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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 Ke…
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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.
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The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
as Self (archive footage)
Slightly Dangerous
as Opera patron (uncredited)
Mrs. Miniver
as Man getting on Bus (uncredited)
The Mad Martindales
as Barbershop Customer (uncredited)
Rio Rita
as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Appointment for Love
as Butler (uncredited)
The Lady from Cheyenne
as Bit Role
The Man Who Lost Himself
as (uncredited)
Hollywood Boulevard
as Charlie Smith - Assistant Director
Just My Luck
as Homer Crow
Welcome Home
as Andrew Carr
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
School for Girls
as Duke
Stars of Yesterday
as Self
The House That Shadows Built
as (archive footage)
The Count of Ten
as Johnny McKinney
The Garden of Eden
as Richard Dupont
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
The Fire Brigade
as Terry O'Neil
The Auction Block
as Bob Wharton
Paris
as Jerry
Sweet Adeline
as Ben Wilson
Bright Lights
as Tom Corbin
Some Pun'kins
as Lem Blossom
Percy
as Percival Rogeen
Dynamite Smith
as Gladstone Smith
The Courtship of Miles Standish
as John Alden
The Girl I Loved
as John Middleton
A Tailor-Made Man
as John Paul Bart
Alias Julius Caesar
as Billy Barnes
Smudge
as Stephen Stanton
The Deuce of Spades
as Amos
Gas, Oil and Water
as George Oliver Watson
Two Minutes to Go
as Chester Burnett
Scrap Iron
as John Steel
The Old Swimmin' Hole
as Ezra Hull
An Old Fashioned Boy
as David Warrington
Peaceful Valley
as Hosiah Howe
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
Red Hot Dollars
as Tod Burke
Crooked Straight
as Ben Trimble
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
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
No Poster
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
No Poster
Staking His Life
as Frank Hamilton
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
Skinner's Dress Suit
The Weaker Sex
as Jack Harding
The Honorable Algy
as The Honorable Algy
A Corner in Colleens
as Richard Taylor
Plain Jane
as Mr. 'John Sophomore Adams'
The Wolf Woman
as Rex Walden
Home
as Bob Wheaton
Honor Thy Name
The Deserter
as Lieutenant Parker
The Dividend
as Frank Steele
Peggy
as Colin Cameron
No Poster
The Forbidden Adventure
as Cecil Weatherby
The Coward
as Frank Winslow
No Poster
The Lure of Woman
as Captain Lane
The Conversion of Frosty Blake
as Reverend Horace Brightray
The Renegade
as Captain Marley
No Poster
The Cup of Life
as John Ward
The Grudge
as Dick Wayne
In the Tennessee Hills
as Jim Carson
No Poster
The City of Darkness
as Donald Warner - the Governor's Brother
The Gangsters and the Girl
as Detective John Stone
No Poster
For Her Brother's Sake
as John Frye - the Brother
The Buried Past
as Tom Winters - the Lover
No Poster
For Mother's Sake
as Jim
The Quakeress
as John Hart - the Schoolmaster
Old Mammy's Secret Code
as David
No Poster
The Transgressor
as Jim
The Boomerang
as Lt. Calhoun
No Poster
The Grey Sentinel
as Hal Peters