Acting
Aldo Ray
EN, FR, IT cinema · 82 credits
Born
25 September 1926
Died
27 March 1991 (aged 64)
Birthplace
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.
Known for
Filmography
3-D Rarities
as Sgt. Phil O'Hara (archive footage)
Shock 'Em Dead
as Tony
Terror Night
as Captain Ned
Crime of Crimes
as Johnson
Young Rebels
as Sheriff
The Shooters
as General Makepeace
Night Shadow
as Gene Krebelski
Blood Red
as Father Stassio
Drug Runners
as Victor Lazzaro
Hollywood Cop
as Mr. Fong
Hateman
as Sheriff Benny
The Sicilian
as Don Siano of Bisacquino
Terror on Alcatraz
as Frank Morris
Star Slammer
as The Inquisitor
To Kill a Stranger
as Inspector Benedict
Biohazard
as General Randolph
Flesh and Bullets
as Police Lieutenant
Sam Fuller & the Big Red One
as Narrator
The Executioner Part II
as Police Commissioner
Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie
as Bürgermeister Niederhangen
Vultures
as Wally
Dark Sanity
as Larry Craig
The Secret of NIMH
as Sullivan (voice)
Mongrel
as Bouchard
When I Am King
as The Manager
The Great Skycopter Rescue
as Sheriff Burgess
The Glove
as Tiny
Human Experiments
as Mat Tibbs
Sweet Savage
as Banner
Bog
as Sheriff Neal Rydholm
Death Dimension
as Verde
The Lucifer Complex
as Karl Krauss
Mission to Glory: A True Story
as Mine Boss
Haunted
as Andrew
Haunts
as Sheriff Peterson
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
as Stubby Stebbins
Inside Out
as M.Sgt. Prior
Gone with the West
as Mimmo, Stage Robber
The Man Who Would Not Die
as Frank Keefer
Psychic Killer
as Lt. Dave Anderson
Paesano
as J. Arthur Cobra
The Centerfold Girls
as Ed Walker
Seven Alone
as Dr. Dutch
The Bad Bunch
as Lt. Stans
And Hope to Die
as Mattone
Angel Unchained
as Sheriff
Deadlock
as Edward Logan
The Green Berets
as Sgt. Muldoon
The Power
as Bruce
Suicide Commando
as Seargent Cloadec
A Torn Page of Glory
as Major Comack
Kill a Dragon
as Vigo
Riot on Sunset Strip
as Lieutenant Walt Lorimer
The Violent Ones
as Joe Vorzyck
Welcome to Hard Times
as Man from Bodie
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
as Sergeant Rizzo
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
as Eddie Hart
Sylvia
as Jonas Karoki
Nightmare in the Sun
as Sheriff
Musketeers of the Sea
as Moreau
Johnny Nobody
as Mark Wheeler (aka Johnny Nobody)
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
as Charles Norgate
The Siege of Pinchgut
as Matt Kirk
God's Little Acre
as Bill Thompson
The Naked and the Dead
as Sam Croft
Men in War
as Sgt. Montana
Nightfall
as James Vanning / Art Rayburn
We're No Angels
as Albert
Battle Cry
as Andy Hookens
Three Stripes in the Sun
as Hugh O'Reilly
Miss Sadie Thompson
as Sgt. Phil O'Hara
Let's Do It Again
as Frank McGraw
Pat and Mike
as Davie Hucko
The Marrying Kind
as 'Chet' Keefer
Saturday's Hero
as Gene Hausler (as Aldo DaRe)
The Barefoot Mailman
as Theron Henchman (uncredited)
My True Story
as Mark Foster