Aldo Ray (September 25, 1926 – March 27, 1991) was an American actor.
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| 1 | Columbia boss wanted to give Ray the name of his two sons, John Harrison, but the actor stubbornly refused to respond to it. |
| 2 | At age 23 he was elected Constable for the 12th District of Contra Costa County, beating the incumbent by 500 votes. |
| 3 | Because of his raspy voice an officer once said of him, "the first frogman who sounded like one.". |
| 4 | Ray's parents were Italian immigrants, and he did not speak English until he entered grade school. |
| 5 | On "Pat and Mike" Spencer Tracy said to the 25 year-old actor, "Kid, I don't know what it is that you got, and I got, and some others have, but you ca work in this business forever.". |
| 6 | He was active in local politics as a Republican before becoming an actor. |
| 7 | In preparation for his first major role in The Marrying Kind (1952), director George Cukor recommended that he go to ballet school because he walked too much like a football player. |
| 8 | Biography in: American National Biography. Supplement 1, pp. 504-505. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. |
| 9 | He had five brothers and one sister, Gina. |
| 10 | Served in WWII as a U.S. Navy Frogman. |
| 11 | His brother, Mario DaRe, appeared on You Bet Your Life (1950) in 1954. |
| 12 | Had two sons with Johanna Ray, Paul and actor Eric DaRe. |
| 13 | Educated at UC Berkeley. In US Navy, June 1944 - May 1946, fighting against Japan. |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
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| Shock 'Em Dead | 1991 | Tony |
| Crime of Crimes | 1989 | Johnson |
| Night Shadow | 1989 | Gene Krebelski |
| Shooters | 1989 | General Makepeace |
| Young Rebels | 1989 | Sheriff |
| Blood Red | 1989 | Father Stassio |
| Drug Runners | 1988 | Victor Lazzaro |
| Terror Night | 1987 | Capt. Ned |
| Terror on Alcatraz | 1987 | Frank Morris |
| The Sicilian | 1987 | Don Siano of Bisacquino |
| Vultures | 1987 | Wally |
| Hollywood Cop | 1987 | Mr. Fong |
| Hateman | 1987 | Sheriff Benny |
| Prison Ship | 1986 | The Inquistor |
| Flesh and Bullets | 1985 |
| Frankenstein's Brain | 1985 | Short rumored |
| Falcon Crest | 1985 | TV Series | Phil McLish |
| Evils of the Night | 1985 | Fred |
| Biohazard | 1985 | General Randolph |
| The Executioner, Part II | 1984 | Police Commissioner |
| Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie | 1984 | Bürgermeister |
| To Kill a Stranger | 1983 | Inspector Benedict |
| Dark Sanity | 1982 | Larry Craig |
| Mongrel | 1982 | Bouchard |
| Boxoffice | 1982 | Lew |
| The Secret of NIMH | 1982 | Sullivan (voice) |
| When I Am King | 1981 | The Manager |
| The Great Skycopter Rescue | 1980 | Sheriff Burgess |
| CHiPs | 1979 | TV Series | Karl Beasley |
| Human Experiments | 1979 | Mat Tibbs |
| The Glove | 1979 | Tiny |
| Sweet Savage | 1979 | Banner |
| Bog | 1979 | Sheriff Neal Rydholm |
| $weepstake$ | 1979 | TV Series | Crawford |
| Don't Go Near the Park | 1979 | Taft |
| Women in White | 1979 | TV Movie | Frederick Thaler |
| Death Dimension | 1978 | Verde |
| The Lucifer Complex | 1978 |
| Haunted | 1977 | Andrew |
| Haunts | 1977 | Sheriff |
| Mission to Glory: A True Story | 1977 | Mine Boss |
| Paesano: A Voice in the Night | 1977 | Cobra |
| The Quest | 1976 | TV Series | Chippy |
| Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood | 1976 | Stubby Stebbins |
| Psychic Killer | 1975 | Lt. Dave Anderson |
| Marcus Welby, M.D. | 1975 | TV Series | Joe Gavanelli |
| Inside Out | 1975 | M.Sgt. Prior |
| S.W.A.T. | 1975 | TV Series | Ralph Costas |
| Gone with the West | 1975 | Mimmo, Stage Robber |
| The Man Who Would Not Die | 1975 | Frank Keefer |
| Promise Him Anything | 1975 | TV Movie | Cop |
| Seven Alone | 1974 | Dr. Dutch |
| Police Story | 1974 | TV Series | Capt. Eagle |
| Movin' On | 1974 | TV Series | Art |
| The Centerfold Girls | 1974 | Ed Walker |
| Dynamite Brothers | 1974 | Burke |
| Tom | 1973 | Lt. Stans |
| Bonanza | 1964-1972 | TV Series | Heiser / Leif Jessup |
| And Hope to Die | 1972 | Mattone |
| The Houndcats | 1972 | TV Series | Mussel Mutt |
| Angel Unchained | 1970 | Sheriff |
| Love, American Style | 1969 | TV Series | Herb (segment "Love and the Advice-Givers") |
| The Bold Ones: The Protectors | 1969 | TV Series | Edward Logan |
| The Outsider | 1969 | TV Series | Eddie Wolfe |
| A Torn Page of Glory | 1968 | Major Comack |
| Suicide Commandos | 1968 | Sergeant Cloadec |
| The Green Berets | 1968 | Sgt. Muldoon |
| The Power | 1968 | Bruce |
| Kill a Dragon | 1967 | Vigo |
| The Danny Thomas Hour | 1967 | TV Series | Georgie Cutler |
| The Violent Ones | 1967 | Joe Vorzyck |
| Welcome to Hard Times | 1967 | Man from Bodie |
| Riot on Sunset Strip | 1967 | Lieutenant Walt Lorimer |
| Run for Your Life | 1967 | TV Series | Vince Murdock |
| Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round | 1966 | Eddie Hart |
| The Virginian | 1962-1966 | TV Series | Jacob 'Jake' Walker / Frank Krause |
| What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? | 1966 | Sgt. Rizzo |
| Daniel Boone | 1965 | TV Series | Benton |
| Nightmare in the Sun | 1965 | Sheriff |
| Sylvia | 1965 | Jonas Karoki |
| Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | 1964 | TV Series | Moose |
| Burke's Law | 1964 | TV Series | Mister Harold |
| Kraft Suspense Theatre | 1964 | TV Series | Sam Kimber |
| Ben Casey | 1963 | TV Series | Frank Alusik |
| Alcoa Premiere | 1963 | TV Series | Louis Mastroanni |
| Musketeers of the Sea | 1962 | Moreau |
| Naked City | 1962 | TV Series | Elvin Rhodes |
| Frontier Circus | 1961 | TV Series | Toby Mills |
| Johnny Nobody | 1961 | Johnny Nobody |
| The Day They Robbed the Bank of England | 1960 | Charles Norgate |
| Riverboat | 1959 | TV Series | Hunk Farber |
| Four Desperate Men | 1959 | Matt Kirk |
| Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | 1958 | TV Series | Harold Tibbetts |
| God's Little Acre | 1958 | Will Thompson |
| The Naked and the Dead | 1958 | Sgt. Sam Croft |
| Men in War | 1957 | Montana |
| Nightfall | 1956 | James Vanning |
| Three Stripes in the Sun | 1955 | MSgt. Hugh O'Reilly |
| We're No Angels | 1955 | Albert |
| Lux Video Theatre | 1955 | TV Series | Intermission Guest |
| Battle Cry | 1955 | Pvt. / Pfc Andy Hookens |
| Miss Sadie Thompson | 1953 | Sgt. Phil O'Hara |
| Let's Do It Again | 1953 | Frank McGraw |
| Pat and Mike | 1952 | Davie Hucko |
| The Marrying Kind | 1952 | Chet Keefer |
| The Barefoot Mailman | 1951 | Theron Henchman (uncredited) |
| Saturday's Hero | 1951 | Gene Hausler (as Aldo DaRe) |
| Never Trust a Gambler | 1951 | State Trooper (uncredited) |
| My True Story | 1951 | Mark Foster (as Aldo DaRe) |
