Aldo Ray was born in the borough of Pen Argyl in Northampton County Pennsylvania on 25 September 1926 He attended the University of California at Berkeley served as a US Navy frogman during WWII and saw action on Iwo Jima While constable of Crockett California he drove his brother Guido to an audition for the film Idols in the Dust 1951 Director David Miller hired him for a small role as a cynical football player Rays husky frame thick neck and raspy voice made him perfect for playing tough sexy roles He was the star of George Cukors The Marrying Kind 1952 and starred opposite Rita Hayworth in Miss Sadie Thompson 1953 Ray was the nonetoobright boxer in Cukors Pat and Mike 1952 and an escaped convict in Michael Curtizs Were No Angels 1955 His career started downhill in the 1970s with him appearing in a string of lowbudget films as a character actor His last film was Shock Em Dead 1991 Ray was married three times with one daughter Claire born in 1951 to his first wife Shirley Green whom he married on on 20 June 1947 Ray was then briefly married to actress Jeff Donnell and then had two sons and a daughter with his third wife Johanna Ray one of whom is the actor Eric DaRe Aldo Ray died of throat cancer on 27 March 1991
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