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Charles Ray‌

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Birthday

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Charles Ray

Jacksonville, Illinois, USA

Charles Ray

Jacksonville, Illinois, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1891-03-15

Popularity

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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.

Movie Credits

The Wolf Woman

The Wolf Woman‌
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calendar 1916

The Family Skeleton

The Family Skeleton‌
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calendar 1918

Sweet Adeline

Sweet Adeline‌
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calendar 1926

Welcome Home

Welcome Home‌
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calendar 1935

Playing the Game

Playing the Game‌
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calendar 1918

Percy

Percy‌
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calendar 1925

The Grudge

The Grudge‌
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calendar 1915

The Conversion of Frosty Blake

The Conversion of Frosty Blake‌
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calendar 1915

Staking His Life

Staking His Life‌
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calendar 1918

The Sheriff's Son

The Sheriff's Son‌
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calendar 1919

Stars of Yesterday

Stars of Yesterday‌
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calendar 1931

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino‌
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calendar 1961

The Boomerang

The Boomerang‌
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calendar 1913

Old Mammy's Secret Code

Old Mammy's Secret Code‌
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calendar 1913

For Mother's Sake

For Mother's Sake‌
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calendar 1913

The Renegade

The Renegade‌
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calendar 1915

The Transgressor

The Transgressor‌
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calendar 1913

The Gangsters and the Girl

The Gangsters and the Girl‌
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calendar 1914

The Cup of Life

The Cup of Life‌
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calendar 1915

Honor Thy Name

Honor Thy Name‌
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calendar 1916

The Forbidden Adventure

The Forbidden Adventure‌
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calendar 1915

The Weaker Sex

The Weaker Sex‌
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calendar 1917

Home

Home‌
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calendar 1916

The Courtship of Miles Standish

The Courtship of Miles Standish‌
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calendar 1923

45 Minutes from Broadway

45 Minutes from Broadway‌
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calendar 1920

The Camera Speaks

The Camera Speaks‌
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calendar 1934

Mrs. Miniver

Mrs. Miniver‌
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calendar 1942

The Son of His Father

The Son of His Father‌
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calendar 1917

The Fire Brigade

The Fire Brigade‌
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calendar 1926

The Coward

The Coward‌
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calendar 1915

Just My Luck

Just My Luck‌
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calendar 1935

By Your Leave

By Your Leave‌
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calendar 1934

Ticket to a Crime

Ticket to a Crime‌
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calendar 1934

Getting Gertie's Garter

Getting Gertie's Garter‌
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calendar 1927

The House That Shadows Built

The House That Shadows Built‌
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calendar 1931

The Claws of the Hun

The Claws of the Hun‌
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calendar 1918

Gas, Oil and Water

Gas, Oil and Water‌
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calendar 1922

The Grey Sentinel

The Grey Sentinel‌
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calendar 1913

The Dividend

The Dividend‌
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calendar 1916

The Busher

The Busher‌
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calendar 1919

Vanity

Vanity‌
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calendar 1927

The Garden of Eden

The Garden of Eden‌
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calendar 1928

The Auction Block

The Auction Block‌
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calendar 1926

His Own Home Town

His Own Home Town‌
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calendar 1918

String Beans

String Beans‌
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calendar 1918

Sudden Jim

Sudden Jim‌
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calendar 1917

The Hired Man

The Hired Man‌
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calendar 1918

The Millionaire Vagrant

The Millionaire Vagrant‌
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calendar 1917

Hollywood Boulevard

Hollywood Boulevard‌
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calendar 1936

The Lady from Cheyenne

The Lady from Cheyenne‌
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calendar 1941

The Clodhopper

The Clodhopper‌
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calendar 1917

The Quakeress

The Quakeress‌
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calendar 1913

The Lure of Woman

The Lure of Woman‌
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calendar 1915

Ladies Should Listen

Ladies Should Listen‌
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calendar 1934

The Man Who Lost Himself

The Man Who Lost Himself‌
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calendar 1941

Slightly Dangerous

Slightly Dangerous‌
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calendar 1943

The Deuce of Spades

The Deuce of Spades‌
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calendar 1922

The American

The American‌
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calendar 1927

Bright Lights

Bright Lights‌
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calendar 1925

Back of the Man

Back of the Man‌
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calendar 1917

Plain Jane

Plain Jane‌
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calendar 1916

A Village Sleuth

A Village Sleuth‌
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calendar 1920

In the Tennessee Hills

In the Tennessee Hills‌
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calendar 1915

Alarm Clock Andy

Alarm Clock Andy‌
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calendar 1920

An Old Fashioned Boy

An Old Fashioned Boy‌
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calendar 1920

Homer Comes Home

Homer Comes Home‌
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calendar 1920

The Pinch Hitter

The Pinch Hitter‌
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calendar 1917

Bill Henry

Bill Henry‌
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calendar 1919

His Mother's Boy

His Mother's Boy‌
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calendar 1917

Rio Rita

Rio Rita‌
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calendar 1942

Greased Lightning

Greased Lightning‌
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calendar 1919

Paris Green

Paris Green‌
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calendar 1920

Peggy

Peggy‌
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calendar 1916

Paris

Paris‌
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calendar 1926

School for Girls

School for Girls‌
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calendar 1934

Appointment for Love

Appointment for Love‌
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calendar 1941

The Deserter

The Deserter‌
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calendar 1916

A Tailor-Made Man

A Tailor-Made Man‌
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calendar 1922

Hay Foot, Straw Foot

Hay Foot, Straw Foot‌
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calendar 1919

The Old Swimmin' Hole

The Old Swimmin' Hole‌
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calendar 1921

The Egg Crate Wallop

The Egg Crate Wallop‌
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calendar 1919

Dynamite Smith

Dynamite Smith‌
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calendar 1924

The Girl I Loved

The Girl I Loved‌
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calendar 1923

The Mad Martindales

The Mad Martindales‌
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calendar 1942

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