- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- September 25, 1926
- Place of Birth
- Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania, USA
- Died
- March 27, 1991
Aldo Ray
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 l…
Filmography
movie3-D Rarities
2015 · Sgt. Phil O'Hara (archive footage)
movieShock 'Em Dead
1991 · Tony
movieYoung Rebels
1989 · Sheriff
movieTerror Night
1989 · Captain Ned
movieNight Shadow
1989 · Gene Krebelski
movieBlood Red
1989 · Father Stassio
movieCrime of Crimes
1989 · Johnson
movieThe Shooters
1989 · General Makepeace
movieDrug Runners
1988 · Victor Lazzaro
movieThe Sicilian
1987 · Don Siano of Bisacquino
movieHollywood Cop
1987 · Mr. Fong
movieHateman
1987 · Sheriff Benny
movieStar Slammer
1986 · The Inquisitor
movieTo Kill a Stranger
1986 · Inspector Benedict
movieTerror on Alcatraz
1986 · Frank Morris
movieEvils of the Night
1985 · Fred
movieBiohazard
1985 · General Randolph
movieFlesh and Bullets
1985 · Police Lieutenant
Frankenstein's Brain
movieFrankenstein's Brain
1985
movieThe Executioner Part II
1984 · Police Commissioner
movieSam Fuller & the Big Red One
1984 · Narrator
movieFrankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie
1984 · Bürgermeister Niederhangen
movieVultures
1983 · Wally
movieMongrel
1982 · Bouchard
movieWhen I Am King
1982 · The Manager
movieThe Secret of NIMH
1982 · Sullivan (voice)
movieDark Sanity
1982 · Larry Craig
tvFalcon Crest
1981 · Phil McLish
movieThe Great Skycopter Rescue
1980 · Sheriff Burgess
movieThe Glove
1979 · Tiny
movieHuman Experiments
1979 · Mat Tibbs
movieSweet Savage
1979 · Banner
movieBog
1979 · Sheriff Neal Rydholm
movieDon't Go Near the Park
1979 · Taft
tvWomen in White
1979 · Frederick Thaler
$weepstake$
tv$weepstake$
1979 · Crawford
movieDeath Dimension
1978 · Verde
movieThe Lucifer Complex
1978 · Karl Krauss
tvCHiPs
1977
movieHaunted
1977 · Andrew
movieMission to Glory: A True Story
1977 · Mine Boss
movieHaunts
1976 · Sheriff Peterson
movieWon Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
1976 · Stubby Stebbins
tvThe Quest
1976 · Chippy
moviePaesano
1975 · J. Arthur Cobra
moviePsychic Killer
1975 · Lt. Dave Anderson
movieInside Out
1975 · M.Sgt. Prior
movieGone with the West
1975 · Mimmo, Stage Robber
movieThe Man Who Would Not Die
1975 · Frank Keefer
moviePromise Him Anything
1975 · Cop
tvS.W.A.T.
1975
movieSeven Alone
1974 · Dr. Dutch
movieThe Centerfold Girls
1974 · Ed Walker
movieThe Dynamite Brothers
1974 · Burke
movieThe Bad Bunch
1973 · Lt. Stans
movieAnd Hope to Die
1972 · Mattone
tvThe Houndcats
1972
movieAngel Unchained
1970 · Sheriff
tvLove, American Style
1969 · Herb
movieDeadlock
1969 · Edward Logan
movieSuicide Commando
1968 · Seargent Cloadec
tvThe Outsider
1968
movieThe Green Berets
1968 · Sgt. Muldoon
movieThe Power
1968 · Bruce
movieA Torn Page of Glory
1968 · Major Comack
movieKill a Dragon
1967 · Vigo
movieThe Violent Ones
1967 · Joe Vorzyck
movieWelcome to Hard Times
1967 · Man from Bodie
movieRiot on Sunset Strip
1967 · Lieutenant Walt Lorimer
movieDead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
1966 · Eddie Hart
movieWhat Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
1966 · Sergeant Rizzo
tvRun for Your Life
1965 · Vince Murdock
movieNightmare in the Sun
1965 · Sheriff
movieSylvia
1965 · Jonas Karoki
tvDaniel Boone
1964 · Benton
tvKraft Suspense Theatre
1963 · Sam Kimber
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
tvBob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
tvBurke's Law
1963 · Mister Harold
tvThe Virginian
1962 · Frank Krause, Jacob 'Jake' Walker
movieMusketeers of the Sea
1962 · Moreau
tvBen Casey
1961
movieJohnny Nobody
1961 · Mark Wheeler (aka Johnny Nobody)
movieThe Day They Robbed the Bank of England
1960 · Charles Norgate
tvRiverboat
1959 · Hunk Farber
tvBonanza
1959 · Heiser
movieThe Siege of Pinchgut
1959 · Matt Kirk
tvWestinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
tvNaked City
1958 · Elvin Rhodes
movieGod's Little Acre
1958 · Bill Thompson
movieThe Naked and the Dead
1958 · Sam Croft
movieMen in War
1957 · Sgt. Montana
movieNightfall
1956 · James Vanning / Art Rayburn
tvThe Steve Allen Show
1956 · Self
movieThree Stripes in the Sun
1955 · Hugh O'Reilly
Hollywood Preview
tvHollywood Preview
1955 · Self
movieWe're No Angels
1955 · Albert
movieBattle Cry
1955 · Andy Hookens
movieMiss Sadie Thompson
1953 · Sgt. Phil O'Hara
movieLet's Do It Again
1953 · Frank McGraw
moviePat and Mike
1952 · Davie Hucko
movieThe Marrying Kind
1952 · 'Chet' Keefer
movieThe Barefoot Mailman
1951 · Theron Henchman (uncredited)
movieMy True Story
1951 · Mark Foster
movieSaturday's Hero
1951 · Gene Hausler (as Aldo DaRe)
tvThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self