Charles Ray (actor)

Charles Ray (actor)
Born	March 15, 1891(1891-03-15) Jacksonville, Illinois
Died	November 23, 1943(1943-11-23) (aged 52) Los Angeles, California

Charles Ray in The Deuce of Spades lobby card, 1922

Charles Ray (March 15, 1891 in Jacksonville, Illinois – November 23, 1943 in Los Angeles, California) was a silent film star. Extremely popular in a series of films casting him in juvenile roles, primarily rural young men, Ray's career faded as he lost his youthful looks- he also had a reputation of being demanding and having an outsized ego. In 1926, he played the lead in Paris opposite a young Joan Crawford.

However, an attempt to switch careers and play sophisticated men-of-the-world was not a success. An elaborate and expensive self-produced version of The Courtship of Miles Standish (1923), a film now considered a lost film, was also not a success. Ray finished his career in small parts, dying from an infected tooth at the age of 52.

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• Charles Ray (actor) at Find a Grave
• Charles Ray at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Ray, Charles
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Date of birth	March 15, 1891
Place of birth	Jacksonville, Illinois
Date of death	November 23, 1943
Place of death	Los Angeles, California