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Charles Ray (I) (1891–1943)

Actor | Producer | Director

Ray portrayed simple unaffected country bumpkins in silent rural melodramas. Unfortunately, Ray let Hollywood turn him into a headstrong egotist. Alienating most producers, he put up his own money to finance a major feature called The Courtship of Myles Standish. The film was a miserable failure that wiped out Ray's fortune. Comeback attempts were hampered by the advent of the sound picture. See full bio »

Born:

Charles Edgar Alfred Ray
in Jacksonville, Illinois, USA

Died:

(age 52) in Los Angeles, California, USA
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1944 An American Romance
Extra (uncredited)
 
1943 Slightly Dangerous
Opera Patron (uncredited)
 
1942 Tennessee Johnson
Senator (uncredited)
 
1942 The Postman Didn't Ring
Juror (uncredited)
 
1942 The Magnificent Dope (uncredited)
 
1942 Mrs. Miniver
Man getting on Bus (uncredited)
 
1942 The Mad Martindales
Barbershop Customer (uncredited)
 
1942 Rio Rita
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
 
1941 Harvard, Here I Come!
Reporter (uncredited)
 
1941 Appointment for Love
Butler (uncredited)
 
1941 Married Bachelor
Man in Lounge Room Getting Bagpipes (uncredited)
 
1941 A Yank in the R.A.F.
American business executive (uncredited)
 
1941 Wild Geese Calling
Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)
 
1941 Hurry, Charlie, Hurry
Photographer (uncredited)
 
1941 The Lady from Cheyenne
Bit Role (uncredited)
 
1941 The Man Who Lost Himself (uncredited)
 
1940 A Little Bit of Heaven
Uncle Wes
 
1936 Hollywood Boulevard
Charlie Smith, Assistant Director
 
1935 Just My Luck
Homer Crow
 
1935 Welcome Home
Andrew Carr
 
1934 Ticket to a Crime
Courtney Mallory
 
1934 By Your Leave
Leonard Purcell
 
1934 Ladies Should Listen
Henri, the porter
 
1934 School for Girls
Duke
 
1933 Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles (short)
Elmer Updike
 
1932 The Bride's Bereavement; or, The Snake in the Grass (short)
 
1928 The Count of Ten
Johnny McKinney
 
1928 The Garden of Eden
Richard Dupont/Spanyi
 
1927 Vanity
Lt. Lloyd Van Courtland
 
1927 Getting Gertie's Garter
Ken Walrick
 
1927 Nobody's Widow
Honorable John Clayton
 
1927 Girl in the Rain
 
1927 The American
 
1926 The Fire Brigade
Terry O'Neil
 
1926 Paris
Jerry
 
1926 The Auction Block
Bob Wharton
 
1926/I Sweet Adeline
Ben Wilson
 
1925 Bright Lights
Tom Corbin
 
1925 Some Pun'kins
Lem Blossom
 
1925 Percy
Percival Rogeen
 
1924 Dynamite Smith
Gladstone Smith
 
1923 The Courtship of Myles Standish
John Alden
 
1923 Ponjola
 
1923 The Girl I Loved
John Middleton
 
1922 Robin Hood
Extra (uncredited)
 
1922 A Tailor-Made Man
John Paul Bart
 
1922 Alias Julius Caesar
Billy Barnes
 
1922 Smudge
Stephen Stanton
 
1922 Double Crossed (short)
 
1922 The Deuce of Spades
Amos
 
1922 Mystery of the Mission (short)
 
1922 After the Storm (short)
 
1922 Gas, Oil and Water
George Oliver Watson
 
1922 African Love (short)
 
1922 Saved from the Depths (short)
 
1922 The Barnstormer
Joel
 
1921 R.S.V.P.
Richard Morgan
 
1921 Two Minutes to Go
Chester Burnett
 
1921 A Midnight Bell
Martin Tripp
 
1921 Scrap Iron
John Steel
 
1921 The Old Swimmin' Hole
Ezra
 
1920 Nineteen and Phyllis
Andrew Jackson Cavanaugh
 
1920 An Old Fashioned Boy
David Warrington
 
1920 Peaceful Valley
Hosiah Howe
 
1920 The Village Sleuth
William Wells
 
1920 45 Minutes from Broadway
Kid Burns
 
1920 Paris Green
Luther Green
 
1920 Homer Comes Home
Homer Cavender
 
1920 Alarm Clock Andy
Andrew Gray
 
1919 Red Hot Dollars
Tod Burke
 
1919 Crooked Straight
Ben Trimble
 
1919 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
 
1918 String Beans
Toby Watkins
 
1918 A Liberty Bond Plea (short)
A farm boy
 
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 (short)
Frank Hamilton
 
1917 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 Skinner's Dress Suit (unconfirmed)
 
