Aldo Ray
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1926-09-25
Day of Death
1991-03-27 (64 years old)
Place of Birth
Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania, USA
Aldo Ray
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.
Known For
Acting
(2015)
3-D Rarities
as Sgt. Phil O'Hara (archive footage)
(1991)
Shock 'Em Dead
as Tony
(1989)
Terror Night
as Captain Ned
(1989)
Blood Red
as Father Stassio
(1989)
Young Rebels
as Sheriff
(1989)
Crime of Crimes
as Johnson
(1989)
The Shooters
as General Makepeace
(1989)
Night Shadow
as Gene Krebelski
(1988)
Drug Runners
as Victor Lazzaro
(1987)
The Sicilian
as Don Siano of Bisacquino
(1987)
Hateman
as Sheriff Benny
(1987)
Hollywood Cop
as Mr. Fong
(1986)
Star Slammer
as The Inquisitor
(1986)
To Kill a Stranger
as Inspector Benedict
(1986)
Terror on Alcatraz
as Frank Morris
(1985)
Flesh and Bullets
as Police Lieutenant
(1985)
Evils of the Night
as Fred
(1985)
Biohazard
as General Randolph
(1984)
Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie
as Bürgermeister Niederhangen
(1984)
Sam Fuller & the Big Red One
as Narrator
(1984)
The Executioner Part II
as Police Commissioner
(1983)
Vultures
as Wally
(1982)
The Secret of NIMH
as Sullivan (voice)
(1982)
Mongrel
as Bouchard
(1982)
When I Am King
as The Manager
(1982)
Dark Sanity
as Larry Craig
(1981)
Don't Go Near the Park
as Taft
(1980)
The Great Skycopter Rescue
as Sheriff Burgess
(1979)
The Glove
as Tiny
(1979)
Human Experiments
as Mat Tibbs
(1979)
Bog
as Sheriff Neal Rydholm
(1979)
Sweet Savage
as Banner
(1978)
Death Dimension
as Verde
(1978)
The Lucifer Complex
as Karl Krauss
(1977)
Mission to Glory: A True Story
as Mine Boss
(1977)
Haunted
as Andrew
(1976)
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
as Stubby Stebbins
(1976)
Haunts
as Sheriff Peterson
(1975)
Gone with the West
as Mimmo, Stage Robber
(1975)
Inside Out
as M.Sgt. Prior
(1975)
Psychic Killer
as Lt. Dave Anderson
(1975)
The Man Who Would Not Die
as Frank Keefer
(1975)
Promise Him Anything
as Cop
(1974)
The Centerfold Girls
as Ed Walker
(1974)
Seven Alone
as Dr. Dutch
(1974)
The Dynamite Brothers
as Burke
(1973)
The Bad Bunch
as Lt. Stans
(1972)
And Hope to Die
as Mattone
(1970)
Angel Unchained
as Sheriff
(1969)
Deadlock
as Edward Logan
(1968)
The Green Berets
as Sgt. Muldoon
(1968)
The Power
as Bruce
(1968)
Suicide Commando
as Seargent Cloadec
(1968)
A Torn Page of Glory
as Major Comack
(1967)
Welcome to Hard Times
as Man from Bodie
(1967)
Riot on Sunset Strip
as Lieutenant Walt Lorimer
(1967)
Kill a Dragon
as Vigo
(1967)
The Violent Ones
as Joe Vorzyck
(1966)
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
as Sergeant Rizzo
(1966)
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
as Eddie Hart
(1965)
Sylvia
as Jonas Karoki
(1965)
Nightmare in the Sun
as Sheriff
(1962)
Musketeers of the Sea
as Moreau
(1961)
Johnny Nobody
as Mark Wheeler (aka Johnny Nobody)
(1960)
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
as Charles Norgate
(1959)
The Siege of Pinchgut
as Matt Kirk
(1958)
God's Little Acre
as Bill Thompson
(1958)
The Naked and the Dead
as Sam Croft
(1957)
Men in War
as Sgt. Montana
(1956)
Nightfall
as James Vanning / Art Rayburn
(1955)
We're No Angels
as Albert
(1955)
Battle Cry
as Andy Hookens
(1955)
Three Stripes in the Sun
as Hugh O'Reilly
(1953)
Let's Do It Again
as Frank McGraw
(1953)
Miss Sadie Thompson
as Sgt. Phil O'Hara
(1952)
Pat and Mike
as Davie Hucko
(1952)
The Marrying Kind
as 'Chet' Keefer
(1951)
Saturday's Hero
as Gene Hausler (as Aldo DaRe)
(1951)
The Barefoot Mailman
as Theron Henchman (uncredited)
(1951)
My True Story
as Mark Foster