Aldo Ray

Acting

Born September 25, 1926 — Died March 27, 1991 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.

Movies(81)

3-D Rarities

Sgt. Phil O'Hara (archive footage)

2015

Shock 'Em Dead

Tony

1991

Young Rebels

Sheriff

1989

Terror Night

Captain Ned

1989

Night Shadow

Gene Krebelski

1989

Blood Red

Father Stassio

1989

Crime of Crimes

Johnson

1989

The Shooters

General Makepeace

1989

Drug Runners

Victor Lazzaro

1988

The Sicilian

Don Siano of Bisacquino

1987

Hollywood Cop

Mr. Fong

1987

Hateman

Sheriff Benny

1987

Star Slammer

The Inquisitor

1986

To Kill a Stranger

Inspector Benedict

1986

Terror on Alcatraz

Frank Morris

1986

Evils of the Night

Fred

1985

Biohazard

General Randolph

1985

Flesh and Bullets

Police Lieutenant

1985

The Executioner Part II

Police Commissioner

1984

Sam Fuller & the Big Red One

Narrator

1984

Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie

Bürgermeister Niederhangen

1984

Vultures

Wally

1983

Mongrel

Bouchard

1982

When I Am King

The Manager

1982

The Secret of NIMH

Sullivan (voice)

1982

Dark Sanity

Larry Craig

1982

Don't Go Near the Park

Taft

1981

The Great Skycopter Rescue

Sheriff Burgess

1980

The Glove

Tiny

1979

Human Experiments

Mat Tibbs

1979

Sweet Savage

Banner

1979

Bog

Sheriff Neal Rydholm

1979

Death Dimension

Verde

1978

The Lucifer Complex

Karl Krauss

1978

Haunted

Andrew

1977

Mission to Glory: A True Story

Mine Boss

1977

Haunts

Sheriff Peterson

1976

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

Stubby Stebbins

1976

Paesano

J. Arthur Cobra

1975

Psychic Killer

Lt. Dave Anderson

1975

Inside Out

M.Sgt. Prior

1975

Gone with the West

Mimmo, Stage Robber

1975

The Man Who Would Not Die

Frank Keefer

1975

Promise Him Anything

Cop

1975

Seven Alone

Dr. Dutch

1974

The Centerfold Girls

Ed Walker

1974

The Dynamite Brothers

Burke

1974

The Bad Bunch

Lt. Stans

1973

And Hope to Die

Mattone

1972

Angel Unchained

Sheriff

1970

Deadlock

Edward Logan

1969

Suicide Commando

Seargent Cloadec

1968

The Green Berets

Sgt. Muldoon

1968

The Power

Bruce

1968

A Torn Page of Glory

Major Comack

1968

Kill a Dragon

Vigo

1967

The Violent Ones

Joe Vorzyck

1967

Welcome to Hard Times

Man from Bodie

1967

Riot on Sunset Strip

Lieutenant Walt Lorimer

1967

Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round

Eddie Hart

1966

What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?

Sergeant Rizzo

1966

Nightmare in the Sun

Sheriff

1965

Sylvia

Jonas Karoki

1965

Musketeers of the Sea

Moreau

1962

Johnny Nobody

Mark Wheeler (aka Johnny Nobody)

1961

The Day They Robbed the Bank of England

Charles Norgate

1960

The Siege of Pinchgut

Matt Kirk

1959

God's Little Acre

Bill Thompson

1958

The Naked and the Dead

Sam Croft

1958

Men in War

Sgt. Montana

1957

Nightfall

James Vanning / Art Rayburn

1956

Three Stripes in the Sun

Hugh O'Reilly

1955

We're No Angels

Albert

1955

Battle Cry

Andy Hookens

1955

Miss Sadie Thompson

Sgt. Phil O'Hara

1953

Let's Do It Again

Frank McGraw

1953

Pat and Mike

Davie Hucko

1952

The Marrying Kind

'Chet' Keefer

1952

The Barefoot Mailman

Theron Henchman (uncredited)

1951

My True Story

Mark Foster

1951

Saturday's Hero

Gene Hausler (as Aldo DaRe)

1951

Aldo Ray

TV Shows(22)

Movies(81)