Ray Walston

@Comedians, Family and Personal Life ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Ray Walston was a successful actor, comedian and theatre artist Mississippi Lupus American Film & Theater Personalities Actors Scorpio Celebrities 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.

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Birthday: November 2, 1914 Died on: January 1, 2001 Nationality: American Famous: Comedians, Film & Theater Personalities, Actors City/State: Mississippi Spouses: Ruth Calvert (m. 1943–2001) Siblings: 1908 – December 4, 1998), Carrie (1906–1982), Earl (February 4 Information Detail Birthday November 2, 1914 Died on January 1, 2001 Nationality American Famous Comedians, Film & Theater Personalities, Actors City/State Mississippi Spouses Ruth Calvert (m. 1943–2001) Siblings 1908 – December 4, 1998), Carrie (1906–1982), Earl (February 4 Birth Place Laurel, Mississippi, U.S. Gender Male Father Walston (December 25, 1883–August 16, 1950) Mother lumberjack Harry Norman Walston (1881–1946) and Mittie Sun Sign Scorpio Born in Laurel, Mississippi, U.S. Famous as Actor & Comedian Died at Age 86

Laurel, Mississippi, U.S.

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Ray was married to Ruth Calvert. Ruth was a great-granddaughter of Oran Roberts, former Governor of Texas. They got married on November 3, 1943. They had a daughter, Katherine Ann. Unsplash Personal Life

Ray died on January 1, 2001, after suffering from lupus for six long years. He was cremated and his ashes were taken by his daughter. Unsplash Personal Life

Ray Walston was born Herman Raymond Walston on November 2, 1914 in Laurel, Mississippi. His parents were Harry Norman Walston and Mittie Walston. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

His father was a lumberjack who died in 1946, while his mother died on August 16, 1950. He was the youngest of three siblings; he had an elder brother, Earl, and an older sister, Carrie. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

Ray started acting in small roles in local theatres of his town when he was quite young. He also played small roles with stock companies. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

His family moved to New Orleans, Louisiana, sometime in 1925. His father wanted Ray to be in oil business, but Ray wanted to pursue his life-long passion of acting. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

His father earned merely $10 a week, but Ray was so fond of movies that he used to watch silent movies in the local movie theatre very often. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

While in Houston, Ray started acting with ‘Margo Jones’ Community Players’ in 1938 and continued working and doing theatre and plays for them for four years. In 1943, Ray went to Cleveland with Margo Jones to make his professional debut in the play ‘You Touch Me’. Unsplash Early Career

He stayed and worked on contract basis in Cleveland for two years, and acted in as many as 22 plays during this period. He also worked on his production skills by attending various workshops. Unsplash Early Career

In 1945, Ray moved to New York City to make it big. He made his Broadway debut in the same year with ‘Hamlet’. He was married by this time, and his wife had also moved to New York with him. Unsplash Broadway

In 1949, Ray acted in another play called ‘Mrs. Gibbon’s Boys’. In 1951, he starred in ‘South Pacific’ as ‘Luther Bills. Unsplash Broadway

In 1955, he acted in the musical ‘Damn Yankees’ alongside Gwen Verdon, and earned a lot of success. His other Broadway performances include ‘The Front Page’, ‘Summer & Smoke’ ,’King Richard III’ , ‘Wish You Were Here’, ‘House of Flowers’, ‘Hungarian Revolution of 1956’ and ‘There Shall be No Night’. Unsplash Broadway

He had an important role to play in ‘Me and Juliet’ where he appeared as the stage manager of a musical within a musical. Unsplash Broadway

Information	Detail
Birthday	November 2, 1914
Died on	January 1, 2001
Nationality	American
Famous	Comedians, Film & Theater Personalities, Actors
City/State	Mississippi
Spouses	Ruth Calvert (m. 1943–2001)
Siblings	1908 – December 4, 1998), Carrie (1906–1982), Earl (February 4
Birth Place	Laurel, Mississippi, U.S.
Gender	Male
Father	Walston (December 25, 1883–August 16, 1950)
Mother	lumberjack Harry Norman Walston (1881–1946) and Mittie
Sun Sign	Scorpio
Born in	Laurel, Mississippi, U.S.
Famous as	Actor & Comedian
Died at Age	86

Ray Walston

American

Nov 2, 1914

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Laurel, Mississippi, U.S.