Ray Walston

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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). He went on to associate with Margo Jones at the Houston Civic Theater for six years, then spent three seasons with the Cleveland Playhouse before arriving in New York in 1945. He has won a Tony Award for his performance as the Devil in Broadway's "Damn Yankees", two Emmy Awards for Picket Fences (1992), and become a household name playing the extraterrestrial "Uncle Martin" on My Favorite Martian (1963). Ray Walston died at age 86 of lupus on New Year's Day 2001 in Beverly Hills, California.

Overview

Birthday November 2, 1914
Born In Laurel, Mississippi, USA
Alternative names Ray Wallston , Raymond Walston
Height 173 cm
Spouse/Ex- Ruth Calvert November 3, 1943 - January 1, 2001 (his death)
Children Katherine Ann Walston

Did you know

Trivia Held a top secret security clearance for a while as he was narrating Operation Hardtack reports for the United States military for the development of nuclear weapons.
Quotes I never should have done My Favorite Martian (1963). I didn't work in television or film for three years after. Everyone thought of me as a Martian. Do you know what it's like to go to Madrid, Spain, on vacation and have a guy yell out, "Hey, Martin!" and put antennas behind his head? When that happens, you know your career is dead.

Scores

Popeye
• 1h 54m
5.4
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
• 1h 30m
7.1
The Sting
• 2h 9m
8.3
Paint Your Wagon
• 2h 44m
6.6
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