Aldo Ray
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 25 September 1926 · Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania, USA
- Died
- 27 March 1991
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.
Known for
Acting 81
- 20153-D Rarities as Sgt. Phil O'Hara (archive footage)
- 1991Shock 'Em Dead as Tony
- 1989Young Rebels as Sheriff
- 1989Terror Night as Captain Ned
- 1989Night Shadow as Gene Krebelski
- 1989Blood Red as Father Stassio
- 1989Crime of Crimes as Johnson
- 1989The Shooters as General Makepeace
- 1988Drug Runners as Victor Lazzaro
- 1987The Sicilian as Don Siano of Bisacquino
- 1987Hollywood Cop as Mr. Fong
- 1987Hateman as Sheriff Benny
- 1986Star Slammer as The Inquisitor
- 1986To Kill a Stranger as Inspector Benedict
- 1986Terror on Alcatraz as Frank Morris
- 1985Evils of the Night as Fred
- 1985Biohazard as General Randolph
- 1985Flesh and Bullets as Police Lieutenant
- 1985Frankenstein's Brain
- 1984The Executioner Part II as Police Commissioner
- 1984Sam Fuller & the Big Red One as Narrator
- 1984Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie as Bürgermeister Niederhangen
- 1983Vultures as Wally
- 1982Mongrel as Bouchard
- 1982When I Am King as The Manager
- 1982The Secret of NIMH as Sullivan (voice)
- 1982Dark Sanity as Larry Craig
- 1980The Great Skycopter Rescue as Sheriff Burgess
- 1979The Glove as Tiny
- 1979Human Experiments as Mat Tibbs
- 1979Bog as Sheriff Neal Rydholm
- 1979Don't Go Near the Park as Taft
- 1978Death Dimension as Verde
- 1978The Lucifer Complex as Karl Krauss
- 1977Haunted as Andrew
- 1977Mission to Glory: A True Story as Mine Boss
- 1976Haunts as Sheriff Peterson
- 1976Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood as Stubby Stebbins
- 1975Paesano as J. Arthur Cobra
- 1975Psychic Killer as Lt. Dave Anderson
- 1975Inside Out as M.Sgt. Prior
- 1975Gone with the West as Mimmo, Stage Robber
- 1975The Man Who Would Not Die as Frank Keefer
- 1975Promise Him Anything as Cop
- 1974Seven Alone as Dr. Dutch
- 1974The Centerfold Girls as Ed Walker
- 1974The Dynamite Brothers as Burke
- 1973The Bad Bunch as Lt. Stans
- 1972And Hope to Die as Mattone
- 1970Angel Unchained as Sheriff
- 1969Deadlock as Edward Logan
- 1968Suicide Commando as Seargent Cloadec
- 1968The Green Berets as Sgt. Muldoon
- 1968The Power as Bruce
- 1968A Torn Page of Glory as Major Comack
- 1967Kill a Dragon as Vigo
- 1967The Violent Ones as Joe Vorzyck
- 1967Welcome to Hard Times as Man from Bodie
- 1967Riot on Sunset Strip as Lieutenant Walt Lorimer
- 1966Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round as Eddie Hart
- 1966What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? as Sergeant Rizzo
- 1965Nightmare in the Sun as Sheriff
- 1965Sylvia as Jonas Karoki
- 1962Musketeers of the Sea as Moreau
- 1961Johnny Nobody as Mark Wheeler (aka Johnny Nobody)
- 1960The Day They Robbed the Bank of England as Charles Norgate
- 1959The Siege of Pinchgut as Matt Kirk
- 1958God's Little Acre as Bill Thompson
- 1958The Naked and the Dead as Sam Croft
- 1957Men in War as Sgt. Montana
- 1956Nightfall as James Vanning / Art Rayburn
- 1955Three Stripes in the Sun as Hugh O'Reilly
- 1955We're No Angels as Albert
- 1955Battle Cry as Andy Hookens
- 1953Miss Sadie Thompson as Sgt. Phil O'Hara
- 1953Let's Do It Again as Frank McGraw
- 1952Pat and Mike as Davie Hucko
- 1952The Marrying Kind as 'Chet' Keefer
- 1951The Barefoot Mailman as Theron Henchman (uncredited)
- 1951My True Story as Mark Foster
- 1951Saturday's Hero as Gene Hausler (as Aldo DaRe)