Ray Walston

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Ray Walston 1963

Herman Raymond "Ray" Walston (born November 2, 1914 in New Orleans , Louisiana , † January 1, 2001 in Beverly Hills , California ) was an American theater , television and film actor . He had one of his best-known roles as Uncle Martin on the 1960s television show My Uncle from Mars .

Life

According to his father's will, Walston was supposed to get into the oil business, but from 1939 he preferred to move around with a wandering group of actors who, in addition to selling tickets, could also be on stage himself.

Walston then joined the Houston Civic Theater with Margo Jones for six years and then stayed at the Cleveland Playhouse for three seasons before moving to New York in 1945 . There he won a Tony Award in 1956 for his portrayal of the devil in the musical Damn Yankees . He played the same role in the musical adaptation of the same name in 1958. After this success, the theater actor Walston turned increasingly to film and television.

Probably the most famous role of Walston was that of Uncle Martin in the television series Mein Unkel vom Mars . He also played one of Jack Lemmon's superiors in The Apartment , and the sadistic boss of Jerry Lewis in The Shopkeeper , who makes life difficult for him on behalf of the department store owner. In The Clou, he played alongside Robert Redford and Paul Newman, one of the main contributors to the major fraud campaign aimed at depriving a major criminal of his money.

Walston was a guest star in a large number of television series, some of which have not yet been shown in Germany , such as Outlaws , Adventures in Paradise , Saints and Sinners or better-known series such as Crazy Wilder West , Twen-Police , Der Chef , Cobra, Take Over , The Six Million Dollar Man , Starsky & Hutch , Sledge Hammer! , The specialists on the way or Our little farm ( Little House on the Prairie) .

In the series Picket Fences - Tatort Gartenzaun he played the judge Henry Bone in a recurring role . In one of his last roles, Walston appeared as a caretaker and gardener Boothby on the Starfleet Academy campus in episodes from the Star Trek series Starship Enterprise - The Next Century and Star Trek: Starship Voyager .

Walston was married to Ruth Calvert (1916-2004) from 1943 until his death in 2001. The marriage produced a daughter.

Filmography (selection)

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Television and video films

  • 1957: There Shall Be No Night
  • 1965: The Man Who Bought Paradise
  • 1978: Danny and the Mermaid
  • 1979: The Girl Who Saved the World
  • 1979: Institute for Revenge
  • 1982: The Kid with the Broken Halo
  • 1983: BT Brady, Private Investigator (This Girl for Hire)
  • 1984: Heart Is Trumps (For Love and Money)
  • 1984: CASH (The Jerk, Too)
  • 1985: Amos
  • 1988: Red River
  • 1989: Don't Touch My Child (I Know My First Name Is Steven)
  • 1989: Schoolchildren, Shakespeare and the Caribbean (Class Cruise)
  • 1990: Hurricane Sam
  • 1990: Angel of Death III
  • 1991: One Special Victory
  • 1996: Alf - The Movie (Project: ALF)
  • 1996: Mixed nuts
  • 1997: Adventurous Legacy (The Westing Game)
  • 1997: Dirty Tricks in Reno (Tricks)
  • 1998: Addams Family ( Addams Family Reunion , video feature film)

