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.
102 movies
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961·7.0
Slightly Dangerous
1943·6.0
Mrs. Miniver
1942·7.1
The Mad Martindales
1942·7.5
Rio Rita
1942·6.0
Appointment for Love
1941·5.8
The Lady from Cheyenne
1941·5.7
The Man Who Lost Himself
1941·5.4
Hollywood Boulevard
1936·4.5
Just My Luck
1935·9.0
Welcome Home
1935·9.0
Ticket to a Crime
1934·6.0
By Your Leave
1934·4.3
The Camera Speaks
1934·5.0
Ladies Should Listen
1934·6.2
School for Girls
1934·7.5
Stars of Yesterday
1931·9.0
The House That Shadows Built
1931·8.5
The Count of Ten
1928·7.0
The Garden of Eden
1928·5.9
Vanity
1927·10.0
Getting Gertie's Garter
1927·8.0
Nobody's Widow
1927·10.0
The American
1927·7.0
The Fire Brigade
1926·5.0
The Auction Block
1926·7.0
Paris
1926·7.0
Sweet Adeline
1926·10.0
Bright Lights
1925·9.0
Some Pun'kins
1925·10.0
Percy
1925·10.0
Dynamite Smith
1924·10.0
The Courtship of Miles Standish
1923·10.0
The Girl I Loved
1923·8.0
A Tailor-Made Man
1922·0.0
Alias Julius Caesar
1922·7.0
The Deuce of Spades
1922·10.0
Gas, Oil and Water
1922·9.0
Two Minutes to Go
1921·9.0
Scrap Iron
1921·7.0
The Old Swimmin' Hole
1921·10.0
An Old Fashioned Boy
1920·7.2
Peaceful Valley
1920·10.0
A Village Sleuth
1920·7.0
45 Minutes from Broadway
1920·9.0
Homer Comes Home
1920·10.0
Paris Green
1920·9.0
Alarm Clock Andy
1920·9.0
Red Hot Dollars
1919·10.0
Crooked Straight
1919·9.0
The Egg Crate Wallop
1919·10.0
Bill Henry
1919·0.0
Hay Foot, Straw Foot
1919·10.0
The Busher
1919·5.1
Greased Lightning
1919·9.0
The Sheriff's Son
1919·8.0
The Girl Dodger
1919·8.0
String Beans
1918·0.0
The Law of the North
1918·8.0
A Nine O'Clock Town
1918·0.0
The Claws of the Hun
1918·0.0
His Own Home Town
1918·8.0
Playing the Game
1918·0.0
The Family Skeleton
1918·0.0
The Hired Man
1918·0.0
Staking His Life
1918·9.0
His Mother's Boy
1917·7.0
The Son of His Father
1917·0.0
Sudden Jim
1917·7.0
The Clodhopper
1917·7.2
The Millionaire Vagrant
1917·0.0
The Pinch Hitter
1917·7.0
Back of the Man
1917·0.0
Skinner's Dress Suit
1917·0.0
The Weaker Sex
1917·0.0
The Honorable Algy
1916·10.0
A Corner in Colleens
1916·10.0
Plain Jane
1916·0.0
The Wolf Woman
1916·8.0
Home
1916·10.0
Honor Thy Name
1916·0.0
The Deserter
1916·0.0
The Dividend
1916·0.0
Peggy
1916·0.0
The Forbidden Adventure
1915·0.0
The Coward
1915·5.8
The Lure of Woman
1915·0.0
The Conversion of Frosty Blake
1915·0.0
The Renegade
1915·9.0
The Cup of Life
1915·0.0
The Grudge
1915·0.0
In the Tennessee Hills
1915·8.0
The City of Darkness
1914·0.0
The Gangsters and the Girl
1914·10.0
For Her Brother's Sake
1914·9.0
The Buried Past
1913·8.0
For Mother's Sake
1913·8.0
The Quakeress
1913·0.0
Old Mammy's Secret Code
1913·0.0
The Transgressor
1913·8.0
The Boomerang
1913·0.0
The Grey Sentinel
1913·9.0