Charles Ray
1891-03-15 ( 134 years old ) in Jacksonville, Illinois, USA

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.

Movies

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino 1961-05-24
Slightly Dangerous 1943-04-01
Mrs. Miniver 1942-07-03
The Mad Martindales 1942-05-15
Rio Rita 1942-03-11
Appointment for Love 1941-10-31
The Lady from Cheyenne 1941-04-11
The Man Who Lost Himself 1941-03-21
Hollywood Boulevard 1936-08-20
Just My Luck 1935-12-30
Welcome Home 1935-08-09
Ticket to a Crime 1934-12-14
By Your Leave 1934-11-09
The Camera Speaks 1934-08-11
Ladies Should Listen 1934-08-10
School for Girls 1934-03-22
Stars of Yesterday 1931-12-31
The House That Shadows Built 1931-07-08
The Garden of Eden 1928-02-04
Vanity 1927-05-09
Getting Gertie's Garter 1927-02-28
The American 1927-01-01
The Fire Brigade 1926-12-20
The Auction Block 1926-07-19
Paris 1926-05-24
Sweet Adeline 1926-01-14
Bright Lights 1925-11-15
Percy 1925-04-05
Dynamite Smith 1924-10-12
The Courtship of Miles Standish 1923-12-30
The Girl I Loved 1923-02-15
A Tailor-Made Man 1922-08-05
The Deuce of Spades 1922-05-01
Gas, Oil and Water 1922-03-01
The Old Swimmin' Hole 1921-02-26
An Old Fashioned Boy 1920-10-31
A Village Sleuth 1920-09-12
45 Minutes from Broadway 1920-08-30
Homer Comes Home 1920-06-27
Paris Green 1920-06-01
Alarm Clock Andy 1920-03-14
The Egg Crate Wallop 1919-09-28
Bill Henry 1919-08-17
Hay Foot, Straw Foot 1919-06-22
The Busher 1919-05-17
Greased Lightning 1919-04-27
The Sheriff's Son 1919-03-30
The Girl Dodger 1919-02-09
String Beans 1918-12-22
The Law of the North 1918-09-29
A Nine O'Clock Town 1918-07-28
The Claws of the Hun 1918-07-08
His Own Home Town 1918-05-27
Playing the Game 1918-04-22
The Family Skeleton 1918-03-31
The Hired Man 1918-01-27
Staking His Life 1918-01-01
His Mother's Boy 1917-12-24
The Son of His Father 1917-10-22
Sudden Jim 1917-07-22
The Clodhopper 1917-06-24
The Millionaire Vagrant 1917-05-27
The Pinch Hitter 1917-04-28
Back of the Man 1917-03-04
The Weaker Sex 1917-01-07
Plain Jane 1916-10-08
The Wolf Woman 1916-09-17
Home 1916-08-27
Honor Thy Name 1916-08-06
The Deserter 1916-07-09
The Dividend 1916-06-18
Peggy 1916-01-02
The Forbidden Adventure 1915-12-02
The Coward 1915-11-14
The Lure of Woman 1915-09-27
The Conversion of Frosty Blake 1915-06-02
The Renegade 1915-04-28
The Cup of Life 1915-04-26
The Grudge 1915-02-24
In the Tennessee Hills 1915-02-12
The Gangsters and the Girl 1914-08-07
For Mother's Sake 1913-11-11
The Quakeress 1913-08-12
Old Mammy's Secret Code 1913-07-16
The Transgressor 1913-06-25
The Boomerang 1913-06-13
The Grey Sentinel 1913-04-09

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