Film Credits
My Favorite Martian (1999)
Tricks (1997)
House Arrest (1996)
The Stand - Boxed Set (1994)
The Stand V. 1 - The Plague/The Dreams
(1994)
The Stand V. 2 - The Betrayal/The Stand
(1994)
The Stand (1994)
Of Mice and Men (1992)
The Player (1992)
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Ep. 119
(1992)
Popcorn (1991)
One Special Victory (1991)
Blood Salvage (1990)
Ski Patrol (1990)
Blood Relations (1989)
I Know My First Name Is Steven (1989)
A Man of Passion (1989)
Fine Gold (1988)
Paramedics (1988)
Saturday the 14th Strikes Back (1988)
Crash Course (1988)
O.C. And Stiggs (1987)
Rad (1986)
Amos (1985)
For Love or Money (1984)
Private School (1983)
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
The Kid With the Broken Halo (1982)
O'Hara's Wife (1982)
Galaxy of Terror (1981)
Popeye (1980)
The Fall of the House of Usher (1979)
Institute for Revenge (1979)
The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington
(1977)
Silver Streak (1976)
The Sting (1973)
Paint Your Wagon (1969)
Kiss Me, Stupid (1964)
Who's Minding the Store? (1963)
The Apartment (1960)
Tall Story (1960)
Portrait in Black (1960)
Damn Yankees (1958)
South Pacific (1958)
South Pacific (1958)
Westinghouse Studio One - "Little Men,
Big World" (1952)
The Mouse and The Motorcycle
Runaway Ralph
For Love or Money
The Westing Game
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Ray Walston
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Born - 2 December
1914 -
New Orleans,
Louisiana
Died 2 January
2001
Ray Walston started
his acting career as a spear carrier with a local stock company. When the
family moved to Houston, Walston's father wanted him to go into the oil
business, but Walston joined a traveling troupe, selling tickets as well
as acting. He joined Margo Jones at the Houston Civic Theater for six years,
then spent 3 seasons in the Cleveland Playhouse before arriving in New
York in 1945. He won a Tony for his performance as the Devil in Broadway's
"Damn Yankees", two Emmys for television's "Picket Fences", and become
a household name playing the extraterrestrial Uncle Martin on TV's "My
Favorite Martian."
After guest appearances
on anthology TV series "Suspense" and "Playhouse 90" in the 50s, he debuted
as a regular on the hit CBS comedy "My Favorite Martian", playing a space
alien befriended by Los Angeles reporter Tim O'Hara (Bill Bixby) who eventually
passed him off as his Uncle Martin. The series made Walston an American
household icon during its three season run, and continued doing well in
reruns.
Walston made his
film debut in the forgettable "Kiss Them For Me" (1957), supporting Cary
Grant and Jayne Mansfield. He recreated two stage roles in the film versions
of the musicals "South Pacific" (1958) and "Damn Yankees" (1958). He was
one of the philandering executives in Billy Wilder's "The Apartment" (1960),
got most of the laughs in Joshua Logan's "Tall Story" (1960), starred as
a nervous husband in Wilder's cynical domestic comedy "Kiss Me, Stupid"
(1964), and played a drifter in George Roy Hill's "The Sting" (1973). Walston
appeared in three Robert Altman films, as Poopdeck Pappy in the commercial
disaster "Popeye" (1980), as the grandfather whose cancelled insurance
sparks the action in "O.C. & Stiggs" (1987), and as himself in "The
Player" (1992).
In "Fast Times" (1985-86),
he revived his role on this small screen spin off of "Fast Times at Ridgemont
High" (1982), Walston's TV career picked up again in the acclaimed drama
"Picket Fences" (CBS, 1992-96) where he returned to series TV, this time
playing a crusty old judge with the proverbial "heart of gold". For his
efforts, he received two Emmys for Best Supporting Actor.
His last performance
was in the movie version of - My Favourite Martian, when he once again
played a Martian - but not Uncle Martin this time. |
