Charles Ray
Charles Ray is known for Mrs. Miniver (1942), Rio Rita (1942), The Coward (1915).
Biography
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.
Questions about Charles Ray
How many Charles Ray films are in the catalogue?
The CineQuiz catalogue has 25 films with Charles Ray, from 1915 to 1943.
What is the best rated Charles Ray film?
The best rated Charles Ray film in the catalogue is Mrs. Miniver (1942), rated 7.1.
What was the first Charles Ray film?
The first Charles Ray film in the catalogue is Mrs. Miniver, from 1942.
People data: TMDb.
Known for
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7.1 Mrs. Miniver
1942
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10.0 Vanity
1927
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6.0 Rio Rita
1942
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5.8 Appointment for Love
1941
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5.9 The Garden of Eden
1928
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6.0 Slightly Dangerous
1943
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8.0 Getting Gertie's Garter
1927
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6.0 Ticket to a Crime
1934
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7.5 School for Girls
1934
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7.5 The Mad Martindales
1942
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4.5 Hollywood Boulevard
1936
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5.1 The Busher
1919
Full filmography
102 films — 25 in the catalogue
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7.0 The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961 · Self (archive footage)
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6.0
Slightly Dangerous
1943 · Opera patron (uncredited)
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7.1
Mrs. Miniver
1942 · Man getting on Bus (uncredited)
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7.5
The Mad Martindales
1942 · Barbershop Customer (uncredited)
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6.0
Rio Rita
1942 · Hotel Guest (uncredited)
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5.8
Appointment for Love
1941 · Butler (uncredited)
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5.7 The Lady from Cheyenne
1941 · Bit Role
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5.4 The Man Who Lost Himself
1941 · (uncredited)
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4.5
Hollywood Boulevard
1936 · Charlie Smith - Assistant Director
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9.0 Just My Luck
1935 · Homer Crow
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9.0 Welcome Home
1935 · Andrew Carr
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6.0
Ticket to a Crime
1934 · Courtney Mallory
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4.3 By Your Leave
1934 · Leonard Purcell
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5.0 The Camera Speaks
1934 · Self (archive footage)
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6.0 Ladies Should Listen
1934 · Henri
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7.5
School for Girls
1934 · Duke
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9.0 Stars of Yesterday
1931 · Self
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8.5 The House That Shadows Built
1931 · (archive footage)
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7.0 The Count of Ten
1928 · Johnny McKinney
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5.9
The Garden of Eden
1928 · Richard Dupont
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10.0
Vanity
1927 · Lt. Lloyd Van Courtland
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8.0
Getting Gertie's Garter
1927 · Ken Walrick
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10.0 Nobody's Widow
1927 · Honorable John Clayton
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7.0 The American
1927 · Bill Smith
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5.0 The Fire Brigade
1926 · Terry O'Neil
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7.0 The Auction Block
1926 · Bob Wharton
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7.0 Paris
1926 · Jerry
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10.0 Sweet Adeline
1926 · Ben Wilson
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9.0 Bright Lights
1925 · Tom Corbin
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10.0 Some Pun'kins
1925 · Lem Blossom
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10.0 Percy
1925 · Percival Rogeen
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10.0 Dynamite Smith
1924 · Gladstone Smith
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10.0 The Courtship of Miles Standish
1923 · John Alden
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8.0 The Girl I Loved
1923 · John Middleton
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A Tailor-Made Man
1922 · John Paul Bart
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7.0 Alias Julius Caesar
1922 · Billy Barnes
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10.0 The Deuce of Spades
1922 · Amos
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9.0 Gas, Oil and Water
1922 · George Oliver Watson
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9.0 Two Minutes to Go
1921 · Chester Burnett
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7.0 Scrap Iron
1921 · John Steel
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10.0 The Old Swimmin' Hole
1921 · Ezra Hull
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7.2 An Old Fashioned Boy
1920 · David Warrington
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10.0 Peaceful Valley
1920 · Hosiah Howe
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7.0 A Village Sleuth
1920 · William Wells
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9.0 45 Minutes from Broadway
1920 · Kid Burns
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10.0 Homer Comes Home
1920 · Homer Cavender
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9.0 Paris Green
1920 · Luther Green
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9.0 Alarm Clock Andy
1920 · Andrew Gray
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10.0 Red Hot Dollars
1919 · Tod Burke
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9.0 Crooked Straight
1919 · Ben Trimble
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10.0 The Egg Crate Wallop
1919 · Jim Kelly
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Bill Henry
1919 · Bill Henry Jenkins
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10.0 Hay Foot, Straw Foot
1919 · Ulysses S. Grant Briggs
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5.1
The Busher
1919 · Ben Harding
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9.0 Greased Lightning
1919 · Andy Fletcher
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8.0 The Sheriff's Son
1919 · Royal Beaudry
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8.0 The Girl Dodger
1919 · Cuthbert Trotman
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String Beans
1918 · Toby Watkins
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8.0 The Law of the North
1918 · Alain de Montcalm
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A Nine O'Clock Town
1918 · David Clary
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The Claws of the Hun
1918 · John Stanton
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8.0
His Own Home Town
1918 · Jimmy Duncan
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Playing the Game
1918 · Larry Prentiss
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The Family Skeleton
1918 · Billy Bates
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The Hired Man
1918 · Ezry Hollins
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9.0
Staking His Life
1918 · Frank Hamilton
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7.0 His Mother's Boy
1917 · Matthew Denton
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The Son of His Father
1917 · Gordon Carbhoy
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7.0 Sudden Jim
1917 · James Ashe, Jr.
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7.2 The Clodhopper
1917 · Everett Nelson
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The Millionaire Vagrant
1917 · Steven Du Peyster
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7.0 The Pinch Hitter
1917 · Joel Parker
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Back of the Man
1917 · Larry Thomas
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Skinner's Dress Suit
1917
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The Weaker Sex
1917 · Jack Harding
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10.0 The Honorable Algy
1916 · The Honorable Algy
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10.0 A Corner in Colleens
1916 · Richard Taylor
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Plain Jane
1916 · Mr. 'John Sophomore Adams'
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8.0 The Wolf Woman
1916 · Rex Walden
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10.0 Home
1916 · Bob Wheaton
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Honor Thy Name
1916
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The Deserter
1916 · Lieutenant Parker
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The Dividend
1916 · Frank Steele
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Peggy
1916 · Colin Cameron
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The Forbidden Adventure
1915 · Cecil Weatherby
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5.8 The Coward
1915 · Frank Winslow
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The Lure of Woman
1915 · Captain Lane
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The Conversion of Frosty Blake
1915 · Reverend Horace Brightray
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9.0 The Renegade
1915 · Captain Marley
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The Cup of Life
1915 · John Ward
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The Grudge
1915 · Dick Wayne
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8.0 In the Tennessee Hills
1915 · Jim Carson
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The City of Darkness
1914 · Donald Warner - the Governor's Brother
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10.0 The Gangsters and the Girl
1914 · Detective John Stone
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9.0
For Her Brother's Sake
1914 · John Frye - the Brother
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8.0 The Buried Past
1913 · Tom Winters - the Lover
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8.0
For Mother's Sake
1913 · Jim
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The Quakeress
1913 · John Hart - the Schoolmaster
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Old Mammy's Secret Code
1913 · David
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8.0
The Transgressor
1913 · Jim
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The Boomerang
1913 · Lt. Calhoun
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9.0
The Grey Sentinel
1913 · Hal Peters
People data: TMDb.
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