29 Facts About Ray Danton

1.

Ray Danton was married to actress Julie Adams from 1954 to 1981.

2.

Ray Danton's family was Jewish, and he was a descendant of the Vilna Gaon.

3.

Ray Danton began acting on radio and stage regularly working as an assistant stage manager.

4.

Ray Danton attended Horace Mann School and in 1947 he started at what is Carnegie Mellon University where he appeared in many stage productions.

5.

Ray Danton went to New York to try and make it on Broadway and ended up appearing on television dramas.

6.

Ray Danton returned to guest star on shows like Danger and Starlight Theatre.

7.

Ray Danton played Jean Lafitte in The Pirate and the Lawyer for the Hallmark Hall of Fame.

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8.

Ray Danton made his film debut in Chief Crazy Horse playing Little Big Man.

9.

Ray Danton was prolific in television work as well as film where he received the Golden Globe Award in 1956 for the new male star of the year in film.

10.

Ray Danton had a supporting role in Too Much, Too Soon at Warner Bros playing an abusive husband of Diana Barrymore.

11.

Ray Danton signed a long term contract with the studio, appearing in Onionhead.

12.

Ray Danton starred in Tarawa Beachhead at Columbia, with co-star Kerwin Mathews, and his off-screen wife Julie Adams.

13.

That year, Ray Danton guest-starred in Yancy Derringer and shows 77 Sunset Strip.

14.

Ray Danton returned to MGM to star in two films for Albert Zugsmith: The Beat Generation and The Big Operator.

15.

Ray Danton appeared in the drama series Bourbon Street Beat, Hawaiian Eye, Cheyenne, Maverick and The Roaring 20s.

16.

In 1961, Ray Danton co-starred with Rosalind Russell, Alec Guinness, and Madlyn Rhue in A Majority of One.

17.

Ray Danton was one of many stars in The Longest Day and had a supporting role in The Chapman Report.

18.

On October 9,1962, Ray Danton appeared as the gunfighter Vince Jackson in the episode "The Fortune Hunter" of Laramie.

19.

Ray Danton guest-starred in the NBC western Empire and its successor series Redigo, both starring Richard Egan.

20.

In 1964, Ray Danton was cast in the episode "The Wooing of Perilous Pauline" of Death Valley Days.

21.

Ray Danton returned to the stage to perform in 110 in the Shade.

22.

Ray Danton went to Europe to star in Sandokan to the Rescue which was popular enough for a sequel Return of Sandokan.

23.

Ray Danton stayed in Europe to make Code Name: Jaguar.

24.

Ray Danton returned to the USA to guest star in Honey West and The Man from UNCLE then went back to Europe to make Secret Agent Super Dragon, How to Win a Billion.

25.

Ray Danton formed a production company in Europe producing films like The Last Mercenary and began directing with Deathmaster and Psychic Killer.

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26.

Ray Danton continued directing as well as acting and started producing films such as Triangle in 1971.

27.

Ray Danton guest-starred in an episode of Nakia and a Hawaii Five-O episode "Steal Now, Pay Later".

28.

Ray Danton directed a stage production of Come Back, Little Sheba in 1987.

29.

Ray Danton was married to actress Julie Adams from 1954 or 1955 until their divorce in 1981.