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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 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 ForActing
  • Born25 September 1926 (age 99)
  • Place of BirthPen Argyl, Pennsylvania, USA

Aldo Ray

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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 ForActing
  • Born25 September 1926 (age 99)
  • Place of BirthPen Argyl, Pennsylvania, USA
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3-D Rarities
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6.0
2015
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Shock 'Em Dead
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4.278
1991
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Terror Night
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4.556
1989
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Crime of Crimes
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4.0
1989
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Young Rebels
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4.0
1989
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The Shooters
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2.5
1989
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Night Shadow
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4.731
1989
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Blood Red
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4.154
1989
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Drug Runners
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4.4
1988
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Hollywood Cop
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4.6
1987
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Hateman
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4.7
1987
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The Sicilian
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5.23
1987
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Terror on Alcatraz
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3.5
1986
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Star Slammer
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3.819
1986
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To Kill a Stranger
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5.1
1986
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Biohazard
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3.323
1985
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Evils of the Night
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3.573
1985
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Flesh and Bullets
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4.8
1985
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Sam Fuller & the Big Red One
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1984
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The Executioner Part II
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3.8
1984
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Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie
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2.682
1984
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Vultures
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3.0
1983
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Dark Sanity
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2.8
1982
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The Secret of NIMH
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7.4
1982
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Mongrel
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4.571
1982
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When I Am King
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1982
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Don't Go Near the Park
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4.089
1981
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The Great Skycopter Rescue
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5.0
1980
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The Glove
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4.9
1979
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Human Experiments
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4.35
1979
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Sweet Savage
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4.6
1979
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Bog
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3.12
1979
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Death Dimension
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4.3
1978
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The Lucifer Complex
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2.6
1978
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Mission to Glory: A True Story
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5.0
1977
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Haunted
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5.3
1977
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Haunts
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4.933
1976
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Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
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4.1
1976
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Inside Out
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6.5
1975
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Gone with the West
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2.125
1975
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The Man Who Would Not Die
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1975
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Psychic Killer
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5.2
1975
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Promise Him Anything
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1975
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The Centerfold Girls
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5.325
1974
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The Dynamite Brothers
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4.125
1974
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Seven Alone
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6.091
1974
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The Bad Bunch
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4.8
1973
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And Hope to Die
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6.3
1972
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Angel Unchained
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4.467
1970
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Deadlock
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1969
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The Green Berets
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5.71
1968
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The Power
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6.2
1968
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Suicide Commando
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5.0
1968
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A Torn Page of Glory
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2.0
1968
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Kill a Dragon
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3.429
1967
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Riot on Sunset Strip
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4.3
1967
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The Violent Ones
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6.0
1967
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Welcome to Hard Times
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5.0
1967
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What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
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6.0
1966
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Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
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5.1
1966
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Sylvia
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6.2
1965
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Nightmare in the Sun
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2.5
1965
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Musketeers of the Sea
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5.0
1962
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Johnny Nobody
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6.5
1961
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The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
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6.1
1960
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The Siege of Pinchgut
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6.0
1959
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God's Little Acre
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6.143
1958
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The Naked and the Dead
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5.9
1958
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Men in War
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6.617
1957
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Nightfall
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6.9
1956
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We're No Angels
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7.205
1955
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Battle Cry
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5.7
1955
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Three Stripes in the Sun
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7.0
1955
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Miss Sadie Thompson
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5.2
1953
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Let's Do It Again
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3.25
1953
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Pat and Mike
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6.3
1952
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The Marrying Kind
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6.7
1952
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Saturday's Hero
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5.7
1951
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The Barefoot Mailman
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4.0
1951
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My True Story
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6.0
1951