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Herman Raymond Walston (November 2, 1914 – January 1, 2001) was an American actor and comedian. Walston started his career on Broadway earning the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his performance as Mr. Applegate in Damn Yankees (1956).
Actor: Popeye. Ray Walston started his acting career as a spear carrier with a local stock company. When the family moved to Houston, Texas, Walston's father wanted to teach him the oil business, but Walston instead joined a traveling repertory company (selling tickets as well as acting).
Ray Walston was born on December 2, 1914 in Laurel, Mississippi USA and began his acting career in 1939, receiving his first big break when cast as the reporter in the Ben Hecht - Charles MacArthur classic "The Front Page".
Tony- and Emmy-winning character actor Ray Walston, who achieved success on the Broadway stage in the mid-1950s as the devil in “Damn Yankees” and later found popularity on the small screen as...
Jan 3, 2001 · Ray Walston, who won a Tony Award for playing the Devil opposite Gwen Verdon in the Broadway musical ''Damn Yankees,'' repeated his role in the film version and went on to a long career playing...
Jan 1, 2001 · Ray Walston (December 2, 1914 – January 1, 2001) was an American stage, television and film actor best known as the title character on the 1960s situation comedy My Favorite Martian. In addition, he was also known for his role as high school teacher Mr. Hand in the 1982 film Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Judge Henry Bone on the drama ...
Jan 2, 2001 · Award-winning character actor Ray Walston, who played the lovable extraterrestrial Uncle Martin on the 1960s TV sitcom My Favorite Martian and a host of cantankerous coots in later years, has...