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Charles Ray

Charles Ray

Acting March 15, 1891 (52 years old) November 23, 1943 Jacksonville, Illinois, USA

Biography

From Wikipedia Charles Edgar Ray (March 15, 1891 – November 23, 1943) was an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter. Ray rose to fame during the mid-1910s portraying young wholesome hicks in silent comedy films. Ray was born in Jacksonville, Illinois and moved to Springfield as a child where he attended elementary school. He then moved to Arizona for a time before finally relocating to Los Angeles where he finished his education. He initially began his career on the stage before working for director Thomas H. Ince as a film extra in December 1912. He appeared in several bit parts before moving on to supporting roles. Ray's break came in 1915 when he appeared opposite Frank Keenan in the historical war drama The Coward. Ray's popularity increased after appearing in a series of films which cast him in juvenile roles, primarily young hicks or "country bumpkins" that foiled the plans of thieves or con men. In March 1917, he signed with Paramount Pictures and resumed working with director Thomas H. Ince. By 1920, he was earning a reported $11,000 a week. Around this time, he left Paramount after studio head Adolph Zukor refused to give him a pay raise. Zukor later wrote in his autobiography The Public Is Never Wrong, that Ray's ego had gotten out of hand and that Ray "...was headed for trouble and  did not care to be with him when he found it." After leaving Paramount, Ray formed his own production company, Charles Ray Productions, and also used his fortune to purchase a studio in Los Angeles where he began producing and shooting his own films. On November 23, 1943, Ray died of a mouth and throat infection at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Los Angeles for which he had been hospitalized six weeks prior. For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Charles Ray has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame located at 6355 Hollywood Boulevard.

Movies 103

School for Girls 7.5

School for Girls

as Duke

1934
Mrs. Miniver 7.1

Mrs. Miniver

as Man getting on Bus (uncredited)

1942
Rio Rita 6.0

Rio Rita

as Hotel Guest (uncredited)

1942
Hollywood Boulevard 4.5

Hollywood Boulevard

as Charlie Smith - Assistant Director

1936
Vanity 10.0

Vanity

as Lt. Lloyd Van Courtland

1927
The Man Who Lost Himself 5.4

The Man Who Lost Himself

as (uncredited)

1941
For Her Brother's Sake 9.0

For Her Brother's Sake

as John Frye - the Brother

1914
Slightly Dangerous 6.0

Slightly Dangerous

as Opera patron (uncredited)

1943
Getting Gertie's Garter 8.0

Getting Gertie's Garter

as Ken Walrick

1927
His Mother's Boy 7.0

His Mother's Boy

as Matthew Denton

1917
The Son of His Father

The Son of His Father

as Gordon Carbhoy

1917
The Garden of Eden 5.9

The Garden of Eden

as Richard Dupont

1928
The Lady from Cheyenne 5.7

The Lady from Cheyenne

as Bit Role

1941
The Mad Martindales 7.5

The Mad Martindales

as Barbershop Customer (uncredited)

1942
The Sheriff's Son 8.0

The Sheriff's Son

as Royal Beaudry

1919
Appointment for Love 5.8

Appointment for Love

as Butler (uncredited)

1941
The Egg Crate Wallop 10.0

The Egg Crate Wallop

as Jim Kelly

1919
The Courtship of Miles Standish 10.0

The Courtship of Miles Standish

as John Alden

1923
Peaceful Valley 10.0

Peaceful Valley

as Hosiah Howe

1920
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino 7.0

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

as Self (archive footage)

1961
The House That Shadows Built 8.5

The House That Shadows Built

as (archive footage)

