Charles Ray

Personal Info

Birthday

March 15, 1891

Day of Death

1943-11-23

(52 years old)

Place of Birth

Jacksonville, Illinois, USA

Also Known As

Charles Edgar Alfred Ray

Charles E. Ray

Charles Edgar Ray

Charles Ray

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.

Known For

Mrs. Miniver

Hollywood Boulevard

Appointment for Love

Ladies Should Listen

Slightly Dangerous

The Lady from Cheyenne

By Your Leave

The House That Shadows Built

Filmography

1961
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
as Self (archive footage)
1943
Slightly Dangerous
as Opera patron (uncredited)
1942
Mrs. Miniver
as Man getting on Bus (uncredited)
The Mad Martindales
as Barbershop Customer (uncredited)
Rio Rita
as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
1941
Appointment for Love
as Butler (uncredited)
The Lady from Cheyenne
as Bit Role
The Man Who Lost Himself
as (uncredited)
1936
Hollywood Boulevard
as Charlie Smith - Assistant Director
1935
Just My Luck
as Homer Crow
Welcome Home
as Andrew Carr
1934
Ticket to a Crime
as Courtney Mallory
By Your Leave
as Leonard Purcell
The Camera Speaks
as Self (archive footage)
Ladies Should Listen
as Henri, the porter
School for Girls
as Duke
1931
Stars of Yesterday
as Self
The House That Shadows Built
as (archive footage)
1928
The Garden of Eden
as Richard Dupont
1927
Vanity
as Lt. Lloyd Van Courtland
Getting Gertie's Garter
as Ken Walrick
Nobody's Widow
as Honorable John Clayton
The American
as Bill Smith
1926
The Fire Brigade
as Terry O'Neil
The Auction Block
as Bob Wharton
Paris
as Jerry
Sweet Adeline
as Ben Wilson
1925
Bright Lights
as Tom Corbin
Percy
as Percival Rogeen
1924
Dynamite Smith
as Gladstone Smith
1923
The Courtship of Miles Standish
as John Alden
The Girl I Loved
as John Middleton
1922
A Tailor-Made Man
as John Paul Bart
The Deuce of Spades
as Amos
Gas, Oil and Water
as George Oliver Watson
1921
The Old Swimmin' Hole
as Ezra Hull
1920
An Old Fashioned Boy
as David Warrington
A Village Sleuth
as William Wells
45 Minutes from Broadway
as Kid Burns
Homer Comes Home
as Homer Cavender
Paris Green
as Luther Green
Alarm Clock Andy
as Andrew Gray
1919
The Egg Crate Wallop
as Jim Kelly
Bill Henry
as Bill Henry Jenkins
Hay Foot, Straw Foot
as Ulysses S. Grant Briggs
The Busher
as Ben Harding
Greased Lightning
as Andy Fletcher
The Sheriff's Son
as Royal Beaudry
The Girl Dodger
as Cuthbert Trotman
1918
String Beans
as Toby Watkins
The Law of the North
as Alain de Montcalm
A Nine O'Clock Town
as David Clary
The Claws of the Hun
as John Stanton
His Own Home Town
as Jimmy Duncan
Playing the Game
as Larry Prentiss
The Family Skeleton
as Billy Bates
The Hired Man
as Ezry Hollins
Staking His Life
as Frank Hamilton
1917
His Mother's Boy
as Matthew Denton
The Son of His Father
as Gordon Carbhoy
Sudden Jim
as James Ashe, Jr.
The Clodhopper
as Everett Nelson
The Millionaire Vagrant
as Steven Du Peyster
The Pinch Hitter
as Joel Parker
Back of the Man
as Larry Thomas
The Weaker Sex
as Jack Harding
1916
Plain Jane
as Mr. 'John Sophomore Adams'
The Wolf Woman
as Rex Walden
Home
as Bob Wheaton
The Deserter
as Lieutenant Parker
The Dividend
as Frank Steele
Peggy
as Colin Cameron
1915
The Forbidden Adventure
as Cecil Weatherby
The Coward
as Frank Winslow
The Lure of Woman
as Captain Lane
The Conversion of Frosty Blake
as Reverend Horace Brightray
The Renegade
as Captain Marley
The Cup of Life
as John Ward
The Grudge
as Dick Wayne
In the Tennessee Hills
as Jim Carson
1914
The Gangsters and the Girl
as Detective John Stone
1913
The Quakeress
as John Hart - the Schoolmaster
Old Mammy's Secret Code
as David
The Transgressor
as Jim
The Boomerang
as Lt. Calhoun
The Grey Sentinel
as Hal Peters