Charles Ray
Acting
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.
Known for
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movieThe Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961
Self (archive footage)
movieSlightly Dangerous
1943
Opera patron (uncredited)
movieMrs. Miniver
1942
Man getting on Bus (uncredited)
movieThe Mad Martindales
1942
Barbershop Customer (uncredited)
movieRio Rita
1942
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
movieAppointment for Love
1941
Butler (uncredited)
movieThe Lady from Cheyenne
1941
Bit Role
movieThe Man Who Lost Himself
1941
(uncredited)
movieHollywood Boulevard
1936
Charlie Smith - Assistant Director
movieJust My Luck
1935
Homer Crow
movieWelcome Home
1935
Andrew Carr
movieTicket to a Crime
1934
Courtney Mallory
movieBy Your Leave
1934
Leonard Purcell
movieThe Camera Speaks
1934
Self (archive footage)
movieThe House That Shadows Built
1931
(archive footage)
movieThe Count of Ten
1928
Johnny McKinney
movieThe Garden of Eden
1928
Richard Dupont
movieVanity
1927
Lt. Lloyd Van Courtland
movieGetting Gertie's Garter
1927
Ken Walrick
movieNobody's Widow
1927
Honorable John Clayton
movieThe American
1927
Bill Smith
movieThe Fire Brigade
1926
Terry O'Neil
movieThe Auction Block
1926
Bob Wharton
movieParis
1926
Jerry
movieSweet Adeline
1926
Ben Wilson
movieBright Lights
1925
Tom Corbin
movieSome Pun'kins
1925
Lem Blossom
moviePercy
1925
Percival Rogeen
movieDynamite Smith
1924
Gladstone Smith
movieThe Courtship of Miles Standish
1923
John Alden
movieThe Girl I Loved
1923
John Middleton
movieA Tailor-Made Man
1922
John Paul Bart
movieAlias Julius Caesar
1922
Billy Barnes
movieGas, Oil and Water
1922
George Oliver Watson
movieTwo Minutes to Go
1921
Chester Burnett
movieScrap Iron
1921
John Steel
movieThe Old Swimmin' Hole
1921
Ezra Hull
movieAn Old Fashioned Boy
1920
David Warrington
moviePeaceful Valley
1920
Hosiah Howe
movieA Village Sleuth
1920
William Wells
movie45 Minutes from Broadway
1920
Kid Burns
movieHomer Comes Home
1920
Homer Cavender
movieParis Green
1920
Luther Green
movieAlarm Clock Andy
1920
Andrew Gray
movieRed Hot Dollars
1919
Tod Burke
movieCrooked Straight
1919
Ben Trimble
movieThe Egg Crate Wallop
1919
Jim Kelly
movieBill Henry
1919
Bill Henry Jenkins
movieHay Foot, Straw Foot
1919
Ulysses S. Grant Briggs
movieThe Busher
1919
Ben Harding
movieGreased Lightning
1919
Andy Fletcher
movieThe Sheriff's Son
1919
Royal Beaudry
movieThe Girl Dodger
1919
Cuthbert Trotman
movieString Beans
1918
Toby Watkins
movieThe Law of the North
1918
Alain de Montcalm
movieA Nine O'Clock Town
1918
David Clary
movieThe Claws of the Hun
1918
John Stanton
His Own Home Town
1918
Jimmy Duncan
moviePlaying the Game
1918
Larry Prentiss
movieThe Family Skeleton
1918
Billy Bates
movieThe Hired Man
1918
Ezry Hollins
Staking His Life
1918
Frank Hamilton
movieHis Mother's Boy
1917
Matthew Denton
movieThe Son of His Father
1917
Gordon Carbhoy
movieSudden Jim
1917
James Ashe, Jr.
movieThe Clodhopper
1917
Everett Nelson
movieThe Millionaire Vagrant
1917
Steven Du Peyster
movieThe Pinch Hitter
1917
Joel Parker
movieBack of the Man
1917
Larry Thomas
movieThe Weaker Sex
1917
Jack Harding
movieThe Honorable Algy
1916
The Honorable Algy
movieA Corner in Colleens
1916
Richard Taylor
moviePlain Jane
1916
Mr. 'John Sophomore Adams'
movieThe Wolf Woman
1916
Rex Walden
movieHome
1916
Bob Wheaton
movieThe Deserter
1916
Lieutenant Parker
movieThe Dividend
1916
Frank Steele
moviePeggy
1916
Colin Cameron
The Forbidden Adventure
1915
Cecil Weatherby
movieThe Coward
1915
Frank Winslow
The Lure of Woman
1915
Captain Lane
movieThe Conversion of Frosty Blake
1915
Reverend Horace Brightray
movieThe Renegade
1915
Captain Marley
movieThe Grudge
1915
Dick Wayne
movieIn the Tennessee Hills
1915
Jim Carson
The City of Darkness
1914
Donald Warner - the Governor's Brother
movieThe Gangsters and the Girl
1914
Detective John Stone
For Her Brother's Sake
1914
John Frye - the Brother
movieThe Buried Past
1913
Tom Winters - the Lover
movieThe Quakeress
1913
John Hart - the Schoolmaster
movieThe Boomerang
1913
Lt. Calhoun
Directing5
movieAlias Julius Caesar
1922
Director
movieThe Deuce of Spades
1922
Director
movieGas, Oil and Water
1922
Director
movieTwo Minutes to Go
1921
Director
movieScrap Iron
1921
Director
Production4
movieA Tailor-Made Man
1922
Producer
movieAlias Julius Caesar
1922
Producer
movieTwo Minutes to Go
1921
Producer
Writing2
movieScrap Iron
1921
Scenario Writer