1931
Gas, Oil and Water 9.0

Gas, Oil and Water

as George Oliver Watson

1922
Smudge

Smudge

as Stephen Stanton

1922
Ticket to a Crime 6.0

Ticket to a Crime

as Courtney Mallory

1934
The Fire Brigade 5.0

The Fire Brigade

as Terry O'Neil

1926
The Claws of the Hun

The Claws of the Hun

as John Stanton

1918
An Old Fashioned Boy 7.2

An Old Fashioned Boy

as David Warrington

1920
Scrap Iron 7.0

Scrap Iron

as John Steel

1921
The Count of Ten 7.0

The Count of Ten

as Johnny McKinney

1928
Skinner's Dress Suit

Skinner's Dress Suit

1917
The Girl I Loved 8.0

The Girl I Loved

as John Middleton

1923
Ladies Should Listen 5.9

Ladies Should Listen

as Henri

1934
A Nine O'Clock Town

A Nine O'Clock Town

as David Clary

1918
A Tailor-Made Man

A Tailor-Made Man

as John Paul Bart

1922
The Conversion of Frosty Blake

The Conversion of Frosty Blake

as Reverend Horace Brightray

1915
A Corner in Colleens 10.0

A Corner in Colleens

as Richard Taylor

1916
The Deuce of Spades 10.0

The Deuce of Spades

as Amos

1922
Back of the Man

Back of the Man

as Larry Thomas

1917
Hay Foot, Straw Foot 10.0

Hay Foot, Straw Foot

as Ulysses S. Grant Briggs

1919
Percy 10.0

Percy

as Percival Rogeen

1925
Just My Luck 9.0

Just My Luck

as Homer Crow

1935
The Gangsters and the Girl 10.0

The Gangsters and the Girl

as Detective John Stone

1914
The Wolf Woman 8.0

The Wolf Woman

as Rex Walden

1916
Crooked Straight 9.0

Crooked Straight

as Ben Trimble

1919
The American 7.0

The American

as Bill Smith

1927
Two Minutes to Go 9.0

Two Minutes to Go

as Chester Burnett

1921
The Deserter

The Deserter

as Lieutenant Parker

1916
The Old Swimmin' Hole 10.0

The Old Swimmin' Hole

as Ezra Hull

1921
The Transgressor 8.0

The Transgressor

as Jim

1913
Red Hot Dollars 10.0

Red Hot Dollars

as Tod Burke

1919
Old Mammy's Secret Code

Old Mammy's Secret Code

as David

1913
Home 10.0

Home

as Bob Wheaton

1916
The Coward 5.8

The Coward

as Frank Winslow

1915
Alias Julius Caesar 7.0

Alias Julius Caesar

as Billy Barnes

1922
The Girl Dodger 8.0

The Girl Dodger

as Cuthbert Trotman

1919
Sweet Adeline 10.0

Sweet Adeline

as Ben Wilson

1926
Welcome Home 9.0

Welcome Home

as Andrew Carr

1935
Peggy

Peggy

as Colin Cameron

1916
The Millionaire Vagrant

The Millionaire Vagrant

as Steven Du Peyster

1917
His Own Home Town 8.0

His Own Home Town

as Jimmy Duncan

1918
Paris Green 9.0

Paris Green

as Luther Green

1920
The Lure of Woman

The Lure of Woman

as Captain Lane

1915
String Beans

String Beans

as Toby Watkins

1918
Honor Thy Name

Honor Thy Name

1916
A Village Sleuth 7.0

A Village Sleuth

as William Wells

1920
Playing the Game

Playing the Game

as Larry Prentiss

1918
The Hired Man

The Hired Man

as Ezry Hollins

1918
The Dividend

The Dividend

as Frank Steele

1916
The Camera Speaks 5.0

The Camera Speaks

as Self (archive footage)

1934
Paris 7.0

Paris

as Jerry

1926
In the Tennessee Hills 8.0

In the Tennessee Hills

as Jim Carson

1915
The Honorable Algy 10.0

The Honorable Algy

as The Honorable Algy

1916
Dynamite Smith 10.0

Dynamite Smith

as Gladstone Smith

1924
Bill Henry

Bill Henry

as Bill Henry Jenkins

1919
The Cup of Life

The Cup of Life

as John Ward

1915
The City of Darkness

The City of Darkness

as Donald Warner - the Governor's Brother

1914
45 Minutes from Broadway 9.0

45 Minutes from Broadway

as Kid Burns

1920
For Mother's Sake 8.0

For Mother's Sake

as Jim

1913
The Buried Past 8.0

The Buried Past

as Tom Winters - the Lover

1913
The Law of the North 8.0

The Law of the North

as Alain de Montcalm

1918
Greased Lightning 9.0

Greased Lightning

as Andy Fletcher

1919
By Your Leave 4.2

By Your Leave

as Leonard Purcell

1934
Bright Lights 9.0

Bright Lights

as Tom Corbin

1925
Stars of Yesterday 9.0

Stars of Yesterday

as Self

1931
The Family Skeleton

The Family Skeleton

as Billy Bates

1918
The Busher 5.1

The Busher

as Ben Harding

1919
Plain Jane

Plain Jane

as Mr. 'John Sophomore Adams'

1916
Homer Comes Home 10.0

Homer Comes Home

as Homer Cavender

1920
Some Pun'kins 10.0

Some Pun'kins

as Lem Blossom

1925
Alarm Clock Andy 9.0

Alarm Clock Andy

as Andrew Gray

1920
The Auction Block 7.0

The Auction Block

as Bob Wharton

1926
The Pinch Hitter 7.0

The Pinch Hitter

as Joel Parker

1917
The Weaker Sex

The Weaker Sex

as Jack Harding

1917
The Clodhopper 7.2

The Clodhopper

as Everett Nelson

1917
The Renegade 9.0

The Renegade

as Captain Marley

1915
Nobody's Widow 10.0

Nobody's Widow

as Honorable John Clayton

1927
Sudden Jim 7.0

Sudden Jim

as James Ashe, Jr.

1917
The Grudge

The Grudge

as Dick Wayne

1915
The Grey Sentinel 9.0

The Grey Sentinel

as Hal Peters

1913
The Quakeress

The Quakeress

as John Hart - the Schoolmaster

1913
The Boomerang

The Boomerang

as Lt. Calhoun

1913
Staking His Life 9.0

Staking His Life

as Frank Hamilton

1918
The Forbidden Adventure

The Forbidden Adventure

as Cecil Weatherby

1915

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