TV Shows

  • 1949–1954: Suspense (5 episodes, different roles)
  • 1953–1955: You Are There (2 episodes, various roles)
  • 1954: The Web (episode Night Fare )
  • 1954: Justice (episode Call Me Guilty )
  • 1954: Studio One (episode The Hero )
  • 1954: Producers' Showcase (2 episodes)
  • 1958: Playhouse 90 (episode Shadows Tremble )
  • 1959: Buick-Electra Playhouse (episode The Killers )
  • 1960: The Play of the Week ( Play of the Week , episode Uncle Harry )
  • 1960–1961: Outlaws (2 episodes, different roles)
  • 1961: The Aquanauts (episode The Armored Truck Adventure )
  • 1961: Shirley Temple's Storybook (episode The Little Mermaid )
  • 1961: Way Out (episode The Down Car )
  • 1961: The Americans (episode The Bounty Jumpers )
  • 1961: Target: The Corruptors (episode Touch of Evil )
  • 1961: Cain's Hundred (2 episodes, different roles)
  • 1962: Adventures in Paradise (episode A Bride for the Captain )
  • 1962: Saints and Sinners ( Followed Judgment in Jazz Alley )
  • 1962: The Wide Country (episode The Girl in the Sunshine Smile )
  • 1963: Ben Casey (episode The White Ones Are Dolphins )
  • 1963: St. Dominic and his sheep ( Going My Way , episode Reformation of Willie )
  • 1963–1966: My Uncle from Mars ( My Favorite Martian , 107 episodes)
  • 1964: Summer Playhouse (episode Satan's Waitin ' )
  • 1967: The Wild Wild West ( The Wild Wild West , consequential Night of Montezuma's hordes )
  • 1967: General Custer - Hero of the Prairie ( Custer , episode The Revenge of a Chief )
  • 1967: Garrison's Gorillas (2 episodes)
  • 1969: This is my world ( My World and Welcome to It , 2 episodes)
  • 1970, 1972: Where love falls ( Love, American Style , 2 episodes, different roles)
  • 1971: Twen-Police ( The Mod Squad , episode A Double for Danger )
  • 1971: The Boss ( Ironside , episode The Power of Evil )
  • 1972: Cobra, Take Over ( Mission: Impossible , episode Der Bio-Kampfstoff )
  • 1972: The Paul Lynde Show (episode Meet Aunt Charlotte )
  • 1973, 1974: The Evil Touch (2 episodes, different roles)
  • 1974: California Cops - New in action ( The Rookies , episode role reversal )
  • 1975: Ellery Queen (episode The Adventure of Auld Lang Syne )
  • 1976: The Six Million Dollar Man ( The Six Million Dollar Man , Episode Conversion )
  • 1978: The dearest stewardesses ( Flying High , episode In the Silence of the Night )
  • 1979: Starsky & Hutch ( Starsky and Hutch , follow up freestyle fighters )
  • 1979: Stop Susan Williams
  • 1979: Hulk ( The Incredible Hulk , episode Great Tricks and Lazy Spells )
  • 1979: Our Little Farm ( Little House on the Prairie , episode Milo's last fight )
  • 1979: Buck Rogers ( Buck Rogers in the 25th Century , episode The Little President )
  • 1981: The Smurfs ( Smurfs , animated television series, various roles)
  • 1981, 1985: Trapper John, MD (2 episodes, various roles)
  • 1982: The Vagabund ( The Littlest Hobo , episode A Special Friend )
  • 1982: Fame - The Path to Fame ( Fame , episode The Secret in the Basement )
  • 1982: Hart to Hart ( Hart to Hart , episode A Murderous Romance )
  • 1983: Fantasy Island (episode A Sacrifice Must Be Made )
  • 1983–1987: Simon & Simon (3 episodes, various roles)
  • 1984: Oh Madeline (episode My Mother the Carnal )
  • 1984: Gimme a Break! (Follow The Center )
  • 1984: Newhart (episode Tell a Lie, Get a Check )
  • 1984: Harry's Miraculous Criminal Court ( Night Court , Follow Harry In Court )
  • 1984: California Clan ( Santa Barbara , 11 episodes)
  • 1984: Love Boat ( The Love Boat , episode Santa, Santa, Santa / Another Dog Gone Christmas / Noel's Christmas )
  • 1985: Otherworld (episode Rules of Attraction )
  • 1985: My dear beaver ( Still the Beaver , 2 episodes)
  • 1985: Matt Houston (episode The Murderer's Tribunal )
  • 1985: Among Brothers ( Brothers , episode The Mysterious Stranger )
  • 1985: The specialists on the go ( Misfits of Science , Follow a radiation burger, please! )
  • 1985: Silver Spoons (3 episodes)
  • 1986: Fast Times (7 episodes)
  • 1986: Walt Disney's colorful world ( Disneyland , episode Ask Max )
  • 1986–1991 ABC Weekend Specials (3 episodes)
  • 1987: Heirs to the Curse ( Friday the 13th , episode Deadly Tales )
  • 1987: Chief Physician Dr. Westphall - The Turbulent Hospital ( St. Elsewhere , episode A fatal oversight )
  • 1987: 21 Jump Street - crime scene classroom ( 21 Jump Street , episode Between the Chairs )
  • 1987: Sledge Hammer! (Follow Nazis at Uni )
  • 1987: Murder Is Her Hobby ( Murder, She Wrote , episode Deadly Party )
  • 1987: Private detective Harry McGraw ( The Law and Harry McGraw , episode With All Means of Art )
  • 1988: Superboy (result of suspected sabotage )
  • 1989: Live-In (episode 1x08 Daddy's Girl )
  • 1989: Paradise - One man, one Colt, four children ( Paradise , episode With United Forces )
  • 1990: LA Law - star lawyers, tricks, lawsuits ( LA Law , episode hellish tortures )
  • 1991: Parker Lewis - The Cool One from School ( Parker Lewis Can't Lose , Follow The Nightmare Day )
  • 1991: Dream On (episode The Charlotte Letter )
  • 1992: Eerie, Indiana (episode The Secret Lodge )
  • 1992: Spaceship Enterprise - The Next Century ( Star Trek: The Next Generation , episode A failed maneuver )
  • 1992: The Chief of Police ( The Commish , episode The Eastbridge Witcher )
  • 1992–1996: Picket Fences - Tatort Gartenzaun ( Picket Fences , 80 episodes)
  • 1994: Stephen King's The Stand ( The Stand , TV miniseries, 4 episodes)
  • 1996: Always Trouble with Dave ( Dave's World , episode Crime and Coconuts )
  • 1996: Dr. Quinn - a passionate doctor ( Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman , episode Lost Memories )
  • 1998–1999: Star Trek: Spaceship Voyager ( Star Trek: Voyager , 2 episodes)
  • 1998–2001: A Heavenly Family ( 7th Heaven , 2 episodes)
  • 1999: Ally McBeal (episode A Soaking Wet Affair )
  • 2000: A Touch of Heaven ( Touched by an Angel , episode The Missing Button )

Awards

Web links

Commons : Ray Walston  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ray Walston in the United States Social Security Death Index . In: Familysearch.org, accessed December 2, 2013.
  2. ↑ a b Ray Walston . In: masterworksbroadway.com, accessed April 10, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Walston, Ray
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Walston, Herman Raymond (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH November 2, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH New Orleans , Louisiana, United States
DATE OF DEATH January 1, 2001
Place of death Beverly Hills , California, United States