Ray Danton

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Ray Danton, also known as Raymond Danton, was a radio, film, stage, and television actor, director, and producer whose most famous roles were in the screen biographies The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1960) and The George Raft Story (1962). He was married to actress Julie Adams from 1954 to 1981.

Birth Name

Raymond Kaplan

Born

Saturday, 19 September 1931

Died

Tuesday, 11 February 1992

Actor Filmography

Title	Character	Year

Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That	Jack 'Legs' Diamond (archive footage)	2005
Call Him Jess	Himself (archive footage)	2000
The Feather and Father Gang	Big Jim	1976
Our Man Flint: Dead on Target	Derek Flint	1976
Sixpack Annie	Mr. O'Meyer (as Raymond Danton)	1975
Apache Blood	Yellow Shirt	1975
Joe Forrester		1975
Switch	Ralph Carson	1975
Caribe	Reese	1975
The Centerfold Girls	Perry	1974

(see additional filmography)

Actor Filmography

Title	Character	Year

Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That	Jack 'Legs' Diamond (archive footage)	2005
Call Him Jess	Himself (archive footage)	2000
The Feather and Father Gang	Big Jim	1976
Our Man Flint: Dead on Target	Derek Flint	1976
Sixpack Annie	Mr. O'Meyer (as Raymond Danton)	1975
Apache Blood	Yellow Shirt	1975
Joe Forrester		1975
Switch	Ralph Carson	1975
Caribe	Reese	1975
The Centerfold Girls	Perry	1974
Nakia	Rodale	1974
The Rockford Files	Chester Sierra	1974
The Manhunter		1974
Runaway!	Prof. Jack Dunn	1973
Toma	Al Dancer	1973
Police Story	Johnny Landres	1973
Barnaby Jones	Nick DeMarco	1973
The Streets of San Francisco	Royce	1972
The Ballad of Billie Blue		1972
Nichols	Juan	1971
Cannon	Alex Brennan, Earl Dakin	1971
Riuscirà il nostro eroe a ritrovare il più grande diamante del mondo?	Jimmy Logan	1971
Night Gallery	Joe Melcor (segment "The Miracle at Camafeo")	1970
Dan August	Andriotti	1970
McCloud	Chuck Mason, Stokes	1970
The Young Lawyers	Josh Ferris	1969
Love, American Style	Kane Walker	1969
Die grosse Treibjagd	Mark / Marco Anderson	1968
The Name of the Game	Pietro Bertelli	1968
Hawaii Five-O	Akamai, Colby, Jimmy	1968
It Takes a Thief	Secretary Raymon Ortega	1968
Ironside	Avery Corman	1967
Lucky, el intrépido	Lucky	1967
Secret Agent Super Dragon	Bryan Cooper / Superdragon	1966
Honey West	Sonny	1965
The F.B.I.	Glen Frye	1965
The Big Valley	Reed Clayton	1965
Code Name: Jaguar	Jeff Larson	1965
That Regis Philbin Show	Himself	1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.	Vincent Carver	1964
Sandokan alla riscossa	Sandokan	1964
Redigo	Jeff Burton	1963
Temple Houston	Martin Royale	1963
Arrest and Trial	Jess Malloy	1963
You Don't Say	Himself	1963
FBI Code 98	Fred Vitale	1963
The Gallant Men	Hugo Petra	1962
The Chapman Report	Fred Linden	1962
The Longest Day	Capt. Frank	1962
Empire	Four Thumbs	1962
Wide Country	Warren Price	1962
The Virginian	Lt. Steve Hamilton	1962
A Majority of One	Jerry Black	1961
The George Raft Story	George Raft	1961
The Dick Powell Theatre	Magnus Repp	1961
Kraft Mystery Theater	Brig Hazard, Robert Mason	1961
Portrait of a Mobster	'Legs' Diamond	1961
A Fever In The Blood	Attorney Clem Marker	1961
The Roaring 20's	'Dandy' Dan Brady, Harry Shayne	1960
Surfside 6	Danny Rome, Marty Hartman	1960
Here's Hollywood	Himself	1960
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond	Jack 'Legs' Diamond	1960
Ice Palace	Bay Husack	1960
Yellowstone Kelly	Sayapi - Gall's Nephew	1959
Hawaiian Eye	Barry Logan, Mark Hamilton	1959
Bourbon Street Beat	Duke Powell	1959
The Alaskans	Nifty Cronin	1959
Laramie	Vince Jackson	1959
The Big Operator	Oscar 'The Executioner' Wetzel	1959
The Beat Generation	Stan Hess	1959
Tarawa Beachhead	Lt. Joel Brady	1958
Onionhead	Ensign Dennis Higgins	1958
77 Sunset Strip	Johnny Manetti, Velasquez	1958
Bat Masterson	Tonio	1958
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse	Robert Mason	1958
Lawman	Len Farrell, Yawkey	1958
Behind Closed Doors	Ralph Drake	1958
Yancy Derringer	Spade Stuart	1958
Bronco	Bill Magrider, Fred Larkin	1958
Decision		1958
Too Much, Too Soon	John Howard	1958
Colt .45	Kane	1957
Trackdown	Clem Reese	1957
Maverick	Don Felipe Archuleta	1957
Wagon Train	Monty Britton, Robert Kincaid, Zeb Stark	1957
Sugarfoot	Blacky Rude, Duke McGann	1957
The Night Runner	Roy Turner	1957
Playhouse 90	Antonio	1956
Somebody Up There Likes Me	Off-Screen Reporter (voice) (uncredited)	1956
Outside the Law	John Conrad, alias Johnny Salvo	1956
I'll Cry Tomorrow	David Tredman	1955
Matinee Theatre	Ben	1955
The Spoilers	Blackie	1955
Cheyenne	Marshal Al Lestrade	1955
The Looters	Pete Corder	1955
Chief Crazy Horse	Little Big Man	1955
The Millionaire	Nick Slade	1955
Climax!	Co-Pilot, Eric Bartholomew	1954
Studio 57		1954
The Man Behind the Badge		1953
Death Valley Days	Jere Fryer	1952
Schlitz Playhouse		1951
Lux Video Theatre	Bob, David Douglas	1950
Starlight Theatre	Coles	1950
Studio One in Hollywood	Callaghan	1948
Kraft Theatre		1947

Director Filmography

Title	Year

Beverly Hills Buntz	1987
Leg Work	1987
Vietnam War Story	1987
The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer	1986
Tall Tales & Legends	1985
The New Mike Hammer	1984
T.J. Hooker	1982
Fame	1982
Cagney & Lacey	1981
American Dream	1981
Dynasty	1981
Magnum, P.I.	1980
The Contender	1980
Bender	1979
Tales of the Unexpected	1979
Dallas	1978
The Incredible Hulk	1977
The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries	1977
Quincy M.E.	1976
Psychic Killer	1975
Switch	1975
Crypt of the Living Dead	1973
Deathmaster	1972