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person_profile-Charles Ray

Charles Ray Died at age: 52

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Charles Ray

Date of Birth:

Mar 15, 1891

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Nov 23, 1943

Biography of

Charles Ray

    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.

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Charles Ray

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Filmography of

Charles Ray

Found 50 Movies in total

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1961

Slightly Dangerous

Opera patron (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1943

Mrs. Miniver

Man getting on Bus (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1942

The Mad Martindales

Barbershop Customer (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1942

Rio Rita

Hotel Guest (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1942

Appointment for Love

Butler (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1941

The Lady from Cheyenne

Bit Role ( Actor )

... 1941

The Man Who Lost Himself

(uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1941

Hollywood Boulevard

Charlie Smith - Assistant Director ( Actor )

... 1936

Just My Luck

Homer Crow ( Actor )

... 1935

Welcome Home

Andrew Carr ( Actor )

... 1935

Ticket to a Crime

Courtney Mallory ( Actor )

... 1934

By Your Leave

Leonard Purcell ( Actor )

... 1934

Ladies Should Listen

Henri, the porter ( Actor )

... 1934

School for Girls

Duke ( Actor )

... 1934

The House That Shadows Built

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1931

The Garden of Eden

Richard Dupont ( Actor )

... 1928

Getting Gertie's Garter

Ken Walrick ( Actor )

... 1927

The American

Bill Smith ( Actor )

... 1927

The Fire Brigade

Terry O'Neil ( Actor )

... 1926

The Auction Block

Bob Wharton ( Actor )

... 1926

Paris

Jerry ( Actor )

... 1926

Sweet Adeline

Ben Wilson ( Actor )

... 1926

Bright Lights

Tom Corbin ( Actor )

... 1925

Percy

Percival Rogeen ( Actor )

... 1925

Dynamite Smith

Gladstone Smith ( Actor )

... 1924

... 1923

The Girl I Loved

John Middleton ( Actor )

... 1923

A Tailor-Made Man

John Paul Bart ( Actor )

... 1922

The Deuce of Spades

Amos ( Actor )

Director

... 1922

Gas, Oil and Water

George Oliver Watson ( Actor )

Director

... 1922

An Old Fashioned Boy

David Warrington ( Actor )

... 1920

A Village Sleuth

William Wells ( Actor )

... 1920

The Egg Crate Wallop

Jim Kelly ( Actor )

... 1919

Bill Henry

Bill Henry Jenkins ( Actor )

... 1919

The Busher

Ben Harding ( Actor )

... 1919

Greased Lightning

Andy Fletcher ( Actor )

... 1919

The Sheriff's Son

Royal Beaudry ( Actor )

... 1919

The Claws of the Hun

John Stanton ( Actor )

... 1918

Playing the Game

Larry Prentiss ( Actor )

... 1918

The Hired Man

Ezry Hollins ( Actor )

... 1918

The Son of His Father

Gordon Carbhoy ( Actor )

... 1917

The Clodhopper

Everett Nelson ( Actor )

... 1917

The Pinch Hitter

Joel Parker ( Actor )

... 1917

The Weaker Sex

Jack Harding ( Actor )

... 1917

The Wolf Woman

Rex Walden ( Actor )

... 1916

Home

Bob Wheaton ( Actor )

... 1916

... 1916

Peggy

Colin Cameron ( Actor )

... 1916

The Coward

Frank Winslow ( Actor )

... 1915