Ray Walston was a successful actor, comedian and theatre artist who rose to fame by playing the much loved character of ‘Uncle Martin O’ Hara’ in the hit ‘CBS’ series ‘My Favorite Martian’ (1963-66). He also played the character of ‘Boothby’ in three ‘Star Trek’ episodes. His other successful movies include ‘The Sting’ (1973), ‘Silver Streak’ (1976), ‘Fast Time at Ridgemont High’ (1982), ‘Of Mice and Men’ (1992), ‘Swing Vote’ (1999) etc.He had also made successful appearances in television shows like ‘Hart to Hart’ (1982) as ‘Elliot Laurence’, ‘Amazing Stories’ (1985), ‘Silver Spoons’ as ‘Uncle Harry’, ‘Friday the 13th’ (1988) as ‘Jay Star’, ‘Picket Fences’ (1992-96) as ‘Judge Henry Bone’, ‘Adams Family Reunion’ (1999) as ‘Walter Adams’, ‘Touched by an Angel’ (2000) as ‘Benjamin Clay’ etc. He won a ‘Tony Award’ for Broadway production of ‘Damn Yankees’. He also gave ‘Emmy Award’-winning performance in the series, ‘Picket Fences’ (1992-96). Ray Walston died on January 1st, 2001, at the age of 86 in Beverly Hills, California. He suffered from lupus for six long years.
