • Human Experiments

    Human Experiments

  • What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?

    What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?

  • Pat and Mike

    Pat and Mike

  • To Kill a Stranger

    To Kill a Stranger

  • Women in White

    Women in White

  • God's Little Acre

    God's Little Acre

  • And Hope to Die

    And Hope to Die

  • Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round

    Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round

  • Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

    Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

  • Sylvia

    Sylvia

  • The Naked and the Dead

    The Naked and the Dead

  • Blood Red

    Blood Red

  • Miss Sadie Thompson

    Miss Sadie Thompson

  • The Centerfold Girls

    The Centerfold Girls

  • Star Slammer

    Star Slammer

  • Welcome to Hard Times

    Welcome to Hard Times

  • Drug Runners

    Drug Runners

  • The Marrying Kind

    The Marrying Kind

  • Men in War

    Men in War

  • The Siege of Pinchgut

    The Siege of Pinchgut

  • Let's Do It Again

    Let's Do It Again

  • The Glove

    The Glove

  • Inside Out

    Inside Out

  • Don't Go Near the Park

    Don't Go Near the Park

  • The Lucifer Complex

    The Lucifer Complex

  • Shock 'Em Dead

    Shock 'Em Dead

  • Haunted

    Haunted

  • Angel Unchained

    Angel Unchained

  • The Day They Robbed the Bank of England

    The Day They Robbed the Bank of England

  • The Barefoot Mailman

    The Barefoot Mailman

  • Three Stripes in the Sun

    Three Stripes in the Sun

  • The Houndcats

    The Houndcats

  • Night Shadow

    Night Shadow

  • Johnny Nobody

    Johnny Nobody

  • Mission to Glory: A True Story

    Mission to Glory: A True Story

  • Crime of Crimes

    Crime of Crimes

  • Gone with the West

    Gone with the West

  • Promise Him Anything

    Promise Him Anything

  • A Torn Page of Glory

    A Torn Page of Glory

  • The Man Who Would Not Die

    The Man Who Would Not Die

  • Kill a Dragon

    Kill a Dragon

  • Flesh and Bullets

    Flesh and Bullets

  • The Violent Ones

    The Violent Ones

  • Haunts

    Haunts

  • When I Am King

    When I Am King

  • Young Rebels

    Young Rebels

  • My True Story

    My True Story

  • Hollywood Cop

    Hollywood Cop

  • Sam Fuller & the Big Red One

    Sam Fuller & the Big Red One

  • The Executioner Part II

    The Executioner Part II

  • Dark Sanity

    Dark Sanity

  • Bog

    Bog

  • Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie

    Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie

  • The Great Skycopter Rescue

    The Great Skycopter Rescue

  • Terror on Alcatraz

    Terror on Alcatraz

  • Sweet Savage

    Sweet Savage