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Ray Danton

Highest Rated: 86% I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955)

Lowest Rated: 67% A Majority of One (1961)

Birthday: Sep 19, 1931

Birthplace: New York, New York, USA

Handsome lead with dark good looks and sleek black hair who began his career as a child actor on radio and appeared in early live TV dramas in New York. After making his film debut in "Chief Crazy Horse" (1954), Danton gained notice for his portrayal of Lillian Roth's first love in the soapy biopic "I'll Cry Tomorrow" (1955). Danton is best remembered for his portrayal of ruthless mobster "Legs" Diamond in both Budd Boetticher's gangster melodrama, "The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond" (1960), and the 1961 biopic of gangster Dutch Schultz, "Portrait of a Mobster." That same year he also starred in the title role of "The George Raft Story."

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Highest rated movies

86% 75% I'll Cry Tomorrow
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71% 85% The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
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67% 64% A Majority of One
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Triangle
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The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
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17% The Spoilers
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0% The Beat Generation
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38% The Deathmaster
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Secret Agent, Super Dragon
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Eye of the Storm
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Ray Danton

Ray Danton THE NIGHT RUNNER, from left: Ray Danton, Colleen Miller, 1957 PORTRAIT OF A MOBSTER, Ray Danton, 1961 PORTRAIT OF A MOBSTER, Ray Danton as Legs Diamond, 1961 THE RISE AND FALL OF LEGS DIAMOND, front: Ray Danton, Warren Oates, 1960 THE RISE AND FALL OF LEGS DIAMOND, Ray Danton, 1960 THE GEORGE RAFT STORY, Ray Danton, 1961 THE RISE AND FALL OF LEGS DIAMOND, Ray Danton, 1960 THE RISE AND FALL OF LEGS DIAMOND, Ray Danton, 1960 THE RISE AND FALL OF LEGS DIAMOND, Simon Oakland, Ray Danton, 1960 View more photos

Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Vietnam War Story Director - 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer Director - 1986
No Score Yet 57% Centerfold Girls Perry (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet Our Man Flint: Dead on Target Derek Flint (Character) - 1976
No Score Yet 25% Psychic Killer Director - 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Pursuit Yellow Shirt (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet 29% Crypt of the Living Dead Director - 1973
No Score Yet 54% Flatfoot Unknown (Character) - 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet Runaway! Prof. Jack Dunn (Character) - 1973
No Score Yet 38% The Deathmaster Director - 1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Very Missing Person Captain Westering (Character) - 1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet Triangle Carlo Di Fermi (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet Banyon Victor Pappas (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hello Glen Ward, House Dick Glen Ward (Character) - 1968
No Score Yet No Score Yet Secret Agent, Super Dragon Bryan Cooper / Super Dragon (Character) - 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet How to Win a Billion and Get Away With It Big Joe Martin (Character) - 1966
No Score Yet 5% New York chiama Superdrago (Secret Agent Super Dragon) (New York Calling Superdragon) Unknown (Character) - 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet Code Name: Jaguar Jeff Larson (Character) - 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet F.B.I. Code 98 Fred Vitale (Character) - 1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet Return of the Conqueror Sandokan (Character) - 1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Conqueror and the Empress Sandokan (Character) - 1964
No Score Yet 19% The Chapman Report Fred Linden (Character) - 1962
67% 64% A Majority of One Jerome Black (Character) - 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet The George Raft Story George Raft (Character) - 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Portrait of a Mobster `'Legs'` Diamond (Character) - 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Fever in the Blood Attorney Clem Marker (Character) - 1961
71% 85% The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond Jack "Legs" Diamond (Character) - 1960
No Score Yet 50% Ice Palace Bay Husack (Character) - 1960
No Score Yet 0% The Beat Generation Stan Hess (Character) - 1959
No Score Yet 38% Yellowstone Kelly Sayapi (Character) - 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tarawa Beachhead Lt. Joel Brady (Character) - 1958
No Score Yet 41% Too Much, Too Soon John Howard (Character) - 1958
No Score Yet 41% Onionhead Ensign Dennis Higgins (Character) - 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet Eye of the Storm Ben (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Night Runner Roy Turner (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet 17% The Spoilers Blackie (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet No Score Yet Outside the Law John Conrad/Johnny Salvo (Character) - 1956
86% 75% I'll Cry Tomorrow David Tredman (Character) - 1955
No Score Yet 86% Chief Crazy Horse Little Big Man (Character) - 1955
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Looters Pete Corder (Character) - 1955

TV

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Beverly Hills Buntz Director 1988
No Score Yet 95% Magnum, P.I. Director 1987-1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cagney & Lacey Director 1982 1985-1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer Director,
Writer 		1984 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fame Director 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tales of the Unexpected Director 1981 1983-1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet Quincy, M.E. Director 1977-1983
No Score Yet 74% Incredible Hulk Director 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries Director 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet Barnaby Jones Unknown (Guest Star) 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet Joe Forrester Unknown (Guest Star) 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Rockford Files Chester Sierra (Guest Star) 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cannon Alex Brennan (Guest Star) 1973-1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet McCloud Chet Mason (Guest Star),
Writer 		1971 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet Police Story Johnny Landres (Character) 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Streets of San Francisco Royce (Guest Star) 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dan August Andriotti (Guest Star) 1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Big Valley Unknown (Guest Star) 1968
100% No Score Yet The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Unknown (Guest Star) 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wagon Train Monty Britton (Guest Star) 1958 1963-1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gallant Men Unknown (Guest Star) 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet Laramie Vince Jackson (Guest Star) 1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bronco Unknown (Guest Star) 1958 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Surfside 6 Unknown (Guest Star) 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hawaiian Eye Unknown (Guest Star) 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sugarfoot Unknown (Guest Star) 1957 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bat Masterson Tonio (Guest Star) 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet 77 Sunset Strip Johnny Manetti (Guest Star) 1958-1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet Behind Closed Doors Unknown (Character) 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet Climax! Unknown (Character) 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet Studio One Unknown (Character) 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet Trackdown Clem Reese (Guest Star) 1957