

Cast & creator
Best known for Bonanza, Falcon Crest, Love, American Style
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.
81
film credits
24
television credits
105
1948–2015 · acting roles
5.7
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Across film & television
Showing 105 of 105 credits

Heiser
1959
Phil McLish
1981
Herb
1969
Frank Krause
1962
Jacob 'Jake' Walker
1962
Elvin Rhodes
1958

Benton
1964
Mister Harold
1963
Self
1948
Self
1956
Vince Murdock
1965
Sam Kimber
1963


Hunk Farber
1959
Sullivan (voice)
1982


Chippy
1976Crawford
1979
Fred
1985
Don Siano of Bisacquino
1987Self
1955
Sgt. Muldoon
1968
Albert
1955
Frederick Thaler
1979
Man from Bodie
1967
Sergeant Rizzo
1966
Sam Croft
1958
Bruce
1968

Mattone
1972
Eddie Hart
1966
Stubby Stebbins
1976
Mat Tibbs
1979
Dr. Dutch
1974
Andy Hookens
1955
James Vanning / Art Rayburn
1956
Davie Hucko
1952
Verde
1978
Seargent Cloadec
1968
Sgt. Montana
1957
Matt Kirk
1959
Taft
1979
Bill Thompson
1958
Sheriff
1965
Father Stassio
1989
The Inquisitor
1986
Mimmo, Stage Robber
1975
Mine Boss
1977
M.Sgt. Prior
1975
Narrator
1984
Sgt. Phil O'Hara
1953
Frank McGraw
1953
Wally
1983
Hugh O'Reilly
1955
Ed Walker
1974
Inspector Benedict
1986
Bouchard
1982
Joe Vorzyck
1967
Sheriff
1970
Johnson
1989
General Makepeace
1989
Charles Norgate
1960
Moreau
1962
Jonas Karoki
1965
'Chet' Keefer
1952
Tiny
1979
Police Lieutenant
1985
General Randolph
1985
Sheriff Burgess
1980
Lieutenant Walt Lorimer
1967
Larry Craig
1982
Burke
1974
Frank Keefer
1975
Mr. Fong
1987
Gene Hausler (as Aldo DaRe)
1951
Sgt. Phil O'Hara (archive footage)
2015
J. Arthur Cobra
1975
Bürgermeister Niederhangen
1984
Lt. Dave Anderson
1975
Mark Wheeler (aka Johnny Nobody)
1961
Victor Lazzaro
1988
Police Commissioner
1984
Karl Krauss
1978
The Manager
1982
Captain Ned
1989
Mark Foster
1951
Sheriff Peterson
1976
Tony
1991
Frank Morris
1986
Theron Henchman (uncredited)
1951
Sheriff
1989
Edward Logan
1969
Sheriff Neal Rydholm
1979
Gene Krebelski
1989
Vigo
1967
Major Comack
1968
Cop
1975
Lt. Stans
1973
Sheriff Benny
1987
Andrew
1977