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 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.
Filmography · 101
Bonanza
1959 · Heiser
Falcon Crest
1981 · Phil McLish
The Virginian
1962 · Frank Krause
Daniel Boone
1964 · Benton
Love, American Style
1969 · Herb
Naked City
1958 · Elvin Rhodes
Burke's Law
1963 · Mister Harold
Ben Casey
1961
Run for Your Life
1965 · Vince Murdock
The Steve Allen Show
1956 · Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963 · Sam Kimber
CHiPs
1977
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Riverboat
1959 · Hunk Farber
The Outsider
1968
S.W.A.T.
1975
The Secret of NIMH
1982 · Sullivan (voice)
The Quest
1976 · Chippy
The Green Berets
1968 · Sgt. Muldoon
We're No Angels
1955 · Albert
The Power
1968 · Bruce
The Sicilian
1987 · Don Siano of Bisacquin...
Human Experiments
1979 · Mat Tibbs
Death Dimension
1978 · Verde
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
1966 · Eddie Hart
Nightfall
1956 · James Vanning / Art Ra...
Evils of the Night
1985 · Fred
Mission to Glory: A True Story
1977 · Mine Boss
Battle Cry
1955 · Andy Hookens
Men in War
1957 · Sgt. Montana
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
1966 · Sergeant Rizzo
The Shooters
1989 · General Makepeace
Blood Red
1989 · Father Stassio
The Naked and the Dead
1958 · Sam Croft
Nightmare in the Sun
1965 · Sheriff
Seven Alone
1974 · Dr. Dutch
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
1976 · Stubby Stebbins
Suicide Commando
1968 · Seargent Cloadec
Young Rebels
1989 · Sheriff
The Houndcats
1972
Sam Fuller & the Big Red One
1984 · Narrator
God's Little Acre
1958 · Bill Thompson
Welcome to Hard Times
1967 · Man from Bodie
The Centerfold Girls
1974 · Ed Walker
Mongrel
1982 · Bouchard
Vultures
1983 · Wally
Miss Sadie Thompson
1953 · Sgt. Phil O'Hara
Paesano
1975 · J. Arthur Cobra
Star Slammer
1986 · The Inquisitor
To Kill a Stranger
1986 · Inspector Benedict
Pat and Mike
1952 · Davie Hucko
Women in White
1979 · Frederick Thaler
Don't Go Near the Park
1979 · Taft
Biohazard
1985 · General Randolph
The Siege of Pinchgut
1959 · Matt Kirk
Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie
1984 · Bürgermeister Niederha...
And Hope to Die
1972 · Mattone
Let's Do It Again
1953 · Frank McGraw
Saturday's Hero
1951 · Gene Hausler (as Aldo...
The Dynamite Brothers
1974 · Burke
Sylvia
1965 · Jonas Karoki
The Marrying Kind
1952 · 'Chet' Keefer
Gone with the West
1975 · Mimmo, Stage Robber
Deadlock
1969 · Edward Logan
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
1960 · Charles Norgate
Inside Out
1975 · M.Sgt. Prior
Terror on Alcatraz
1986 · Frank Morris
The Lucifer Complex
1978 · Karl Krauss
The Glove
1979 · Tiny
Dark Sanity
1982 · Larry Craig
Psychic Killer
1975 · Lt. Dave Anderson
Shock 'Em Dead
1991 · Tony
Johnny Nobody
1961 · Mark Wheeler (aka John...
The Man Who Would Not Die
1975 · Frank Keefer
The Executioner Part II
1984 · Police Commissioner
Three Stripes in the Sun
1955 · Hugh O'Reilly
When I Am King
1982 · The Manager
Angel Unchained
1970 · Sheriff
Promise Him Anything
1975 · Cop
Flesh and Bullets
1985 · Police Lieutenant
Bog
1979 · Sheriff Neal Rydholm
The Barefoot Mailman
1951 · Theron Henchman (uncre...
Drug Runners
1988 · Victor Lazzaro
Hollywood Cop
1987 · Mr. Fong
Terror Night
1989 · Captain Ned
Musketeers of the Sea
1962 · Moreau
3-D Rarities
2015 · Sgt. Phil O'Hara (arch...
A Torn Page of Glory
1968 · Major Comack
Haunted
1977 · Andrew
Riot on Sunset Strip
1967 · Lieutenant Walt Lorime...
The Violent Ones
1967 · Joe Vorzyck
Night Shadow
1989 · Gene Krebelski
Kill a Dragon
1967 · Vigo
Hateman
1987 · Sheriff Benny
Haunts
1976 · Sheriff Peterson
My True Story
1951 · Mark Foster
The Great Skycopter Rescue
1980 · Sheriff Burgess
The Bad Bunch
1973 · Lt. Stans
Crime of Crimes
1989 · Johnson
Sweet Savage
1979 · Banner