1917 The Weaker Sex
Jack Harding
 
1916 The Honorable Algy
The Honorable Algy
 
1916 A Corner in Colleens
Richard Taylor
 
1916 Plain Jane
Mr. 'John Sophomore Adams'
 
1916 The Wolf Woman
Rex Walden
 
1916 Honor Thy Name
 
1916 Home
Bob Wheaton
 
1916 The Deserter
Lieutenant Parker
 
1916 The Dividend
Frank Steele
 
1916 Peggy
Colin Cameron
 
1915 The Painted Soul
Barnard
 
1915 City of the Dead (short)
Cecil Weatherby
 
1915/I The Coward
Frank Winslow
 
1915 The Lure of Woman (unconfirmed)
 
1915 The Ace of Hearts (short)
Jean Desmond (as Charles E. Ray)
 
1915 The Conversion of Frosty Blake (short)
Reverend Horace Brightray
 
1915 The Shoal Light (short)
John Coates
 
1915 The Renegade (short)
Captain Marley
 
1915 The Cup of Life
John Ward
 
1915 The Spirit of the Bell (short)
Pedro
 
1915 The Wells of Paradise (short)
Tom Dolan
 
1915 The Grudge (short)
 
1915 In the Tennessee Hills (short)
Jim Carson
 
1914 The Fortunes of War (short)
 
1914 Not of the Flock (short)
 
1914 The City of Darkness (short)
The Governor's Brother
 
1914 The Friend (short)
Grant Keller
 
1914 The Power of the Angelus (short)
Juan Puyan
 
1914 The Word of His People (short)
Lieutenant Drake Scranton
 
1914 One of the Discard (short)
Jack
 
1914 The Silver Bell (short)
 
1914 Red Mask (short)
 
1914 The Gangsters and the Girl (short)
Detective John Stone
 
1914 The Thunderbolt (short)
 
1914 The City (short)
 
1914 The Curse of Humanity (short)
 
1914 Desert Thieves (short)
 
1914 The Latent Spark (short)
Tom Loomis
 
1914 Shorty's Strategy (short)
 
1914 In the Cow Country (short)
 
1914 The Card Sharps (short)
 
1914 The Rightful Heir (short)
 
1914 Shorty's Sacrifice (short)
 
1914 The Squire's Son (short)
 
1914 The Puritan (short)
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
 
1914 Desert Gold (short)
 
1914 The Path of Genius (short)
 
1914 For the Wearing of the Green (short)
 
1914 Repaid (short)
 
1914 For Her Brother's Sake (short)
 
1914 Narcotic Spectre (short)
 
1914 A Military Judas (short)
 
1913 Eileen of Erin (short)
 
1913/I The Open Door (short)
 
1913 The Soul of the South (short)
 
1913 The Buried Past (short)
 
1913 The Witch of Salem (short)
 
1913 The Black Sheep (short)
 
1913 Exoneration (short)
 
1913 The Bondsman (short)
 
1913 The Gambler's Pal (short)
 
1913 The Quakeress (short)
John Hart - the Schoolmaster
 
1913 The House of Bondage (short)
Nathan Cabot - Hope's Sweetheart
 
1913/I The Boomerang (short)
Lt. Calhoun
 
1913 Joe Hibbard's Claim (short)
Joe Hibbard
 
1913 A Slave's Devotion (short)
John Craig
 
1913 Bread Cast Upon the Waters (short)
Lt. Stone
 
1913 The Grey Sentinel (short)
Hal Peters
 
1913 The Sinews of War (short)
John Herzog
 
1913 The Sergeant's Secret (short)
Lt. Jim Brice
 
1913 The Lost Dispatch (short)
Bill Hartman - Nell's Brother
 
1913 The Barrier (short)
Wade - the Young Lieutenant
 
1913 The Sharpshooter (short)
Jack Krone - a Young Blacksmith
 
1913 The Favorite Son (short)
Jim King
 
1911 The Fortunes of War (short)
 
Show ShowProducer (10 titles)
1923 The Courtship of Myles Standish (producer)
 
1923 The Girl I Loved (producer)
 
1922 A Tailor-Made Man (producer)
 
1922 Alias Julius Caesar (producer)
 
1922 The Deuce of Spades (producer)
 
1922 Gas, Oil and Water (producer)
 
1922 The Barnstormer (producer)
 
1921 Two Minutes to Go (producer)
 
1921 A Midnight Bell (producer)
 
1921 The Old Swimmin' Hole (producer)
 
Show ShowDirector (9 titles)
Show ShowWriter (3 titles)
1922 Smudge (scenario)
 
1921 Scrap Iron (scenario)
 
1920 Dangerous Business (additional scenes)
 
Show ShowSelf (5 titles)
1941 Meet the Stars #8: Stars Past and Present (documentary short)
Himself
 
1931 Stars of Yesterday (documentary short)
Himself
 
1922 Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 14 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1921 Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 22 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1921 Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 17 (documentary short)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (7 titles)
1961 The Legend of Rudolph Valentino (video documentary)
Himself
 
1939 Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 12 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1937 Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 1 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1934 The Camera Speaks (short)
 
1933 March of the Movies
Himself, film clip (uncredited)
 
1931 The House That Shadows Built (documentary)
 
1923 Little Miss Hollywood (short)
Film Clip
 

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