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