Ray Danton

Producer

Male

Born Sep 19, 1931

Hometown New York City, Ne...

Died Feb 11, 1992

Death Place United States

Other Names Raymond Kaplan

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… Read More

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Julie Adams
Married 1955 - 1967

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Video: 'Killing,' 'Atomic City,' 'Colossus Of New York' And More The Republic
Google News - Aug 29, 2011

As portrayed with graceful aggression by Ray Danton, Diamond (nicknamed "Legs" because of his dancing ability) is a charming stinker. In his rise up the ladder of organized crime in New York, Diamond lies, cheats, steals, flirts, betrays and murders
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Dvd; How Crimes Have Changed
NYTimes - Aug 14, 2011

JUST as hemlines rise and fall, so do fashions in crime -- or, at least, its fictional representation -- evolve from decade to decade and even from year to year. Bracketing the 1950s a group of four crime films recently released by the Warner Archive Collection suggest just how radical those shifts can be. A pair of films from 1949, Richard O.
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How Crimes Have Changed New York Times
Google News - Aug 12, 2011

Ray Danton, with Karen Steele, is the dashingly amoral title character in “The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond.” In “The Threat” Charles McGraw, with Virginia Grey, plays a crazed hoodlum. In the late 1940s Hollywood was just beginning to discover the
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10 Best Italian Spy Movies Screen Junkies
Google News - Jul 24, 2011

Jesus Franco directed the film, which stars Ray Danton, Barbara Bold, and Dante Posani. “Berlin: Appointment For The Spies.” “Berlin: Appointment For The Spies” is a 1965 film starring Dana Andrews as Secret Agent Z.3. The plot involves a tunnel in the
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CHILDHOOD

1931 Birth Born on September 19, 1931.

TEENAGE

1943 11 Years Old Ray Danton, born Raymond Kaplan in New York City, entered show business as a child radio actor on NBC radio's Let's Pretend show in 1943.

1950 18 Years Old Danton did many stage roles whilst attending the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Technical School and in 1950 went to London to appear on stage in the Tyrone Power production Mister Roberts.

1951 19 Years Old Danton's acting career was put on hold when he served in the United States Army infantry in the Korean War from 1951 - 1954.

TWENTIES

1954 22 Years Old … He was married to actress Julie Adams from 1954 - 1981.

1955 23 Years Old Danton made his film debut in Chief Crazy Horse in 1955 and became contracted to Universal Pictures His second film I'll Cry Tomorrow led to his typecasting as a smooth but dangerous villain. … Read More

1956 24 Years Old He was prolific in television work as well as film where he received the Golden Globe Award in 1956 for the new male star of the year in film. … Read More

1959 27 Years Old In 1959, he guest starred in the episode “The Meeting” of Bruce Gordon's NBC docudrama of the Cold War, Behind Closed Doors. … Read More

THIRTIES

1970 38 Years Old In the mid-1960s Danton alternated between American television series and European films such as Corrida Pour en Espion/Code Name Jaguar and Secret Agent Super Dragon, including a 1970 Hawaii Five-0 episode "The Last Eden" (as bellicose Hawaiian singer Jimmy Nuanu). … Read More

1971 39 Years Old Danton continued directing as well as acting and started producing films such as Triangle in 1971. … Read More

LATE ADULTHOOD

1992 60 Years Old Died on February 11, 1992.

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