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Charles Ray
Born · March 15, 1891
Died · November 23, 1943 (52 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Jacksonville, Illinois, USA
Bio
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)
0.0
1961
Slightly Dangerous
Opera patron (uncredited)
5.8
1943
Mrs. Miniver
Man getting on Bus (uncredited)
7.0
1942
The Mad Martindales
Barbershop Customer (uncredited)
5.0
1942
Rio Rita
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
5.8
1942
Appointment for Love
Butler (uncredited)
5.2
1941
The Lady from Cheyenne
Bit Role
5.2
1941
The Man Who Lost Himself
(uncredited)
4.0
1941
Hollywood Boulevard
Charlie Smith - Assistant Director
2.5
1936
Just My Luck
Homer Crow
0.0
1935
Welcome Home
Andrew Carr
0.0
1935
Ticket to a Crime
Courtney Mallory
4.0
1934
By Your Leave
Leonard Purcell
3.0
1934
The Camera Speaks
Self (archive footage)
4.0
1934
Ladies Should Listen
Henri, the porter
5.8
1934
School for Girls
Duke
6.0
1934
Stars of Yesterday
Self
0.0
1931
The House That Shadows Built
(archive footage)
7.0
1931
The Garden of Eden
Richard Dupont
5.6
1928
Vanity
Lt. Lloyd Van Courtland
0.0
1927
Getting Gertie's Garter
Ken Walrick
7.3
1927
The American
Bill Smith
0.0
1927
The Fire Brigade
Terry O'Neil
3.5
1926
The Auction Block
Bob Wharton
0.0
1926
Paris
Jerry
7.0
1926
Sweet Adeline
Ben Wilson
0.0
1926
Bright Lights
Tom Corbin
0.0
1925
Percy
Percival Rogeen
0.0
1925
Dynamite Smith
Gladstone Smith
0.0
1924
The Courtship of Miles Standish
John Alden
0.0
1923
The Girl I Loved
John Middleton
0.0
1923
A Tailor-Made Man
John Paul Bart
0.0
1922
The Deuce of Spades
Amos
0.0
1922
Gas, Oil and Water
George Oliver Watson
0.0
1922
The Old Swimmin' Hole
Ezra Hull
0.0
1921
An Old Fashioned Boy
David Warrington
5.8
1920
A Village Sleuth
William Wells
0.0
1920
45 Minutes from Broadway
Kid Burns
0.0
1920
Homer Comes Home
Homer Cavender
0.0
1920
Paris Green
Luther Green
0.0
1920
Alarm Clock Andy
Andrew Gray
0.0
1920
The Egg Crate Wallop
Jim Kelly
0.0
1919
Bill Henry
Bill Henry Jenkins
0.0
1919
Hay Foot, Straw Foot
Ulysses S. Grant Briggs
0.0
1919
The Busher
Ben Harding
5.1
1919
Greased Lightning
Andy Fletcher
10.0
1919
The Sheriff's Son
Royal Beaudry
0.0
1919
The Girl Dodger
Cuthbert Trotman
0.0
1919
String Beans
Toby Watkins
0.0
1918
The Law of the North
Alain de Montcalm
0.0
1918
A Nine O'Clock Town
David Clary
0.0
1918
The Claws of the Hun
John Stanton
0.0
1918
His Own Home Town
Jimmy Duncan
0.0
1918
Playing the Game
Larry Prentiss
0.0
1918
The Family Skeleton
Billy Bates
0.0
1918
The Hired Man
Ezry Hollins
0.0
1918
Staking His Life
Frank Hamilton
0.0
1918
His Mother's Boy
Matthew Denton
0.0
1917
The Son of His Father
Gordon Carbhoy
0.0
1917
Sudden Jim
James Ashe, Jr.
0.0
1917
The Clodhopper
Everett Nelson
5.8
1917
The Millionaire Vagrant
Steven Du Peyster
0.0
1917
The Pinch Hitter
Joel Parker
0.0
1917
Back of the Man
Larry Thomas
0.0
1917
The Weaker Sex
Jack Harding
0.0
1917
Plain Jane
Mr. 'John Sophomore Adams'
0.0
1916
The Wolf Woman
Rex Walden
0.0
1916
Home
Bob Wheaton
0.0
1916
Honor Thy Name
0.0
1916
The Deserter
Lieutenant Parker
0.0
1916
The Dividend
Frank Steele
0.0
1916
Peggy
Colin Cameron
0.0
1916
The Forbidden Adventure
Cecil Weatherby
0.0
1915
The Coward
Frank Winslow
5.7
1915
The Lure of Woman
Captain Lane
0.0
1915
The Conversion of Frosty Blake
Reverend Horace Brightray
0.0
1915
The Renegade
Captain Marley
0.0
1915
The Cup of Life
John Ward
0.0
1915
The Grudge
Dick Wayne
0.0
1915
In the Tennessee Hills
Jim Carson
0.0
1915
The Gangsters and the Girl
Detective John Stone
0.0
1914
For Mother's Sake
0.0
1913
The Quakeress
John Hart - the Schoolmaster
0.0
1913
Old Mammy's Secret Code
David
0.0
1913
The Transgressor
Jim
0.0
1913
The Boomerang
Lt. Calhoun
0.0
1913
The Grey Sentinel
Hal Peters
0.0
1913