Charles Ray
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 15, 1891, Jacksonville, Illinois, USA
- Died
- November 23, 1943
- Movies
- 112
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1961 | The Legend of Rudolph Valentino | Self (archive footage) |
| 1943 | Slightly Dangerous | Opera patron (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Mrs. Miniver | Man getting on Bus (uncredited) |
| 1942 | The Mad Martindales | Barbershop Customer (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Rio Rita | Hotel Guest (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Appointment for Love | Butler (uncredited) |
| 1941 | The Lady from Cheyenne | Bit Role |
| 1941 | The Man Who Lost Himself | (uncredited) |
| 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 | The Camera Speaks | Self (archive footage) |
| 1934 | Ladies Should Listen | Henri |
| 1934 | School for Girls | Duke |
| 1931 | Stars of Yesterday | Self |
| 1931 | The House That Shadows Built | (archive footage) |
| 1928 | The Count of Ten | Johnny McKinney |
| 1928 | The Garden of Eden | Richard Dupont |
| 1927 | Vanity | Lt. Lloyd Van Courtland |
| 1927 | Getting Gertie's Garter | Ken Walrick |
| 1927 | Nobody's Widow | Honorable John Clayton |
| 1927 | The American | Bill Smith |
| 1926 | The Fire Brigade | Terry O'Neil |
| 1926 | The Auction Block | Bob Wharton |
| 1926 | Paris | Jerry |
| 1926 | 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 Miles Standish | John Alden |
| 1923 | The Girl I Loved | John Middleton |
| 1922 | A Tailor-Made Man | John Paul Bart |
| 1922 | Alias Julius Caesar | Billy Barnes |
| 1922 | Smudge | Stephen Stanton |
| 1922 | The Deuce of Spades | Amos |
| 1922 | Gas, Oil and Water | George Oliver Watson |
| 1921 | Two Minutes to Go | Chester Burnett |
| 1921 | Scrap Iron | John Steel |
| 1921 | The Old Swimmin' Hole | Ezra Hull |
| 1920 | An Old Fashioned Boy | David Warrington |
| 1920 | Peaceful Valley | Hosiah Howe |
| 1920 | A Village Sleuth | William Wells |
| 1920 | 45 Minutes from Broadway | Kid Burns |
| 1920 | Homer Comes Home | Homer Cavender |
| 1920 | Paris Green | Luther Green |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | |
| 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 | Home | Bob Wheaton |
| 1916 | Honor Thy Name | |
| 1916 | The Deserter | Lieutenant Parker |
| 1916 | The Dividend | Frank Steele |
| 1916 | Peggy | Colin Cameron |
| 1915 | The Forbidden Adventure | Cecil Weatherby |
| 1915 | The Coward | Frank Winslow |
| 1915 | The Lure of Woman | Captain Lane |
| 1915 | The Conversion of Frosty Blake | Reverend Horace Brightray |
| 1915 | The Renegade | Captain Marley |
| 1915 | The Cup of Life | John Ward |
| 1915 | The Grudge | Dick Wayne |
| 1915 | In the Tennessee Hills | Jim Carson |
| 1914 | The City of Darkness | Donald Warner - the Governor's Brother |
| 1914 | The Gangsters and the Girl | Detective John Stone |
| 1914 | For Her Brother's Sake | John Frye - the Brother |
| 1913 | The Buried Past | Tom Winters - the Lover |
| 1913 | For Mother's Sake | Jim |
| 1913 | The Quakeress | John Hart - the Schoolmaster |
| 1913 | Old Mammy's Secret Code | David |
| 1913 | The Transgressor | Jim |
| 1913 | The Boomerang | Lt. Calhoun |
| 1913 | The Grey Sentinel | Hal Peters |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1923 | The Courtship of Miles Standish | Producer |
| 1922 | A Tailor-Made Man | Producer |
| 1922 | Alias Julius Caesar | Director, Producer |
| 1922 | Smudge | Director |
| 1922 | The Deuce of Spades | Director |
| 1922 | Gas, Oil and Water | Director |
| 1921 | Two Minutes to Go | Director, Producer |
| 1921 | Scrap Iron | Director |
| 1914 | The Gangsters and the Girl | Writer |
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