Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
September 25, 1926
Place of Birth:
Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania, USA
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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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3-D Rarities | Sgt. Phil O'Hara (archive footage) |
| 1991 | Shock 'Em Dead | Tony |
| 1989 | Terror Night | Captain Ned |
| 1989 | Crime of Crimes | Johnson |
| 1989 | Young Rebels | Sheriff |
| 1989 | The Shooters | General Makepeace |
| 1989 | Night Shadow | Gene Krebelski |
| 1989 | Blood Red | Father Stassio |
| 1988 | Drug Runners | Victor Lazzaro |
| 1987 | Hollywood Cop | Mr. Fong |
| 1987 | Hateman | Sheriff Benny |
| 1987 | The Sicilian | Don Siano of Bisacquino |
| 1986 | Terror on Alcatraz | Frank Morris |
| 1986 | Star Slammer | The Inquisitor |
| 1986 | To Kill a Stranger | Inspector Benedict |
| 1985 | Biohazard | General Randolph |
| 1985 | Evils of the Night | Fred |
| 1985 | Flesh and Bullets | Police Lieutenant |
| 1984 | Sam Fuller & the Big Red One | Narrator |
| 1984 | The Executioner Part II | Police Commissioner |
| 1984 | Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie | Bürgermeister Niederhangen |
| 1983 | Vultures | Wally |
| 1982 | Dark Sanity | Larry Craig |
| 1982 | The Secret of NIMH | Sullivan (voice) |
| 1982 | Mongrel | Bouchard |
| 1982 | When I Am King | The Manager |
| 1981 | Don't Go Near the Park | Taft |
| 1980 | The Great Skycopter Rescue | Sheriff Burgess |
| 1979 | The Glove | Tiny |
| 1979 | Human Experiments | Mat Tibbs |
| 1979 | Sweet Savage | Banner |
| 1979 | Bog | Sheriff Neal Rydholm |
| 1978 | Death Dimension | Verde |
| 1978 | The Lucifer Complex | Karl Krauss |
| 1977 | Mission to Glory: A True Story | Mine Boss |
| 1977 | Haunted | Andrew |
| 1976 | Haunts | Sheriff Peterson |
| 1976 | Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood | Stubby Stebbins |
| 1975 | Inside Out | M.Sgt. Prior |
| 1975 | Gone with the West | Mimmo, Stage Robber |
| 1975 | The Man Who Would Not Die | Frank Keefer |
| 1975 | Psychic Killer | Lt. Dave Anderson |
| 1975 | Promise Him Anything | Cop |
| 1974 | The Centerfold Girls | Ed Walker |
| 1974 | The Dynamite Brothers | Burke |
| 1974 | Seven Alone | Dr. Dutch |
| 1973 | The Bad Bunch | Lt. Stans |
| 1972 | And Hope to Die | Mattone |
| 1970 | Angel Unchained | Sheriff |
| 1969 | Deadlock | Edward Logan |
| 1968 | The Green Berets | Sgt. Muldoon |
| 1968 | The Power | Bruce |
| 1968 | Suicide Commando | Seargent Cloadec |
| 1968 | A Torn Page of Glory | Major Comack |
| 1967 | Kill a Dragon | Vigo |
| 1967 | Riot on Sunset Strip | Lieutenant Walt Lorimer |
| 1967 | The Violent Ones | Joe Vorzyck |
| 1967 | Welcome to Hard Times | Man from Bodie |
| 1966 | What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? | Sergeant Rizzo |
| 1966 | Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round | Eddie Hart |
| 1965 | Sylvia | Jonas Karoki |
| 1965 | Nightmare in the Sun | Sheriff |
| 1962 | Musketeers of the Sea | Moreau |
| 1961 | Johnny Nobody | Mark Wheeler (aka Johnny Nobody) |
| 1960 | The Day They Robbed the Bank of England | Charles Norgate |
| 1959 | The Siege of Pinchgut | Matt Kirk |
| 1958 | God's Little Acre | Bill Thompson |
| 1958 | The Naked and the Dead | Sam Croft |
| 1957 | Men in War | Sgt. Montana |
| 1956 | Nightfall | James Vanning / Art Rayburn |
| 1955 | We're No Angels | Albert |
| 1955 | Battle Cry | Andy Hookens |
| 1955 | Three Stripes in the Sun | Hugh O'Reilly |
| 1953 | Miss Sadie Thompson | Sgt. Phil O'Hara |
| 1953 | Let's Do It Again | Frank McGraw |
| 1952 | Pat and Mike | Davie Hucko |
| 1952 | The Marrying Kind | 'Chet' Keefer |
| 1951 | Saturday's Hero | Gene Hausler (as Aldo DaRe) |
| 1951 | The Barefoot Mailman | Theron Henchman (uncredited) |
| 1951 | My True Story | Mark Foster |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Falcon Crest | Phil McLish |
| 1979 | Sweepstakes | |
| 1979 | Women in White | Frederick Thaler |
| 1977 | CHiPs | |
| 1976 | The Quest | |
| 1975 | S.W.A.T. | |
| 1972 | The Houndcats | |
| 1969 | Love, American Style | Herb |
| 1968 | The Outsider | |
| 1965 | Run for Your Life | Vince Murdock |
| 1964 | Daniel Boone | Benton |
| 1963 | Burke's Law | Mister Harold |
| 1963 | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Sam Kimber |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Frank Krause |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Jacob 'Jake' Walker |
| 1961 | Ben Casey | |
| 1959 | Riverboat | Hunk Farber |
| 1958 | Naked City | Elvin Rhodes |
| 1958 | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | |
| 1956 | The Steve Allen Show | Self |
| 1955 | Hollywood Preview | Self |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self |