Charles Ray
Born
March 15, 1891
Died
November 23, 1943 (52 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Jacksonville, Illinois, USA
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.

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Self (archive footage)
1961

Slightly Dangerous
Opera patron (uncredited)
1943

Mrs. Miniver
Man getting on Bus (uncredited)
1942

The Mad Martindales
Barbershop Customer (uncredited)
1942

Rio Rita
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
1942

Appointment for Love
Butler (uncredited)
1941

The Lady from Cheyenne
Bit Role
1941

The Man Who Lost Himself
(uncredited)
1941

Hollywood Boulevard
Charlie Smith - Assistant Director
1936

Just My Luck
Homer Crow
1935

Welcome Home
Andrew Carr
1935

Ticket to a Crime
Courtney Mallory
1934

By Your Leave
Leonard Purcell
1934

The Camera Speaks
Self (archive footage)
1934

Ladies Should Listen
Henri, the porter
1934

School for Girls
Duke
1934

Stars of Yesterday
Self
1931

The House That Shadows Built
(archive footage)
1931

The Garden of Eden
Richard Dupont
1928

Vanity
Lt. Lloyd Van Courtland
1927

Getting Gertie's Garter
Ken Walrick
1927

Nobody's Widow
Honorable John Clayton
1927

The American
Bill Smith
1927

The Fire Brigade
Terry O'Neil
1926

The Auction Block
Bob Wharton
1926

Paris
Jerry
1926

Sweet Adeline
Ben Wilson
1926

Bright Lights
Tom Corbin
1925

Percy
Percival Rogeen
1925

Dynamite Smith
Gladstone Smith
1924

The Courtship of Miles Standish
John Alden
1923

The Girl I Loved
John Middleton
1923

A Tailor-Made Man
John Paul Bart
1922

The Deuce of Spades
Amos
1922

Gas, Oil and Water
George Oliver Watson
1922
The Old Swimmin' Hole
Ezra Hull
1921

An Old Fashioned Boy
David Warrington
1920

A Village Sleuth
William Wells
1920

45 Minutes from Broadway
Kid Burns
1920

Homer Comes Home
Homer Cavender
1920

Paris Green
Luther Green
1920

Alarm Clock Andy
Andrew Gray
1920

The Egg Crate Wallop
Jim Kelly
1919

Bill Henry
Bill Henry Jenkins
1919
Hay Foot, Straw Foot
Ulysses S. Grant Briggs
1919

The Busher
Ben Harding
1919

Greased Lightning
Andy Fletcher
1919

The Sheriff's Son
Royal Beaudry
1919

The Girl Dodger
Cuthbert Trotman
1919

String Beans
Toby Watkins
1918

The Law of the North
Alain de Montcalm
1918
A Nine O'Clock Town
David Clary
1918

The Claws of the Hun
John Stanton
1918
His Own Home Town
Jimmy Duncan
1918

Playing the Game
Larry Prentiss
1918

The Family Skeleton
Billy Bates
1918

The Hired Man
Ezry Hollins
1918
Staking His Life
Frank Hamilton
1918

His Mother's Boy
Matthew Denton
1917

The Son of His Father
Gordon Carbhoy
1917
Sudden Jim
James Ashe, Jr.
1917

The Clodhopper
Everett Nelson
1917

The Millionaire Vagrant
Steven Du Peyster
1917

The Pinch Hitter
Joel Parker
1917

Back of the Man
Larry Thomas
1917

The Weaker Sex
Jack Harding
1917

Plain Jane
Mr. 'John Sophomore Adams'
1916

The Wolf Woman
Rex Walden
1916

Home
Bob Wheaton
1916

Honor Thy Name
1916

The Deserter
Lieutenant Parker
1916

The Dividend
Frank Steele
1916

Peggy
Colin Cameron
1916
The Forbidden Adventure
Cecil Weatherby
1915

The Coward
Frank Winslow
1915
The Lure of Woman
Captain Lane
1915

The Conversion of Frosty Blake
Reverend Horace Brightray
1915

The Renegade
Captain Marley
1915
The Cup of Life
John Ward
1915

The Grudge
Dick Wayne
1915

In the Tennessee Hills
Jim Carson
1915

The Gangsters and the Girl
Detective John Stone
1914
For Mother's Sake
1913

The Quakeress
John Hart - the Schoolmaster
1913

Old Mammy's Secret Code
David
1913
The Transgressor
Jim
1913

The Boomerang
Lt. Calhoun
1913
The Grey Sentinel
Hal Peters
1913