Aldo Ray

Acting Sep 25, 1926 Mar 27, 1991 (aged 65) 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.

105 Acting Credits

Aldo Ray

Acting

The Secret of NIMH

We're No Angels

The Green Berets

The Sicilian

CHiPs

Nightfall

Pat and Mike

S.W.A.T.

Men in War

Falcon Crest

Evils of the Night

What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?

Star Slammer

Biohazard

The Naked and the Dead

The Virginian

The Virginian

God's Little Acre

Daniel Boone

Don't Go Near the Park

The Power

Shock 'Em Dead

Miss Sadie Thompson

The Marrying Kind