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Aldo Ray
Known for: ActingAldo 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 50
The Secret of NIMH
as Sullivan (voice)
Evils of the Night
as Fred
The Sicilian
The Green Berets
as Sgt. Muldoon
We're No Angels
as Albert
Inside Out
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
as Sergeant Rizzo
The Naked and the Dead
as Sam Croft
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
as Eddie Hart
The Power
as Bruce
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
as Stubby Stebbins
Pat and Mike
as Davie Hucko
Welcome to Hard Times
as Man from Bodie
And Hope to Die
as Mattone
Men in War
The Glove
as Tiny
The Centerfold Girls
as Ed Walker
Miss Sadie Thompson
as Sgt. Phil O'Hara
The Lucifer Complex
as Karl Krauss
Human Experiments
as Mat Tibbs
Battle Cry
as Andy Hookens
God's Little Acre
The Siege of Pinchgut
Blood Red
as Father Stassio
Death Dimension
Gone with the West
Star Slammer
as The Inquisitor
Let's Do It Again
as Frank McGraw
Young Rebels
as Sheriff
Mission to Glory: A True Story
Riot on Sunset Strip
as Lieutenant Walt Lorimer
Flesh and Bullets
as Police Lieutenant
Crime of Crimes
as Johnson
Angel Unchained
as Sheriff
Psychic Killer
as Lt. Dave Anderson
Shock 'Em Dead
as Tony
Biohazard
as General Randolph
The Shooters
as General Makepeace
Seven Alone
Hollywood Cop
as Mr. Fong
Saturday's Hero
as Gene Hausler (as Aldo DaRe)
Mongrel
as Bouchard
Sylvia
as Jonas Karoki
3-D Rarities
as Sgt. Phil O'Hara (archive footage)
The Marrying Kind
as 'Chet' Keefer
Haunts
as Sheriff Peterson
The Executioner Part II
The Dynamite Brothers
Dark Sanity
as Larry Craig
Suicide Commando
as Seargent Cloadec