Biography for
Ray Manzarek More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

12 February 1939, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Birth Name

Raymond Daniel Manczarek Jr.

Height

6' 0½" (1.84 m)

Spouse

Dorothy Manzarek

(21 December 1967 - present) 1 child

Trade Mark

Would incorporate the works of Coltrane and other jazz artists into his organ solos. (The Coltrane allusion specifically refers to block and minor chord vamping behind long instrumental solos and is associated with Coltrane's 1960 version of "My Favorite Things" and its influence on The Doors' "Light My Fire".)

His glasses

Trivia

Keyboard player with The Doors

Elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as a member of the Doors) in 1993.

Is of Polish descent

Attended UCLA film school with fellow Doors band member Jim Morrison -- Ray for a Master of Fine Arts, Morrison for an undergraduate degree.

Is portrayed by Kyle MacLachlan in The Doors (1991)

Resides in Napa County, California.

Grew up on the south side of Chicago.

He and the Doors were awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6901 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.

Personal Quotes

Maybe, maybe we can make the world a better place to live and to love and to get high...'cause it sure ain't that now, man!

Johnny Depp has beatnik blood.

When I got the call to say Jim had died in Paris I refused to take it seriously. Our manager, Bill Siddons, flew to Paris to establish the truth - but by the time he got there Jim had been buried. The coroner said that death was due to a haemorrhage brought on by a heart attack, which was caused by taking a too-hot bath after a heavy drinking spree.

I miss him every day. What great company he was. Talk about going to the pub and having a couple of beers with the guy - Morrison was perfect. He's been haunting me for some 40 years now, and I miss him every day.

[on collaborating with slide-guitar master Roy Rogers] It's simple. You just change focus and adjust your mind. It's as easy as taking off your Giants cap and putting on your Dodgers cap. Everybody loves a blues show. Republicans and Democrats alike love the blues

I'm just a '60s kind of guy. It's all love and peace. People say all my playing still sounds like The Doors, but did I sound like The Doors or did the Doors sound like me?