Aldo Ray
Acting • Born 1926-09-25 – Died 1991-03-27
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
103 credits
Biohazard
Movie • 1985
General Randolph
We're No Angels
Movie • 1955
Albert
The Green Berets
Movie • 1968
Sgt. Muldoon
Pat and Mike
Movie • 1952
Davie Hucko
Nightfall
Movie • 1956
James Vanning / Art Rayburn
The Centerfold Girls
Movie • 1974
Ed Walker
Terror Night
Movie • 1989
Captain Ned
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
Movie • 1966
Sergeant Rizzo
Terror on Alcatraz
Movie • 1986
Frank Morris
Mission to Glory: A True Story
Movie • 1977
Mine Boss
Haunts
Movie • 1976
Sheriff Peterson
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
Movie • 1976
Stubby Stebbins
God's Little Acre
Movie • 1958
Bill Thompson
The Naked and the Dead
Movie • 1958
Sam Croft
Men in War
Movie • 1957
Sgt. Montana
Miss Sadie Thompson
Movie • 1953
Sgt. Phil O'Hara
The Power
Movie • 1968
Bruce
Star Slammer
Movie • 1986
The Inquisitor
Evils of the Night
Movie • 1985
Fred
The Glove
Movie • 1979
Tiny
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
Movie • 1966
Eddie Hart
The Dynamite Brothers
Movie • 1974
Burke
Battle Cry
Movie • 1955
Andy Hookens
Human Experiments
Movie • 1979
Mat Tibbs
Seven Alone
Movie • 1974
Dr. Dutch
Kill a Dragon
Movie • 1967
Vigo
And Hope to Die
Movie • 1972
Mattone
The Marrying Kind
Movie • 1952
'Chet' Keefer
Riot on Sunset Strip
Movie • 1967
Lieutenant Walt Lorimer
Three Stripes in the Sun
Movie • 1955
Hugh O'Reilly
Dark Sanity
Movie • 1982
Larry Craig
Sam Fuller & the Big Red One
Movie • 1984
Narrator
The Violent Ones
Movie • 1967
Joe Vorzyck
The Bad Bunch
Movie • 1973
Lt. Stans
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
Movie • 1960
Charles Norgate
Inside Out
Movie • 1975
M.Sgt. Prior
Sylvia
Movie • 1965
Jonas Karoki
Sweet Savage
Movie • 1979
Banner
Crime of Crimes
Movie • 1989
Johnson
Nightmare in the Sun
Movie • 1965
Sheriff
Hollywood Cop
Movie • 1987
Mr. Fong
The Siege of Pinchgut
Movie • 1959
Matt Kirk
Welcome to Hard Times
Movie • 1967
Man from Bodie
The Secret of NIMH
Movie • 1982
Sullivan (voice)
Bog
Movie • 1979
Sheriff Neal Rydholm
Mongrel
Movie • 1982
Bouchard
Saturday's Hero
Movie • 1951
Gene Hausler (as Aldo DaRe)
To Kill a Stranger
Movie • 1986
Inspector Benedict
Let's Do It Again
Movie • 1953
Frank McGraw
Haunted
Movie • 1977
Andrew
The Executioner Part II
Movie • 1984
Police Commissioner
Shock 'Em Dead
Movie • 1991
Tony
Young Rebels
Movie • 1989
Sheriff
Musketeers of the Sea
Movie • 1962
Moreau
Deadlock
Movie • 1969
Edward Logan
Gone with the West
Movie • 1975
Mimmo, Stage Robber
The Shooters
Movie • 1989
General Makepeace
Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie
Movie • 1984
Bürgermeister Niederhangen
The Man Who Would Not Die
Movie • 1975
Frank Keefer
The Great Skycopter Rescue
Movie • 1980
Sheriff Burgess
Death Dimension
Movie • 1978
Verde
When I Am King
Movie • 1982
The Manager
Psychic Killer
Movie • 1975
Lt. Dave Anderson
3-D Rarities
Movie • 2015
Sgt. Phil O'Hara (archive footage)
The Lucifer Complex
Movie • 1978
Karl Krauss
Drug Runners
Movie • 1988
Victor Lazzaro
Angel Unchained
Movie • 1970
Sheriff
Hateman
Movie • 1987
Sheriff Benny
The Barefoot Mailman
Movie • 1951
Theron Henchman (uncredited)
Suicide Commando
Movie • 1968
Seargent Cloadec
Night Shadow
Movie • 1989
Gene Krebelski
Johnny Nobody
Movie • 1961
Mark Wheeler (aka Johnny Nobody)
The Sicilian
Movie • 1987
Don Siano of Bisacquino
My True Story
Movie • 1951
Mark Foster
Promise Him Anything
Movie • 1975
Cop
Vultures
Movie • 1983
Wally
Flesh and Bullets
Movie • 1985
Police Lieutenant
Don't Go Near the Park
Movie • 1981
Taft
A Torn Page of Glory
Movie • 1968
Major Comack
Blood Red
Movie • 1989
Father Stassio
Falcon Crest
TV • 1981
Phil McLish
CHiPs
TV • 1977
Burke's Law
TV • 1963
Mister Harold
Kraft Suspense Theatre
TV • 1963
Sam Kimber
Naked City
TV • 1958
Elvin Rhodes
Hollywood Preview
TV • 1955
Self
The Quest
TV • 1976
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
TV • 1958
Run for Your Life
TV • 1965
Vince Murdock
Daniel Boone
TV • 1964
Benton
S.W.A.T.
TV • 1975
The Virginian
TV • 1962
Frank Krause
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV • 1963
Ben Casey
TV • 1961
Riverboat
TV • 1959
Hunk Farber
The Houndcats
TV • 1972
The Steve Allen Show
TV • 1956
Self
The Outsider
TV • 1968
The Virginian
TV • 1962
Jacob 'Jake' Walker
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
Women in White
TV • 1979
Frederick Thaler
Love, American Style
TV • 1969
Herb
$weepstake$
TV • 1979
Crawford