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Aldo Ray
Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania, USA
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…
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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.
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2015
3-D Rarities
Movie Sgt. Phil O'Hara (archive footage)
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1991
Shock 'Em Dead
Movie Tony
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1989
Young Rebels
Movie Sheriff
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1989
Terror Night
Movie Captain Ned
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1989
Night Shadow
Movie Gene Krebelski
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1989
Blood Red
Movie Father Stassio
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1989
Crime of Crimes
Movie Johnson
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1989
The Shooters
Movie General Makepeace
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1988
Drug Runners
Movie Victor Lazzaro
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1987
The Sicilian
Movie Don Siano of Bisacquino
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1987
Hollywood Cop
Movie Mr. Fong
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1987
Hateman
Movie Sheriff Benny
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1986
Star Slammer
Movie The Inquisitor
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1986
To Kill a Stranger
Movie Inspector Benedict
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1986
Terror on Alcatraz
Movie Frank Morris
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1985
Evils of the Night
Movie Fred
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1985
Biohazard
Movie General Randolph
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1985
Flesh and Bullets
Movie Police Lieutenant
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1985
Frankenstein's Brain
Movie
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1984
The Executioner Part II
Movie Police Commissioner
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1984
Sam Fuller & the Big Red One
Movie Narrator
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1984
Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie
Movie Bürgermeister Niederhangen
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1983
Vultures
Movie Wally
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1982
Mongrel
Movie Bouchard
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1982
When I Am King
Movie The Manager
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1982
The Secret of NIMH
Movie Sullivan (voice)
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1982
Dark Sanity
Movie Larry Craig
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1981
Falcon Crest
TV show Phil McLish
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1980
The Great Skycopter Rescue
Movie Sheriff Burgess
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1979
The Glove
Movie Tiny
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1979
Human Experiments
Movie Mat Tibbs
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1979
Sweet Savage
Movie Banner
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1979
Bog
Movie Sheriff Neal Rydholm
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1979
Don't Go Near the Park
Movie Taft
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1979
Women in White
TV show Frederick Thaler
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1979
$weepstake$
TV show Crawford
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1978
Death Dimension
Movie Verde
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1978
The Lucifer Complex
Movie Karl Krauss
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1977
CHiPs
TV show
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1977
Haunted
Movie Andrew
