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.

Filmography

• 20153-D Rarities — Sgt. Phil O'Hara (archive footage)
• 1991Shock 'Em Dead — Tony
• 1989Blood Red — Father Stassio
• 1989Crime of Crimes — Johnson
• 1989Night Shadow — Gene Krebelski
• 1989Terror Night — Captain Ned
• 1989The Shooters — General Makepeace
• 1989Young Rebels — Sheriff
• 1988Drug Runners — Victor Lazzaro
• 1987Hateman — Sheriff Benny
• 1987Hollywood Cop — Mr. Fong
• 1987The Sicilian — Don Siano of Bisacquino
• 1986Star Slammer — The Inquisitor
• 1986Terror on Alcatraz — Frank Morris
• 1986To Kill a Stranger — Inspector Benedict
• 1985Biohazard — General Randolph
• 1985Evils of the Night — Fred
• 1985Flesh and Bullets — Police Lieutenant
• 1985Frankenstein's Brain
• 1984Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie — Bürgermeister Niederhangen
• 1984Sam Fuller & the Big Red One — Narrator
• 1984The Executioner Part II — Police Commissioner
• 1983Vultures — Wally
• 1982Dark Sanity — Larry Craig
• 1982Mongrel — Bouchard
• 1982The Secret of NIMH — Sullivan (voice)
• 1982When I Am King — The Manager
• Falcon Crest — Phil McLish
• 1980The Great Skycopter Rescue — Sheriff Burgess
• $weepstake$ — Crawford
• 1979Bog — Sheriff Neal Rydholm
• 1979Don't Go Near the Park — Taft
• 1979Human Experiments — Mat Tibbs
• 1979Sweet Savage — Banner
• 1979The Glove — Tiny
• Women in White — Frederick Thaler
• 1978Death Dimension — Verde
• 1978The Lucifer Complex — Karl Krauss
• CHiPs
• 1977Haunted — Andrew
• 1977Mission to Glory: A True Story — Mine Boss
• 1976Haunts — Sheriff Peterson
• The Quest — Chippy
• 1976Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood — Stubby Stebbins
• 1975Gone with the West — Mimmo, Stage Robber
• 1975Inside Out — M.Sgt. Prior
• 1975Paesano — J. Arthur Cobra
• 1975Promise Him Anything — Cop
• 1975Psychic Killer — Lt. Dave Anderson
• S.W.A.T.
• 1975The Man Who Would Not Die — Frank Keefer
• 1974Seven Alone — Dr. Dutch
• 1974The Centerfold Girls — Ed Walker
• 1974The Dynamite Brothers — Burke
• 1973The Bad Bunch — Lt. Stans
• 1972And Hope to Die — Mattone
• The Houndcats
• 1970Angel Unchained — Sheriff
• 1969Deadlock — Edward Logan
• Love, American Style — Herb
• 1968A Torn Page of Glory — Major Comack
• 1968Suicide Commando — Seargent Cloadec
• 1968The Green Berets — Sgt. Muldoon
• The Outsider
• 1968The Power — Bruce
• 1967Kill a Dragon — Vigo
• 1967Riot on Sunset Strip — Lieutenant Walt Lorimer
• 1967The Violent Ones — Joe Vorzyck
• 1967Welcome to Hard Times — Man from Bodie
• 1966Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round — Eddie Hart
• 1966What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? — Sergeant Rizzo
• 1965Nightmare in the Sun — Sheriff
• Run for Your Life — Vince Murdock
• 1965Sylvia — Jonas Karoki
• Daniel Boone — Benton
• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
• Burke's Law — Mister Harold
• Kraft Suspense Theatre — Sam Kimber
• 1962Musketeers of the Sea — Moreau
• The Virginian — Frank Krause, Jacob 'Jake' Walker
• Ben Casey
• 1961Johnny Nobody — Mark Wheeler (aka Johnny Nobody)
• 1960The Day They Robbed the Bank of England — Charles Norgate
• Bonanza — Heiser
• Riverboat — Hunk Farber
• 1959The Siege of Pinchgut — Matt Kirk
• 1958God's Little Acre — Bill Thompson
• Naked City — Elvin Rhodes
• 1958The Naked and the Dead — Sam Croft
• Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
• 1957Men in War — Sgt. Montana
• 1956Nightfall — James Vanning / Art Rayburn
• 1955Battle Cry — Andy Hookens
• 1955Three Stripes in the Sun — Hugh O'Reilly
• 1955We're No Angels — Albert
• 1953Let's Do It Again — Frank McGraw
• 1953Miss Sadie Thompson — Sgt. Phil O'Hara
• 1952Pat and Mike — Davie Hucko
• 1952The Marrying Kind — 'Chet' Keefer
• 1951My True Story — Mark Foster
• 1951Saturday's Hero — Gene Hausler (as Aldo DaRe)
• 1951The Barefoot Mailman — Theron Henchman (uncredited)

Appearances as themselves (3)

• The Steve Allen Show — Self
• Hollywood Preview — Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show — Self