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