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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 | 2005 |
| Call Him Jess | Self | 2000 |
| 20th Century-Fox: The First 50 Years | Self | 1997 |
| Kolossal - i magnifici Macisti | Sandokan | 1977 |
| 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) / Mr. O'Meyer | 1975 |
| Psychic Killer | Narrator | 1975 |
| Apache Blood | Yellow Shirt | 1975 |
| Joe Forrester | Frank Medina | 1975 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That | Jack 'Legs' Diamond | 2005 |
| Call Him Jess | Self | 2000 |
| 20th Century-Fox: The First 50 Years | Self | 1997 |
| Kolossal - i magnifici Macisti | Sandokan | 1977 |
| 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) / Mr. O'Meyer | 1975 |
| Psychic Killer | Narrator | 1975 |
| Apache Blood | Yellow Shirt | 1975 |
| Joe Forrester | Frank Medina | 1975 |
| Switch | Ralph Carson | 1975 |
| Caribe | Reese | 1975 |
| The Centerfold Girls | Perry / Perry (segment "The Second Story") | 1974 |
| Nakia | Rodale | 1974 |
| The Rockford Files | Chester Sierra | 1974 |
| The Manhunter | HomerMaynard | 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 |
| Dan August | Andriotti | 1970 |
| McCloud | Stokes, Chuck Mason | 1970 |
| Triangle | Carlo Di Fermi | 1970 |
| Night Gallery | Joe Melcor (segment "The Miracle at Camafeo") | 1969 |
| The Young Lawyers | Josh Ferris | 1969 |
| Love, American Style | Kane Walker (segment "Love and Mr. Nice Guy") | 1969 |
| Die grosse Treibjagd | Mark / Marco Anderson | 1968 |
| Hawaii Five-O | Ron Colby, Jimmy, Akamai | 1968 |
| The Name of the Game | Pietro Bertelli | 1968 |
| It Takes a Thief | Secretary Ramon Ortega | 1968 |
| Ironside | Avery Corman | 1967 |
| Lucky, el intrépido | Lucky | 1967 |
| Si muore solo una volta | Mike Gold | 1967 |
| How to Win a Billion... and Get Away with It | Big Joe Martin | 1967 |
| Secret Agent Super Dragon | Bryan Cooper / Superdragon / Super Dragon | 1966 |
| Honey West | Sonny | 1965 |
| The F.B.I. | Glen Frye | 1965 |
| The Big Valley | Reed Clayton | 1965 |
| Code Name: Jaguar | Jeff Larson | 1965 |
| What's This Song? | Self | 1964 |
| That Regis Philbin Show | Self | 1964 |
| Sandokan contro il leopardo di Sarawak | Sandokan | 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 | Self | 1963 |
| FBI Code 98 | Fred Vitale | 1963 |
| The Chapman Report | Fred Linden | 1962 |
| The Gallant Men | Hugo Petra | 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 / Jerome 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 / Clem Marker | 1961 |
| The Roaring 20's | Harry Shayne, 'Dandy' Dan Brady | 1960 |
| Surfside 6 | Marty Hartman, Danny Rome | 1960 |
| Here's Hollywood | Self | 1960 |
| The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond | Jack 'Legs' Diamond | 1960 |
| Ice Palace | Bay Husack | 1960 |
| Yellowstone Kelly | Sayapi - Gall's Nephew / Sayapi, Gall's Nephew | 1959 |
| Hawaiian Eye | Mark Hamilton, Barry Logan | 1959 |
| Bourbon Street Beat | Duke Powell | 1959 |
| The Alaskans | Nifty Cronin | 1959 |
| Laramie | Vince Jackson | 1959 |
| The Big Operator | Oscar 'The Executioner' Wetzel / Oscar Wetzel | 1959 |
| The Beat Generation | Stan Hess / Stanley Belmont | 1959 |
| Tarawa Beachhead | Lt. Joel Brady | 1958 |
| 77 Sunset Strip | Frederico Velasquez, Johnny Manetti | 1958 |
| Bat Masterson | Tonio | 1958 |
| Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | Robert Mason | 1958 |
| Lawman | Yawkey - Gunman, Len Farrell | 1958 |
| Behind Closed Doors | Ralph Drake | 1958 |
| Yancy Derringer | Spade Stuart | 1958 |
| Onionhead | Ensign Dennis Higgins | 1958 |
| Bronco | Fred Larkin, Bill Magrider | 1958 |
| Too Much, Too Soon | John Howard | 1958 |
| Colt .45 | Kane | 1957 |
| Trackdown | Clem Reese | 1957 |
| Maverick | Don Felipe Archuleta | 1957 |
| Wagon Train | Zeb Stark, Robert Kincaid, Monty Britton | 1957 |
| Sugarfoot | Duke McGann, Blacky Rude | 1957 |
| The Night Runner | Roy Turner | 1957 |
| Playhouse 90 | Antonito | 1956 |
| Somebody Up There Likes Me | Off-Screen Reporter | 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! | Eric Bartholomew, Co-Pilot | 1954 |
| Death Valley Days | Jere Fryer | 1952 |
| Lux Video Theatre | David Douglas, Bob | 1950 |
| Danger | Animal trainer | 1950 |
| Starlight Theatre | Coles | 1950 |
| Studio One | Callaghan | 1948 |
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 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| The New Mike Hammer | 1984 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1956 | Golden Globe | Most Promising Newcomer - Male | Won |
