Ray Walston

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Birth Name: Herman Walston

Born: 2 December 1914 Died: 1 January 2001

Country of origin: United States

Height: 5' 8"

Relationship Status: Married

Partner: Ruth Calvert

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Gone, but not forgotten (1742 items)
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Rest in Peace (453 items)
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Description: Ray Walston started his acting career as a spear carrier with a local stock company. When the family moved to Houston, Texas, Walston's father wanted to teach him the oil business, but Walston instead joined a traveling repertory company (selling tickets as well as acting). He went on to associate with Margo Jones at the Houston Civic Theater for six years, then spent three seasons with the Cleveland Playhouse before arriving in New York in 1945. He has won a Tony Award for his performance as the Devil in Broadway's "Damn Yankees", two Emmy Awards for Picket Fences (1992), and become a household name playing the extrat ... (more)