Acting · Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania, USA · Born September 25, 1926
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.
Movie3-D Rarities
2015
as Sgt. Phil O'Hara (archive footage)
MovieShock 'Em Dead
1991
as Tony
MovieYoung Rebels
1989
as Sheriff
MovieTerror Night
1989
as Captain Ned
MovieNight Shadow
1989
as Gene Krebelski
MovieBlood Red
1989
as Father Stassio
MovieCrime of Crimes
1989
as Johnson
MovieThe Shooters
1989
as General Makepeace
MovieDrug Runners
1988
as Victor Lazzaro
MovieThe Sicilian
1987
as Don Siano of Bisacquino
MovieHollywood Cop
1987
as Mr. Fong
MovieHateman
1987
as Sheriff Benny
MovieStar Slammer
1986
as The Inquisitor
MovieTo Kill a Stranger
1986
as Inspector Benedict
MovieTerror on Alcatraz
1986
as Frank Morris
MovieEvils of the Night
1985
as Fred
MovieBiohazard
1985
as General Randolph
MovieFlesh and Bullets
1985
as Police Lieutenant
Frankenstein's Brain
1985
MovieThe Executioner Part II
1984
as Police Commissioner
MovieSam Fuller & the Big Red One
1984
as Narrator
MovieFrankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie
1984
as Bürgermeister Niederhangen
MovieVultures
1983
as Wally
MovieMongrel
1982
as Bouchard
MovieWhen I Am King
1982
as The Manager
MovieThe Secret of NIMH
1982
as Sullivan (voice)
MovieDark Sanity
1982
as Larry Craig
TVFalcon Crest
1981
as Phil McLish
MovieThe Great Skycopter Rescue
1980
as Sheriff Burgess
MovieThe Glove
1979
as Tiny
MovieHuman Experiments
1979
as Mat Tibbs
MovieSweet Savage
1979
as Banner
MovieBog
1979
as Sheriff Neal Rydholm
MovieDon't Go Near the Park
1979
as Taft
TVWomen in White
1979
as Frederick Thaler
$weepstake$
1979
as Crawford
MovieDeath Dimension
1978
as Verde
MovieThe Lucifer Complex
1978
as Karl Krauss
TVCHiPs
1977
MovieHaunted
1977
as Andrew
MovieMission to Glory: A True Story
1977
as Mine Boss
MovieHaunts
1976
as Sheriff Peterson
MovieWon Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
1976
as Stubby Stebbins
TVThe Quest
1976
as Chippy
MoviePaesano
1975
as J. Arthur Cobra
MoviePsychic Killer
1975
as Lt. Dave Anderson
MovieInside Out
1975
as M.Sgt. Prior
MovieGone with the West
1975
as Mimmo, Stage Robber
MovieThe Man Who Would Not Die
1975
as Frank Keefer
MoviePromise Him Anything
1975
as Cop
TVS.W.A.T.
1975
MovieSeven Alone
1974
as Dr. Dutch
MovieThe Centerfold Girls
1974
as Ed Walker
MovieThe Dynamite Brothers
1974
as Burke
MovieThe Bad Bunch
1973
as Lt. Stans
MovieAnd Hope to Die
1972
as Mattone
TVThe Houndcats
1972
MovieAngel Unchained
1970
as Sheriff
TVLove, American Style
1969
as Herb
MovieDeadlock
1969
as Edward Logan
MovieSuicide Commando
1968
as Seargent Cloadec
TVThe Outsider
1968
MovieThe Green Berets
1968
as Sgt. Muldoon
MovieThe Power
1968
as Bruce
MovieA Torn Page of Glory
1968
as Major Comack
MovieKill a Dragon
1967
as Vigo
MovieThe Violent Ones
1967
as Joe Vorzyck
MovieWelcome to Hard Times
1967
as Man from Bodie
MovieRiot on Sunset Strip
1967
as Lieutenant Walt Lorimer
MovieDead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
1966
as Eddie Hart
MovieWhat Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
1966
as Sergeant Rizzo
TVRun for Your Life
1965
as Vince Murdock
MovieNightmare in the Sun
1965
as Sheriff
MovieSylvia
1965
as Jonas Karoki
TVDaniel Boone
1964
as Benton
TVKraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Sam Kimber
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
TVBurke's Law
1963
as Mister Harold
TVThe Virginian
1962
as Frank Krause
MovieMusketeers of the Sea
1962
as Moreau
TVBen Casey
1961
MovieJohnny Nobody
1961
as Mark Wheeler (aka Johnny Nobody)
MovieThe Day They Robbed the Bank of England
1960
as Charles Norgate
TVRiverboat
1959
as Hunk Farber
TVBonanza
1959
as Heiser
MovieThe Siege of Pinchgut
1959
as Matt Kirk
TVWestinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
TVNaked City
1958
as Elvin Rhodes
MovieGod's Little Acre
1958
as Bill Thompson
MovieThe Naked and the Dead
1958
as Sam Croft
MovieMen in War
1957
as Sgt. Montana
MovieNightfall
1956
as James Vanning / Art Rayburn
TVThe Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self
MovieThree Stripes in the Sun
1955
as Hugh O'Reilly
Hollywood Preview
1955
as Self
MovieWe're No Angels
1955
as Albert
MovieBattle Cry
1955
as Andy Hookens
MovieMiss Sadie Thompson
1953
as Sgt. Phil O'Hara
MovieLet's Do It Again
1953
as Frank McGraw
MoviePat and Mike
1952
as Davie Hucko
MovieThe Marrying Kind
1952
as 'Chet' Keefer
MovieThe Barefoot Mailman
1951
as Theron Henchman (uncredited)
MovieMy True Story
1951
as Mark Foster
MovieSaturday's Hero
1951
as Gene Hausler (as Aldo DaRe)
TVThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
