Aldo Ray

Born: 1926-09-25 in Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania, USA

Died: 1991-03-27

Known For: Acting

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.

Filmography

2015

3-D Rarities as Sgt. Phil O'Hara (archive footage)

1991

Shock 'Em Dead as Tony

1989

Blood Red as Father Stassio
Terror Night as Captain Ned
The Shooters as General Makepeace
Young Rebels as Sheriff
Crime of Crimes as Johnson
Night Shadow as Gene Krebelski

1988

Drug Runners as Victor Lazzaro

1987

The Sicilian as Don Siano of Bisacquino
Hollywood Cop as Mr. Fong
Hateman as Sheriff Benny

1986

To Kill a Stranger as Inspector Benedict
Star Slammer as The Inquisitor
Terror on Alcatraz as Frank Morris

1985

Biohazard as General Randolph
Flesh and Bullets as Police Lieutenant
Evils of the Night as Fred

1984

The Executioner Part II as Police Commissioner
Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie as Bürgermeister Niederhangen
Sam Fuller & the Big Red One as Narrator

1983

Vultures as Wally

1982

The Secret of NIMH as Sullivan (voice)
Mongrel as Bouchard
When I Am King as The Manager
Dark Sanity as Larry Craig

1981

Falcon Crest as Phil McLish
Don't Go Near the Park as Taft

1980

The Great Skycopter Rescue as Sheriff Burgess

1979

Human Experiments as Mat Tibbs
The Glove as Tiny
$weepstake$ as Crawford
Bog as Sheriff Neal Rydholm
Women in White as Frederick Thaler
Sweet Savage as Banner

1975

Psychic Killer as Lt. Dave Anderson
S.W.A.T.
The Man Who Would Not Die as Frank Keefer
Gone with the West as Mimmo, Stage Robber
Inside Out as M.Sgt. Prior
Promise Him Anything as Cop

1974

The Dynamite Brothers as Burke
Seven Alone as Dr. Dutch
The Centerfold Girls as Ed Walker

1973

The Bad Bunch as Lt. Stans

1972

And Hope to Die as Mattone
The Houndcats

1970

Angel Unchained as Sheriff

1969

Love, American Style as Herb
Deadlock as Edward Logan

1968

The Power as Bruce
The Green Berets as Sgt. Muldoon
The Outsider
Suicide Commando as Seargent Cloadec
A Torn Page of Glory as Major Comack

1967

Welcome to Hard Times as Man from Bodie
The Violent Ones as Joe Vorzyck
Riot on Sunset Strip as Lieutenant Walt Lorimer
Kill a Dragon as Vigo

1966

What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? as Sergeant Rizzo
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round as Eddie Hart

1965

Run for Your Life as Vince Murdock
Sylvia as Jonas Karoki
Nightmare in the Sun as Sheriff

1964

Daniel Boone as Benton

1963

1962

The Virginian as Frank Krause
Musketeers of the Sea as Moreau

1961

Ben Casey
Johnny Nobody as Mark Wheeler (aka Johnny Nobody)

1960

The Day They Robbed the Bank of England as Charles Norgate

1959

Riverboat as Hunk Farber
The Siege of Pinchgut as Matt Kirk

1958

Naked City as Elvin Rhodes
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
God's Little Acre as Bill Thompson
The Naked and the Dead as Sam Croft

1957

Men in War as Sgt. Montana

1956

The Steve Allen Show as Self
Nightfall as James Vanning / Art Rayburn

1955

Battle Cry as Andy Hookens
We're No Angels as Albert
Three Stripes in the Sun as Hugh O'Reilly
Hollywood Preview as Self

1953

Let's Do It Again as Frank McGraw
Miss Sadie Thompson as Sgt. Phil O'Hara

1952

The Marrying Kind as 'Chet' Keefer
Pat and Mike as Davie Hucko

1951

Saturday's Hero as Gene Hausler (as Aldo DaRe)
The Barefoot Mailman as Theron Henchman (uncredited)
My True Story as Mark Foster

1948

The Ed Sullivan Show as Self